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Limits RegistryA 2-year-old Canadian girl, Erika Nordby, was found with a core body temperature of about 14.2°C after being outside in freezing weather in 2001, and survived with full recovery — one of the lowest documented core temperatures a human has survived. A separate widely cited adult case (Anna Bågenholm, 1999) survived at 13.7°C after a skiing accident, sometimes cited as an even lower confirmed figure.
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A 2-year-old Canadian girl, Erika Nordby, was found with a core body temperature of about 14.2°C after being outside in freezing weather in 2001, and survived with full recovery — one of the lowest documented core temperatures a human has survived. A separate widely cited adult case (Anna Bågenholm, 1999) survived at 13.7°C after a skiing accident, sometimes cited as an even lower confirmed figure.
The lowest documented human core body temperature from which a patient was successfully resuscitated and survived, as reported in a peer-reviewed clinical case report of accidental hypothermia.
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Limits Registry. LR-LOWEST-BODY-TEMPERATURE-SURVIVED-HYPOTHERMIA. Lowest recorded human core body temperature survived (accidental hypothermia). 2026.