LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH JULY ....... 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 54.7 60.6 57.1 0 020 22.2 28 020 0.0 2 672.3 02 49.7 63.9 57.9 T 360 18.3 25 360 0.0 3 677.4 03 38.6 50.0 40.8 T 290 28.4 37 270 0.0 8 683.9 BS 04 38.3 50.0 43.4 T 360 16.7 27 290 0.0 4 687.1 05 50.0 60.0 54.9 0 020 12.7 16 090 0.0 0 681.8 06 57.8 64.4 62.5 T 090 15.0 17 050 0.0 0 674.7 07 60.8 65.6 62.9 T 050 13.0 17 020 0.0 1 674.7 08 60.0 64.4 61.4 T 020 12.7 17 360 0.0 0 675.7 09 57.8 64.4 60.6 T 020 12.4 17 020 0.0 2 671.8 10 58.6 66.1 59.5 T 020 17.7 23 020 0.0 0 669.1 11 60.8 65.0 62.2 T 020 14.0 23 020 0.0 2 669.5 12 64.4 70.0 68.1 T 090 12.4 16 090 0.0 0 669.7 13 60.8 71.1 65.0 T 090 15.4 18 050 0.0 4 662.7 14 60.6 73.3 67.8 T 070 16.6 20 070 0.0 0 658.5 15 68.9 72.8 69.7 T 020 17.6 21 020 0.0 2 660.5 16 61.4 70.6 63.5 T 360 25.6 30 360 0.0 8 665.4 BS 17 53.1 61.7 58.7 T 360 28.2 31 360 0.0 8 667.5 18 47.0 53.3 48.7 T 360 28.3 35 340 0.0 8 669.4 BS 19 48.6 60.0 54.7 T 360 26.1 35 360 0.0 6 667.9 20 60.0 67.8 64.9 T 020 20.8 25 020 0.0 2 663.8 21 60.3 67.2 64.6 T 020 22.0 25 020 0.0 4 670.2 22 57.0 62.8 58.8 T 020 21.8 28 020 0.0 2 669.8 23 51.4 66.7 61.0 T 360 24.0 32 340 0.0 5 670.4 BS 24 48.1 55.6 51.3 T 340 21.5 29 340 0.0 6 672.6 BS 25 49.4 61.7 57.8 T 360 10.7 14 360 0.0 3 672.0 26 59.4 70.6 65.4 T 090 11.6 15 070 0.0 1 671.5 27 63.6 67.8 65.2 T 020 11.9 16 360 0.0 2 668.3 28 53.6 66.1 58.6 T 360 18.2 23 340 0.0 6 666.9 29 53.9 65.6 60.8 T 360 13.2 17 020 0.0 2 662.5 30 63.9 74.4 69.3 T 360 12.2 21 360 0.0 0 656.9 31 57.5 66.1 59.9 T 360 24.9 30 360 0.0 5 659.2 AVG 55.8 64.5 59.9 360 18.3 37 270 0.0 3 669.8 3rd AVG MONTHLY -59.9 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 17 HIGHEST -38.3 ON 4th SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 10 LOWEST -74.4 ON 30th CLOUDY 04 HIGH PRESSURE 686.4 ON 04th LOW PRESSURE 653.7 ON 31st NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.39 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 Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 56.0 55.8 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press 669.7 669.8 Min T 64.4 64.5 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 60.2 59.9 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 2 3 7 10 11 13 16 From: 55.0 50.0 38.9 61.1 58.9 61.1 61.1 61.7 To: 54.7 49.7 38.6 60.8 58.6 60.8 60.8 61.4 Day 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 27 28 From: 53.3 47.2 48.9 60.6 57.2 51.7 48.3 63.9 53.9 To: 53.1 47.0 48.6 60.3 57.0 51.4 48.1 63.6 53.6 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 From: 57.8 57.2 44.4 44.4 55.0 61.1 63.3 62.2 61.1 61.7 63.3 70.0 71.1 67.2 70.6 70.6 To: 57.1 57.9 40.8 43.4 54.9 62.5 62.9 61.4 60.6 59.5 62.2 68.1 65.0 67.8 69.7 63.5 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 57.8 50.6 54.4 63.9 63.9 60.0 59.4 52.2 55.6 65.0 66.1 60.0 60.0 69.4 62.2 To: 58.7 48.7 54.7 64.9 64.6 58.8 61.0 51.3 57.8 65.4 65.2 58.6 60.8 69.3 59.9 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8