LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1962 MONTH OCTOBER ....... 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 50.9 58.9 55.2 0 360 26.6 32 360 99.9 8 679.5 BSIF 02 46.7 51.1 47.5 0 360 32.8 38 360 99.9 8 673.6 BS 03 47.8 55.0 50.3 0 360 24.0 35 360 99.9 8 672.3 BS 04 47.0 56.1 51.2 T 360 22.6 31 020 99.9 6 671.6 BSIF 05 43.6 56.1 48.2 T 360 14.1 18 360 99.9 8 685.6 06 43.1 47.2 44.8 .01 090 5.4 10 090 99.9 8 687.8 07 44.4 52.8 49.9 T 050 10.8 15 020 99.9 7 683.7 08 51.4 53.9 52.6 T 050 14.2 18 020 99.9 2 680.1 09 52.8 56.7 55.4 T 020 20.0 24 360 99.9 1 678.2 10 51.4 55.6 53.0 T 020 20.8 25 020 99.9 2 680.4 11 49.7 53.9 51.4 T 090 17.5 21 050 99.9 0 676.0 12 48.6 51.7 49.9 T 020 24.7 29 020 99.9 0 673.4 BSIF 13 49.2 50.6 49.7 0 020 25.5 30 020 99.9 1 671.1 BS 14 48.3 50.6 49.5 0 020 22.1 27 020 99.9 2 668.8 15 49.4 52.2 51.2 T 020 23.8 27 020 99.9 2 666.1 16 51.7 52.8 52.2 T 020 20.0 23 020 99.9 6 665.4 17 52.8 57.2 54.8 T 070 13.3 18 050 99.9 6 663.8 18 54.7 57.8 55.8 T 360 14.5 18 360 99.9 2 666.9 19 46.4 52.8 52.3 T 360 12.9 15 360 99.9 7 670.0 20 44.8 48.9 46.5 T 340 10.1 14 340 99.9 8 670.5 21 47.0 52.2 49.2 T 050 2.7 9 050 99.9 6 671.4 22 46.7 52.2 50.0 T 110 2.5 9 050 99.9 6 669.8 23 50.0 56.1 54.4 T 360 8.9 14 360 99.9 6 672.0 24 44.2 56.1 50.0 T 360 14.0 18 360 99.9 8 674.4 25 38.9 46.7 42.7 T 090 9.9 21 090 99.9 8 674.8 26 44.4 48.3 45.6 T 140 8.7 13 110 99.9 6 671.0 27 40.3 47.8 43.4 T 160 4.4 12 160 99.9 8 662.9 28 42.5 53.9 48.4 T 360 5.3 9 360 99.9 4 665.9 29 52.8 54.4 53.6 0 090 7.6 10 090 99.9 0 669.4 30 50.6 53.9 52.3 T 090 10.2 14 070 99.9 0 674.5 31 44.8 51.7 47.9 T 070 14.0 21 050 99.9 2 679.0 AVG 47.6 53.1 50.3 360 15.0 38 360 99.9 5 673.2 2nd AVG MONTHLY -50.3 PCPN .01 NR DAYS CLEAR 12 HIGHEST -38.9 ON 25th SUNSHINE / % PARTLY CLOUDY 08 LOWEST -58.9 ON 1st CLOUDY 11 HIGH PRESSURE 689.1 ON 6th LOW PRESSURE 662.0 ON 27th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.51 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 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 47.8 47.6 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 50.4 50.3 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 From: 51.1 47.2 43.9 43.3 51.7 51.7 50.0 48.9 49.4 To: 50.9 47.0 43.6 43.1 51.4 51.4 49.7 48.6 49.2 Day 18 19 20 21 24 27 28 From: 55.0 46.7 45.0 47.2 44.4 40.6 42.8 To: 54.7 46.4 44.8 47.0 44.2 40.3 42.5 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 From: 55.0 48.9 51.7 51.7 50.0 45.6 48.9 52.8 55.0 53.9 52.2 50.6 50.0 49.4 51.1 To: 55.2 47.5 50.3 51.2 48.2 44.8 49.9 52.6 55.4 53.0 51.4 49.9 49.7 49.5 51.2 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 55.0 56.7 50.0 47.2 50.0 49.4 53.3 50.6 42.8 46.7 44.4 48.3 53.9 52.2 48.3 To: 54.8 55.8 52.3 46.5 49.2 50.0 54.4 50.0 42.7 45.6 43.4 48.4 53.6 52.3 47.9 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8