where was  the worldwide record of coldest temperature
A subsequent measurement of â88.3 Â°C (â126.9 Â°F; 184.8 K), on August 24, 1960, held the record until a temperature of â89.2 Â°C (â128.6 Â°F; 184.0 K) was measured at the Soviet Vostok Station, on the Antarctic Plateau, on July 21, 1983. This remains the record for a directly recorded temperature. A 2009 study estimated that under exceptional climate conditions similar to those recorded at Vostok in 1983, temperatures higher on the plateau around Dome Argus could potentially drop as low as â95 Â°C (â139 Â°F; 178 K).