***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 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 45.0 46.7 45.7 T 050 15.6 18 050 M 3 678.2 02 42.0 46.7 44.2 T 050 16.5 20 050 M 0 675.5 03 44.2 47.2 45.3 T 050 13.5 18 050 M 2 676.6 04 40.3 47.2 44.3 T 020 16.8 24 020 M 6 680.4 BS 05 36.4 40.6 38.0 T 360 20.1 25 360 M 7 684.6 06 37.0 39.4 38.5 T 360 17.9 21 020 M 3 692.5 07 35.9 38.3 37.1 T 050 16.7 23 020 M 1 686.3 08 37.2 40.6 39.1 T 360 14.2 23 360 M 4 684.4 09 35.9 41.7 38.6 T 050 14.0 25 050 M 1 680.3 10 35.9 37.8 36.8 T 020 19.3 23 020 M 0 680.0 11 37.0 38.3 37.3 T 020 18.1 25 020 M 1 681.0 12 38.6 39.4 39.0 T 050 11.1 15 050 M 0 678.5 13 38.9 41.1 40.2 T 360 14.6 18 360 M 5 678.9 14 40.3 41.1 40.5 T 360 12.2 14 360 M 4 684.0 15 39.8 41.1 40.3 T 020 7.2 12 360 M 2 683.7 16 37.0 40.6 38.8 T 090 8.6 14 020 M 1 681.7 17 37.2 40.6 39.7 T 360 11.9 14 360 M 2 684.7 18 38.1 40.6 39.1 T 050 9.6 12 050 M 3 684.0 19 36.1 38.9 37.2 T 050 11.4 16 020 M 5 681.6 20 36.1 38.3 37.3 T 050 9.8 12 050 M 4 682.9 21 35.3 37.8 36.4 T 020 10.1 16 360 M 3 683.5 22 32.0 36.7 34.5 T 360 13.1 18 340 M 8 687.3 23 29.8 33.9 31.5 T 340 16.8 23 340 M 6 689.2 24 29.2 33.9 31.7 T 020 10.2 16 340 M 6 687.8 IF 25 32.2 33.9 32.9 T 050 5.9 10 360 M 1 687.3 26 32.2 33.9 32.6 0 110 7.7 12 110 M 0 688.6 27 30.9 33.3 31.6 0 090 8.1 14 090 M 0 687.0 28 30.9 32.2 31.6 0 070 5.9 9 090 M 0 688.3 29 31.4 32.8 32.4 0 090 7.2 9 090 M 0 687.7 30 30.9 32.8 31.6 0 090 8.1 9 110 M 1 682.2 AVG 36.1 38.9 37.5 T 050 12.4 25 020 M 3 683.6 5th,9th,11th AVG MONTHLY -37.5 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 16 HIGHEST -29.2 ON 24th SUNSHINE M PARTLY CLOUDY 12 LOWEST -47.2 ON 3rd,4th CLOUDY 02 HIGH PRESSURE 693.5 ON 6th LOW PRESSURE 674.2 ON 2nd NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: -0.10 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 converted from inches of Hg to millibars. All wind and pressure data taken from original LCD unless otherwise indicated. Prevailing and peak wind direction converted from cardinal direction to degrees. Changed Extremes: From To Max T -29.4 -29.2 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 36.3 36.1 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press 693.4 693.5 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 37.7 37.5 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 From: 42.2 44.4 40.6 36.7 37.2 36.1 36.1 36.1 37.2 38.9 40.6 To: 42.0 44.2 40.3 36.4 37.0 35.9 35.9 35.9 37.0 38.6 40.3 Day 15 16 18 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 From: 40.0 37.2 38.3 35.6 32.2 30.0 29.4 31.1 31.1 31.7 31.1 To: 39.8 37.0 38.1 35.3 32.0 29.8 29.2 30.9 30.9 31.4 30.9 Min Temp Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 From: 46.1 44.4 46.1 43.9 38.9 38.3 37.2 38.9 38.9 37.2 37.8 39.4 40.0 41.1 40.6 To: 45.7 44.2 45.3 44.3 38.0 38.5 37.1 39.1 38.6 36.8 37.3 39.0 40.2 40.5 40.3 Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 38.9 38.9 39.4 37.8 37.2 36.7 34.4 32.2 33.3 33.3 32.2 31.7 32.2 32.2 To: 38.8 39.7 39.1 37.2 37.3 36.4 34.5 31.5 32.9 32.6 31.6 31.6 32.4 31.6 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8