 The highest air temperature ever measured on Earth was 56.7°C (134.1°F) in Furnace Creek, California, in Death Valley, in 1913. The lowest air temperature ever directly measured on Earth was − 89.2°C (− 128.6°F) at Vostok Station in 1983, but satellites have used remote sensing to measure temperatures as low as − 94.7°C (− 138.5°F) in East Antarctica. These temperature records are only measurements made with modern instruments from the 20th century onwards and likely do not reflect the full range of temperature on Earth.
