LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH MARCH ....... 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 43.9 49.4 47.1 T 360 19.5 22 360 99.9 8 676.9 02 45.3 52.2 49.4 T 110 11.4 17 360 99.9 2 677.9 03 38.1 52.8 48.1 T 090 15.1 21 070 99.9 4 674.7 BS 04 38.3 47.2 43.6 T 020 21.5 27 020 99.9 8 677.8 BS 05 47.2 50.6 48.9 0 020 23.7 28 020 99.9 2 680.0 BS 06 50.6 54.4 52.9 T 050 16.2 22 020 99.9 2 681.4 07 49.2 53.3 51.2 0 050 19.1 23 020 99.9 3 679.0 IF 08 48.9 56.7 51.9 T 020 18.7 25 020 99.9 2 679.4 09 56.7 60.0 58.4 0 090 13.5 16 090 99.9 0 679.9 10 58.3 60.0 59.4 0 090 14.0 18 090 99.9 1 675.5 11 59.2 62.8 60.7 0 090 13.0 16 090 99.9 2 670.1 12 55.6 62.8 58.6 T 020 16.0 22 020 99.9 2 672.7 13 57.2 60.0 59.0 0 360 17.8 21 360 99.9 6 681.0 14 55.0 60.0 57.2 0 360 19.3 22 020 99.9 6 684.9 BSIF 15 54.2 58.3 56.0 T 050 17.3 23 090 99.9 6 680.7 16 57.8 61.1 59.8 T 090 14.6 18 090 99.9 2 678.2 17 45.0 58.3 48.1 T 360 20.3 25 360 99.9 8 680.4 18 41.4 47.2 44.4 T 360 19.7 27 360 99.9 8 676.9 19 38.9 42.8 41.1 T 340 18.2 27 320 99.9 8 672.6 BSIF 20 39.4 51.1 45.6 T 360 20.0 25 340 99.9 8 678.5 21 50.3 53.3 51.1 T 360 21.4 25 360 99.9 8 678.5 22 47.8 51.7 49.7 T 360 23.6 29 360 99.9 8 675.8 BSIF 23 48.3 56.1 53.3 T 360 19.0 24 360 0.0 5 681.7 BSIF 24 56.1 60.6 57.9 0 050 15.2 21 020 0.0 1 684.9 25 49.2 56.7 52.8 0 050 17.1 21 070 0.0 6 678.0 26 54.2 58.3 56.8 T 360 14.7 17 360 0.0 6 674.4 27 54.4 68.3 63.3 T 360 13.1 17 360 0.0 1 669.0 28 63.1 70.0 67.1 0 050 10.6 14 050 0.0 0 671.0 29 58.6 64.4 60.9 0 050 13.8 18 020 0.0 1 677.9 30 50.9 62.2 55.9 0 020 18.5 27 360 0.0 5 684.2 BSIF 31 49.4 56.7 52.6 0 360 21.1 27 360 0.0 6 682.4 BSIF AVG 50.4 56.8 53.6 360 17.3 29 360 99.9 4 677.9 22nd AVG MONTHLY -53.6 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 13 HIGHEST -38.1 ON 3th SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 10 LOWEST -70.0 ON 28th CLOUDY 08 HIGH PRESSURE 685.4 ON 14th LOW PRESSURE 667.1 ON 28th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +1.30 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 -38.3 -38.1 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 50.5 50.4 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press 678.0 677.9 Min T Max Press 685.1 685.4 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 53.8 53.6 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 2 3 7 11 15 18 21 25 26 28 29 30 From: 45.6 38.3 49.4 59.4 55.0 41.7 50.6 49.4 54.4 63.3 58.9 51.1 To: 45.3 38.1 49.2 59.2 54.2 41.4 50.3 49.2 54.2 63.1 58.6 50.9 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 From: 46.7 48.9 45.6 42.8 52.8 51.7 52.8 58.3 61.1 59.4 58.9 57.8 56.7 59.4 To: 47.1 49.4 48.1 43.6 52.9 51.2 51.9 58.4 60.7 58.6 59.0 57.2 56.0 59.8 Day 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 51.7 52.2 50.0 52.2 58.3 53.3 56.7 61.7 66.7 61.7 56.7 53.3 To: 48.1 51.1 49.7 53.3 57.9 52.8 56.8 63.3 67.1 60.9 55.9 52.6 Avg Press Day 2 From: 681.0 To: 677.9 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8