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Layer of the atmosphere with the lowest temperature is the

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The coldest temperature in the atmosphere occurs at the top of the mesosphere, which is known as the mesopause, where temperature can reach about -90°C (130° F) varying according to seasons and latitude. As the mesosphere extending (approximately 50-85 km) upwards above the stratosphere, the temperature is decreasing. The air is present in the mesosphere is too thin to breathe.

Mesosphere is the 3rd major layer of the atmosphere, present directly below the thermosphere and directly above the stratosphere. In the mesosphere, the temperature decreases as the altitude are increasing.

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The Mesosphere has the lowest temperature of the layers of Earth's atmosphere because Temperature decreases with height in the mesosphere. The mesopause, the temperature minimum that marks the top of the mesosphere, is the coldest place on Earth and has an average temperature around −100 °C (−148.0 °F; 173.1 K)

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