Antarctica just registered its hottest temperature ever

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The hottest temperature ever recorded in Antartica was measured on Thursday at a remote station on the continent's northern tip, scientists said. The temperature was nearly 65 degrees at Argentina's Esperanza research station, scientists from the country's meteorological agency said. That surpassed the previous record of 63.5 degrees set March 24, 2015, at the same location.

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This means that the temperature at Esperanza was practically identical to what was felt Thursday afternoon in San Diego. To be fair, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere. But it's not typical that the temperatures in Antarctica — one of the coldest places on Earth — are nearly the same as those in Southern California.

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The Antarctic peninsula where the record-breaking temperature was measured is one of the fastest-warming places on earth, with temperatures rising nearly 5.4 degrees in just the last 50 years, according to the WMO. Studies have shown that many of Antarctica's massive glaciers are melting rapidly due to global warming. All told, Antarctica's ice sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels by nearly 200 feet, the WMO says.

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