LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH JUNE ....... 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 51.4 62.8 56.4 T 070 12.6 17 070 0.0 4 687.1 02 62.2 66.1 65.0 T 090 15.3 17 090 0.0 6 690.2 03 65.3 67.2 66.0 0 070 16.1 17 070 0.0 0 695.2 04 65.3 68.9 66.7 T 090 13.7 18 070 0.0 0 699.6 05 48.1 70.0 55.4 T 020 6.4 12 050 0.0 6 704.4 06 47.2 51.7 49.5 T 360 10.7 16 360 0.0 5 704.6 07 48.1 56.7 51.0 T 090 14.7 20 070 0.0 2 704.4 08 53.1 58.9 57.5 T 090 17.8 21 090 0.0 0 703.4 09 53.1 58.9 56.1 T 090 17.8 24 050 0.0 1 701.7 10 49.2 55.6 52.0 T 020 22.5 29 360 0.0 6 694.5 SGBS 11 54.4 61.7 59.2 T 360 21.5 27 360 0.0 2 694.9 12 61.7 66.1 64.0 T 110 14.1 18 090 0.0 0 687.3 13 46.1 62.2 50.5 T 360 19.0 23 360 0.0 4 674.6 14 54.4 63.9 62.0 T 360 17.4 21 360 0.0 1 682.0 15 58.9 61.7 59.9 T 360 17.9 23 360 0.0 2 678.2 16 58.1 61.1 59.4 T 360 21.4 24 360 0.0 6 673.7 17 52.0 60.0 54.5 T 340 24.7 32 020 0.0 8 675.7 18 49.7 54.4 51.7 T 340 29.5 35 020 0.0 6 673.5 SGBS 19 47.5 52.8 49.4 T 360 28.2 32 020 0.0 8 681.2 SGBS 20 38.6 50.0 44.3 T 360 32.6 40 360 0.0 8 678.7 SGBS 21 37.0 41.1 38.8 T 360 30.5 40 360 0.0 8 680.7 SGBS 22 39.4 42.8 40.6 T 360 28.8 36 360 0.0 8 687.9 SGBS 23 32.5 40.0 34.9 T 360 35.8 42 360 0.0 8 688.4 SGBS 24 33.3 45.6 40.8 T 360 28.2 38 340 0.0 8 689.2 SGBS 25 35.9 46.7 41.9 T 360 26.0 31 360 0.0 6 691.1 SGBS 26 34.4 44.4 39.6 T 360 33.3 40 360 0.0 8 689.9 SGBS 27 43.1 55.0 48.3 0 020 24.0 35 360 0.0 3 686.0 BS 28 53.1 59.4 57.0 T 020 14.0 18 020 0.0 0 686.0 29 54.2 59.4 56.3 T 020 14.2 16 090 0.0 2 689.4 30 53.9 57.2 55.4 T 090 18.4 22 090 0.0 0 683.2 AVG 49.4 56.7 52.8 360 20.9 42 360 0.0 4 688.6 23rd AVG MONTHLY -52.8 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 12 HIGHEST -32.5 ON 23rd SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 10 LOWEST -70.0 ON 5th CLOUDY 08 HIGH PRESSURE 705.4 ON 6th LOW PRESSURE 672.2 ON 16th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +2.20 inches 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 -32.8 -32.5 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 49.5 49.4 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press 705.0 705.4 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 53.1 52.8 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 16 17 From: 51.7 65.6 65.6 48.3 48.3 53.3 53.3 49.4 58.3 52.2 To: 51.4 65.3 65.3 48.1 48.1 53.1 53.1 49.2 58.1 52.0 Day 18 19 20 21 23 25 27 28 29 From: 50.0 47.8 38.9 37.2 32.8 36.1 43.3 53.3 54.4 To: 49.7 47.5 38.6 37.0 32.5 35.9 43.1 53.1 54.2 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 From: 57.2 64.4 66.7 67.2 59.4 49.4 52.8 56.1 52.8 58.3 63.9 54.4 59.4 60.6 60.0 To: 56.4 65.0 66.0 66.7 55.4 49.5 51.0 57.5 52.0 54.4 58.9 46.1 54.4 58.9 58.1 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 56.1 52.2 50.6 44.4 39.4 41.1 36.7 39.4 41.7 39.4 49.4 56.7 57.2 55.6 To: 54.5 51.7 49.4 44.3 38.8 40.6 34.9 40.8 41.9 39.6 48.3 57.0 56.3 55.4 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8