The temperature records continue in the Earth’s polar regions. In the middle of the southern polar winter, weather stations in the eastern Antarctic are measuring record temperatures on the ground: On average, July temperatures were around 10 degrees Celsius above what is normal for the time of year. The measuring station at the South Pole recorded temperatures more than six degrees higher than the average of around minus 47 degrees Celsius in July. In some regions of the icy continent, the thermometer was up to 28 degrees higher than the long-term average.