***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1960 MONTH NOVEMBER ....... ALL TEMPERATURES MINUS C .............. DAY TEMPERATURE C. PCPN AVG WND FASTEST SUN SKY STN WX MAX MIN AVG SPEED MILE SHINE COVER PRESS DIR MPH SPD DIR HRS 01 32.8 38.3 35.0 T 360 15.0 28 360 M 8 690.8 02 30.6 39.4 35.3 T 090 10.1 29 090 M 5 689.1 03 38.4 40.6 39.3 T 090 24.1 31 090 M 1 679.4 04 40.0 41.1 40.4 T 020 22.2 30 020 M 1 680.6 05 40.0 42.8 41.1 T 050 19.3 25 020 M 0 677.5 06 41.7 43.9 42.7 T 020 18.4 24 020 M 4 676.6 07 41.7 44.4 42.8 T 020 13.6 22 020 M 5 675.2 08 43.1 44.4 44.0 T 020 15.0 20 020 M 1 670.8 09 41.2 44.4 43.4 T 020 12.9 18 360 M 6 673.2 10 40.6 43.3 41.8 T 360 12.6 18 360 M 7 675.8 11 42.2 45.0 43.4 T 090 10.1 17 070 M 1 671.1 12 39.4 43.9 41.8 T 020 15.5 23 360 M 6 668.1 13 38.3 40.6 39.2 T 020 16.5 21 020 M 8 674.5 14 36.7 38.3 37.9 T 020 17.0 23 020 M 8 677.1 15 38.3 42.8 40.3 T 020 10.7 21 020 M 4 676.5 16 42.2 43.3 42.5 T 070 7.7 13 050 M 2 674.9 17 40.0 43.3 41.1 T 020 15.0 24 020 M 2 673.6 18 39.4 40.6 40.0 T 360 15.5 22 360 M 2 675.8 19 37.2 39.4 38.6 T 020 12.1 16 360 M 4 678.6 20 38.3 39.4 38.8 T 050 14.4 23 050 M 0 674.9 21 37.2 38.3 37.7 T 020 20.5 28 020 M 0 672.2 22 37.5 38.9 38.4 T 360 12.9 20 360 M 4 680.7 23 36.7 38.3 37.5 T 020 11.5 17 070 M 2 684.8 24 32.2 37.8 34.9 T 070 11.5 18 050 M 4 681.4 25 29.4 33.9 32.7 T 020 9.9 15 020 M 7 682.1 26 33.3 36.7 35.2 T 140 6.3 10 360 M 3 687.9 27 35.6 37.8 36.8 T 090 5.6 16 360 M 4 688.2 28 31.1 36.7 34.9 T 050 10.2 16 360 M 4 685.5 29 26.1 33.9 31.0 T 360 12.1 14 360 M 7 687.8 30 24.9 31.7 27.8 T 360 8.6 15 360 M 6 686.3 AVG 36.9 40.1 38.5 T 020 13.6 31 090 M 4 679.0 3rd AVG MONTHLY -38.5 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 11 HIGHEST -24.9 ON 30th SUNSHINE M PARTLY CLOUDY 13 LOWEST -45.0 ON 11th CLOUDY 06 HIGH PRESSURE 693.7 ON 1st LOW PRESSURE 667.1 ON 12th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.52 inches Insufficient Data available for Sunshine Hours Computation. The following data was changed from the old LCD: All Average Temps recalculated for 24hrs instead of Max+Min/2. Individual Data changed to reflect extremes from LCD and NCDC Data. All Sky Cover changed to Octas. Station Pressure and maximum temperature data taken from NCDC data. No data on original LCD. Wind speed converted from knots to MPH. All wind data taken from original LCD unless otherwise indicated. Prevailing and peak wind direction converted from cardinal direction to degrees. Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 36.8 36.9 Avg Wnd Spd 13.5 13.6 Avg Press Min T Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 38.4 38.5 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 4 5 7 10 11 12 13 15 From: 32.9 40.1 40.6 42.2 41.1 43.2 39.5 38.4 38.4 To: 32.8 40.0 40.0 41.7 40.6 42.2 39.4 38.3 38.3 Day 17 20 21 23 24 25 From: 40.1 38.4 37.3 27.3 32.8 29.5 To: 40.0 38.3 37.2 36.7 32.2 29.4 Min Temp Day 24 From: 37.2 To: 37.8 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 From: 35.6 35.0 39.5 40.6 41.7 42.8 43.3 43.7 42.8 42.2 44.1 41.7 39.5 37.5 40.6 To: 35.0 35.3 39.3 40.4 41.1 42.7 42.8 44.0 43.4 41.8 43.4 41.8 39.2 37.9 40.3 Day 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 42.8 41.7 38.3 38.9 37.8 38.2 37.8 35.0 31.7 35.0 36.7 33.9 30.0 28.3 To: 42.5 41.1 38.6 38.8 37.7 38.4 37.5 34.9 32.7 35.2 36.8 34.9 31.0 27.8 Number of NCDC observations per day: 24