"Unveiling the Current Record Holder: The Coldest Place on Earth"
The coldest place on Earth is the East Antarctica Plateau, with temperatures reaching minus 144 degrees Fahrenheit. The coldest permanently inhabited place is Oymyakon in Russia, with average temperatures of minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest temperature ever recorded globally was 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit in July 2023. The Lut Desert and Sonoran Desert recorded the highest surface temperature of 177.4 degrees Fahrenheit, while Death Valley's Furnace Creek reached the hottest air temperature of 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit.