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Which layer contains the coldest temperatures in the atmosphere?

  • A.The thermosphere, whose temperature depends strongly on the level of solar activity at the time concerned
  • B.The mesosphere
  • C.The stratosphere, whose lower part reaches temperatures near two hundred and seventeen kelvin at times
  • D.The troposphere

Answer: B

The mesopause near 85 kilometres reaches about 130 kelvin in the summer polar region, the coldest temperatures found anywhere in the Earth's atmosphere. That extreme cold is produced by the wave driven circulation forcing ascent there, not by radiative processes. It is where noctilucent clouds form, and their existence is direct evidence of the temperature.

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