LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH AUGUST ....... 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 54.2 57.8 54.9 T 360 23.7 29 360 0.0 6 665.1 02 54.7 61.1 57.5 T 360 18.6 23 360 0.0 2 675.2 03 56.1 65.0 62.0 T 110 15.3 20 110 0.0 0 683.4 04 54.2 63.3 58.7 0 070 20.9 28 110 0.0 0 672.6 05 62.8 66.1 64.6 T 070 11.5 16 050 0.0 1 670.3 06 65.0 71.7 68.6 T 020 9.3 13 020 0.0 0 671.1 07 63.1 70.6 66.1 T 020 6.2 12 020 0.0 3 672.9 08 59.4 67.8 62.3 T 050 13.8 21 070 0.0 4 674.9 09 59.2 62.2 60.4 T 090 16.3 23 090 0.0 5 674.2 10 59.4 63.9 61.5 T 020 16.4 21 360 0.0 1 672.5 11 53.9 62.8 56.9 T 360 15.7 17 020 0.0 6 683.4 12 54.4 65.6 59.3 T 090 15.0 18 070 0.0 5 683.3 13 55.0 66.1 58.5 T 070 18.2 23 070 0.0 0 680.5 14 48.6 58.9 54.7 T 090 14.4 23 110 0.0 6 671.7 15 52.8 61.7 58.2 T 090 17.1 21 050 0.0 2 667.1 16 57.5 63.3 60.7 T 070 15.3 22 360 0.0 5 671.0 17 61.1 67.8 65.0 T 090 12.3 17 070 0.0 0 675.3 18 62.2 66.7 64.6 T 070 16.4 23 020 0.0 0 669.8 19 60.3 63.9 62.1 T 020 19.2 25 020 0.0 0 668.8 20 60.6 66.7 63.4 T 090 18.8 23 070 0.0 0 668.5 21 66.1 71.7 69.5 T 090 15.7 18 050 0.0 0 666.8 22 65.3 70.6 67.5 T 360 19.2 23 360 0.0 2 667.5 23 54.7 65.6 58.7 T 340 16.0 23 360 0.0 8 671.8 24 50.9 55.0 52.8 T 270 9.6 18 320 0.0 6 671.9 25 49.7 58.9 53.6 T 340 7.5 14 340 0.0 8 672.9 26 47.8 58.3 53.6 T 340 15.1 21 340 0.0 7 666.2 27 56.7 63.9 60.7 T 020 13.0 18 360 0.0 6 667.5 28 57.2 68.3 61.5 T 050 13.5 21 360 0.0 5 665.9 29 65.6 72.8 69.7 0 070 12.2 15 020 0.0 1 671.6 30 47.0 70.0 57.2 T 360 22.1 30 360 0.0 6 680.7 31 41.4 47.2 43.6 T 290 17.5 27 290 0.0 8 686.7 SGBS AVG 56.7 64.4 60.3 090 15.3 30 360 0.0 3 672.9 30th AVG MONTHLY -60.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 15 HIGHEST -41.4 ON 31st SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 12 LOWEST -72.8 ON 29th CLOUDY 04 HIGH PRESSURE 688.5 ON 31st LOW PRESSURE 663.4 ON 1st NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.60 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 -41.7 -41.4 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 56.8 56.7 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press 688.3 688.5 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 60.7 60.3 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 2 4 7 9 14 16 19 22 23 24 25 30 31 From: 54.4 55.0 54.4 63.3 59.4 48.9 57.8 60.6 65.6 55.0 51.1 50.0 47.2 41.7 To: 54.2 54.7 54.2 63.1 59.2 48.6 57.5 60.3 65.3 54.7 50.9 49.7 47.0 41.4 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: 56.1 58.3 60.6 58.9 64.4 68.3 67.2 63.9 61.1 61.7 58.3 60.0 60.6 53.9 57.2 60.6 To: 54.9 57.5 62.0 58.7 64.6 68.6 66.1 62.3 60.4 61.5 56.9 59.3 58.5 54.7 58.2 60.7 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 64.4 64.4 62.2 63.9 68.9 68.3 60.6 53.3 54.4 53.3 60.6 62.8 69.4 58.9 44.4 To: 65.0 64.6 62.1 63.4 69.5 67.5 58.7 52.8 53.6 53.6 60.7 61.5 69.7 57.2 43.6 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8