A NASA satellite measured that temperature in August 2010; on July 31 of this year, another bone-chilling temperature of -135.3 degrees was recorded.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/aq/amundsen-scott-south-pole-station/2258520/hourly-weather-forecast/2258520
Today must be a heatwave! High of -59!
Must be global warming?