LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH JANUARY ....... 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 24.8 26.7 25.6 0 090 10.1 12 090 99.9 6 675.7 02 23.9 27.2 26.2 0 110 6.4 10 000 99.9 0 676.8 03 26.1 28.1 27.6 0 270 5.2 13 270 99.9 0 679.7 04 27.0 28.3 27.6 T 270 12.2 16 290 99.9 8 682.9 05 25.3 27.2 26.0 T 270 12.6 17 270 99.9 8 684.3 06 26.7 29.4 28.4 T 090 6.2 12 090 99.9 2 684.5 07 27.0 33.7 29.1 0 090 8.7 12 090 99.9 2 686.4 08 24.2 27.8 25.8 0 110 5.3 10 090 99.9 6 688.5 09 26.4 28.3 27.3 0 110 9.4 12 140 99.9 2 688.5 10 26.7 28.9 28.4 T 360 8.6 14 340 99.9 7 689.4 11 28.1 30.6 29.0 T 360 10.8 14 360 99.9 4 693.5 12 28.9 30.6 29.6 0 360 8.7 10 070 99.9 4 695.5 13 28.1 29.4 28.8 0 090 10.8 14 090 99.9 3 692.3 14 28.9 30.0 29.3 0 090 12.3 17 090 99.9 0 686.9 15 25.9 30.0 28.6 T 020 15.5 21 360 99.9 3 686.4 16 23.7 28.3 26.1 T 360 14.8 18 360 99.9 6 690.2 17 23.3 27.8 26.4 T 360 17.2 21 360 99.9 6 689.7 18 25.9 27.5 26.6 T 020 14.8 18 360 99.9 6 685.9 19 25.3 29.2 28.0 T 360 21.8 25 360 99.9 4 684.5 20 27.0 30.3 28.9 T 020 15.8 21 020 99.9 6 683.7 21 28.7 32.5 30.6 T 020 9.5 12 360 99.9 5 685.9 22 32.5 33.3 32.9 0 090 9.7 12 070 99.9 2 685.2 23 30.3 32.2 31.2 T 050 13.7 18 050 99.9 8 682.2 24 30.0 32.5 31.5 T 360 11.2 13 360 99.9 8 685.4 25 30.6 33.1 32.0 T 360 13.1 16 360 99.9 6 687.9 26 31.4 34.2 32.3 T 020 12.1 17 360 99.9 6 685.7 27 34.2 36.4 35.4 0 050 9.6 12 050 99.9 1 683.7 28 34.8 38.9 36.5 0 090 7.9 12 050 99.9 7 679.3 29 32.8 36.7 34.4 0 070 2.2 9 140 99.9 6 677.3 30 34.8 37.8 35.7 T 070 7.4 12 020 99.9 3 677.3 31 33.1 37.8 35.2 T 050 9.5 13 090 99.9 5 679.0 AVG 28.3 31.1 29.7 360 10.7 25 360 99.9 5 685.0 19th AVG MONTHLY -29.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 08 HIGHEST -23.3 ON 17th SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 17 LOWEST -38.9 ON 28th CLOUDY 06 HIGH PRESSURE 696.1 ON 12th LOW PRESSURE 675.1 ON 1st NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.08 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 Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 28.4 28.3 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press 684.9 685.0 Min T 30.7 31.1 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 29.6 29.7 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 4 5 7 8 9 11 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 From: 25.0 27.2 25.6 27.2 24.5 26.7 28.3 28.3 26.1 23.9 26.1 25.6 27.2 28.9 To: 24.8 27.0 25.3 27.0 24.2 26.4 28.1 28.1 25.9 23.7 25.9 25.3 27.0 28.7 Day 22 23 26 27 28 30 31 From: 32.8 30.6 31.7 34.4 35.0 35.0 33.3 To: 32.5 30.3 31.4 34.2 34.8 34.8 33.1 Min Temp Day 3 7 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 From: 27.8 29.4 27.2 27.8 28.9 31.1 31.7 32.2 33.3 35.6 To: 28.1 33.7 27.5 29.2 30.3 32.5 32.5 33.1 34.2 36.4 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 From: 26.1 25.6 27.2 27.8 26.7 28.3 28.3 26.1 27.8 27.8 29.4 30.0 28.9 29.4 28.3 To: 25.6 26.2 27.6 27.6 26.0 28.4 29.1 25.8 27.3 28.4 29.0 29.6 28.8 29.3 28.6 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 25.6 26.7 26.7 28.1 30.0 33.1 31.4 30.9 31.4 32.5 35.0 37.2 35.0 36.7 35.6 To: 26.4 26.6 28.0 28.9 30.6 32.9 31.2 31.5 32.0 32.3 35.4 36.5 34.4 35.7 35.2 Fast MPH Day 24 From: 12 To: 13 Daily Press Day 24 30 From: 682.3 679.5 To: 685.4 677.3 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8