***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1963 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 53.9 61.1 56.9 0 020 24.6 31 020 0.0 2 670.5 BS 02 37.2 62.2 49.4 T 020 23.8 30 020 0.0 6 678.7 SGBS 03 32.5 45.0 35.9 T 020 25.0 32 020 0.0 7 688.3 SGBS 04 33.3 45.6 42.0 T 020 32.5 38 360 0.0 6 691.5 SGBS 05 44.8 48.3 46.7 0 020 29.9 39 020 0.0 3 687.2 BS 06 44.8 53.3 48.1 0 020 30.9 37 020 0.0 3 687.6 BS 07 50.9 56.7 53.7 0 020 23.4 29 020 0.0 0 689.1 08 52.2 58.9 55.9 T 090 23.9 29 020 0.0 2 684.0 09 43.6 54.4 47.4 0 360 23.8 28 360 0.0 6 689.6 10 41.4 46.7 43.6 T 020 19.1 24 360 0.0 6 694.2 11 44.4 56.1 49.8 T 070 17.8 21 070 0.0 1 694.6 12 53.3 58.9 55.8 T 090 19.4 24 070 0.0 0 695.1 13 45.3 58.3 49.2 T 050 24.2 29 050 0.0 1 695.7 14 42.5 48.3 45.6 T 360 24.3 30 020 0.0 6 693.2 SGBS 15 47.2 54.4 51.8 0 020 22.6 27 020 0.0 1 697.7 16 51.7 55.6 53.5 0 050 18.8 27 020 0.0 0 692.2 17 44.8 52.8 46.6 .01 360 16.6 20 360 0.0 5 688.9 18 50.0 62.2 57.7 T 050 11.8 16 020 0.0 0 692.6 19 58.9 62.2 60.8 T 090 11.8 14 110 0.0 2 688.2 20 58.9 65.0 62.6 T 110 12.0 16 110 0.0 1 689.5 21 57.2 65.0 62.8 T 110 11.7 15 110 0.0 1 694.7 22 50.3 58.9 55.5 T 140 6.3 12 110 0.0 6 696.7 23 45.9 56.7 49.3 T 110 7.4 13 160 0.0 6 691.3 24 54.4 65.6 59.4 T 070 8.2 12 090 0.0 4 683.0 25 58.3 66.1 61.8 T 020 17.5 23 020 0.0 3 685.3 26 56.1 60.6 58.0 0 020 16.8 23 020 0.0 2 691.3 27 58.3 66.1 63.4 T 110 11.0 16 050 0.0 1 691.2 28 61.1 66.7 64.0 0 050 11.3 14 050 0.0 5 687.4 29 61.1 68.9 65.7 0 090 12.4 15 090 0.0 0 684.2 30 63.3 69.4 65.1 0 070 8.0 14 070 0.0 4 682.7 31 63.9 68.9 66.7 0 110 11.1 17 110 0.0 0 689.4 AVG 50.4 58.7 54.3 T 020 18.0 39 020 0.0 3 689.2 5th AVG MONTHLY -54.3 PCPN 0.01 inches NR DAYS CLEAR 16 HIGHEST -32.5 ON 3rd SUNSHINE 0.0/ 0% PARTLY CLOUDY 14 LOWEST -69.4 ON 30th CLOUDY 01 HIGH PRESSURE 698.3 ON 15th LOW PRESSURE 668.1 ON 1st NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.80 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 50.5 50.4 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press 698.1 698.3 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 54.7 54.3 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 3 5 6 7 9 10 13 14 17 22 23 From: 32.8 45.0 45.0 51.1 43.9 41.7 45.6 42.8 45.0 50.6 46.1 To: 32.5 44.8 44.8 50.9 43.6 41.4 45.3 42.5 44.8 50.3 45.9 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 From: 57.8 50.0 38.9 39.4 49.4 53.9 55.6 49.4 44.4 50.6 56.1 52.2 51.1 53.9 To: 56.9 49.4 35.9 42.0 48.1 53.7 55.9 47.4 43.6 49.8 55.8 49.2 51.8 53.5 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 48.9 56.1 60.6 62.2 61.1 55.0 51.7 60.0 62.2 58.3 62.2 63.9 65.0 66.7 To: 46.6 57.7 60.8 62.6 62.8 55.5 49.3 59.4 61.8 58.0 63.4 64.0 65.7 65.1 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8