UW Automatic Weather Stations - 2008

Regions:Years: Ross Island Vicinity
Stations (2008):

Pegasus North AWS

Owner: UW AWS UW
Site Code: PGN
Initial Start Date: 1990-01-23
Info from Service Visit: 2000-02-03
Latitude: -77.952 S
Longitude: 166.5 E
Elevation: 8 meters
WMO ID: 89667

AWS Model: AWS2B
ARGOS ID: 21357
2008 Archive (FTP): 3-hourly | 10-minute

Station Records:
Max. Temp. (C) 7.3   1990-12-31
Min. Temp. (C) -53.9   2010-07-19
Max Wind (m/s) 37.6   1990-12-31
Max. Press. (mb) 1030.9   2000-05-29
Min. Press. (mb) 948   1992-10-07


Notes: Station was named because of a crashed Constellation airplane named Pegasus that rests nearby in the ice.