LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1960 MONTH AUGUST ....... 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 65.0 69.4 67.9 T 090 12.1 21 070 0.0 0 670.9 02 60.8 66.7 64.2 T 070 13.9 21 070 0.0 0 662.5 03 59.2 66.1 61.9 T 020 20.8 29 020 0.0 3 664.6 04 59.4 66.7 63.4 T 090 14.7 24 050 0.0 1 665.0 05 62.5 67.2 64.4 T 020 15.5 24 050 0.0 0 667.6 06 59.7 63.9 62.0 T 020 15.9 22 050 0.0 3 677.8 07 52.0 60.0 55.5 T 020 13.4 24 020 0.0 8 684.7 08 51.1 57.8 53.6 T 070 13.8 22 090 0.0 3 690.5 09 52.5 67.8 60.2 T 090 13.9 24 090 0.0 1 691.7 10 62.5 67.2 64.7 T 110 13.8 21 090 0.0 0 688.5 11 60.8 65.6 62.7 T 090 14.5 21 090 0.0 0 687.6 12 64.2 67.8 66.0 T 110 13.5 18 090 0.0 0 688.1 13 65.3 69.4 67.5 T 110 12.4 17 090 0.0 0 692.3 14 56.1 69.4 65.5 T 110 13.9 24 070 0.0 1 690.3 15 47.5 56.7 50.4 T 050 17.4 30 050 0.0 5 685.9 16 47.0 53.9 49.4 T 020 18.8 27 020 0.0 3 685.9 17 50.9 56.7 53.3 T 020 21.1 29 020 0.0 1 684.6 18 54.7 60.6 58.3 T 090 17.0 27 070 0.0 0 675.6 19 57.8 61.7 58.9 T 050 19.6 29 070 0.0 0 672.9 20 61.4 67.2 63.2 T 050 13.9 21 020 0.0 2 673.5 21 62.8 67.8 64.8 T 070 12.5 20 070 0.0 1 671.0 22 62.8 71.1 66.6 T 070 11.1 18 070 0.0 0 669.2 23 68.1 73.3 71.4 T 090 8.8 17 110 0.0 0 665.3 24 70.3 73.9 71.3 T 090 12.0 17 090 0.0 0 661.9 25 68.9 72.8 70.6 T 070 13.4 21 070 0.0 0 662.5 26 65.6 71.7 68.0 T 050 11.9 18 050 0.0 1 664.7 27 59.2 67.8 63.6 T 050 9.4 14 070 0.0 6 669.8 28 59.4 65.6 62.4 T 070 13.2 22 070 0.0 4 671.2 29 61.1 66.1 65.0 T 020 18.0 25 020 0.0 5 674.7 BS 30 49.2 63.9 56.2 T 360 21.4 28 360 0.0 8 680.7 31 47.8 50.6 48.9 T 020 18.8 31 360 0.0 8 680.6 AVG 58.9 65.4 62.0 020 14.9 31 360 0.0 2 676.5 31st AVG MONTHLY -62.0 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 20 HIGHEST -46.7 ON 16th SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 08 LOWEST -73.9 ON 24th CLOUDY 03 HIGH PRESSURE 693.9 ON 13th LOW PRESSURE 658.7 ON 2nd NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: 9.99 SNOWSTAKE DATA NOT AVAILABLE. 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 converted from inches of Hg to millibars. Wind speed converted from knots to MPH. All wind and pressure 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 59.1 58.9 Avg Wnd Spd 15.1 14.9 Avg Press 676.1 676.5 Min T Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 62.2 62.0 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 From: 61.1 59.4 62.8 60.0 52.2 52.8 62.8 61.1 64.4 65.6 To: 60.8 59.2 62.5 59.7 52.0 52.5 62.5 60.8 64.2 65.3 Day 15 16 17 18 20 23 24 27 30 From: 47.8 47.4 51.1 55.0 61.7 68.3 70.6 59.4 49.4 To: 47.5 47.0 50.9 54.7 61.4 68.1 70.3 59.2 49.2 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 From: 67.2 63.9 62.8 63.1 65.0 61.9 56.1 54.4 60.3 65.0 63.3 66.1 62.8 52.2 50.7 To: 67.9 64.2 61.9 63.4 64.4 62.0 55.5 53.6 60.2 64.7 62.7 66.0 65.5 50.4 49.4 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 From: 53.9 57.8 59.7 64.4 65.3 66.9 70.8 72.2 70.8 68.6 62.5 63.6 56.7 49.2 To: 53.3 58.3 58.9 63.2 64.8 66.6 71.4 71.3 70.6 68.0 62.4 65.0 56.2 48.9 Avg Press Day 1 4 20 31 From: 658.3 666.6 672.7 711.0 To: 670.9 665.0 673.5 680.6 Avg Wind Day 21 From: 19.5 To: 12.5 Number of NCDC observations per day: 24