***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1963 MONTH NOVEMBER ....... 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 49.7 51.4 50.7 0 090 12.3 14 090 M 0 685.1 02 50.3 52.8 51.3 0 090 13.3 16 110 M 0 686.4 03 47.5 50.3 48.7 T 070 14.0 17 070 M 0 684.4 04 40.9 47.5 44.8 T 360 18.7 21 340 M 6 687.7 05 35.9 40.9 37.4 T 320 13.1 24 320 M 8 690.3 06 39.8 44.8 42.2 0 110 12.4 20 110 M 2 686.3 07 41.4 44.2 42.9 0 090 13.8 18 110 M 5 678.5 08 43.1 46.4 44.7 0 360 13.6 17 360 M 2 680.3 09 38.1 43.6 40.0 0 340 16.8 22 340 M 7 682.4 10 35.9 43.6 40.8 T 360 15.8 22 340 M 5 678.9 11 34.8 39.8 37.4 T 360 19.4 25 340 M 8 677.1 12 39.2 40.9 40.3 T 020 17.5 22 020 M 3 677.8 13 36.4 39.2 37.2 0 020 17.0 21 020 M 0 677.4 14 38.6 40.9 39.5 0 050 12.3 15 020 M 0 677.2 15 40.3 41.4 40.9 0 050 11.8 15 050 M 0 678.4 16 40.9 42.0 41.7 0 090 9.6 13 090 M 0 676.5 17 40.3 41.4 40.9 0 110 12.8 17 110 M 0 669.3 18 40.3 41.4 40.8 0 110 11.5 13 110 M 0 671.2 19 40.3 42.0 41.2 0 090 6.3 10 090 M 0 670.3 20 39.8 42.0 40.9 0 360 8.1 9 360 M 2 674.7 21 36.4 39.8 39.1 0 020 5.8 9 090 M 8 671.9 22 37.5 40.3 39.0 T 360 3.5 8 340 M 6 670.2 23 28.7 39.2 34.8 T 110 4.6 10 180 M 6 673.1 24 35.9 38.1 37.5 T 020 4.6 8 360 M 5 673.0 25 37.5 39.2 38.5 T 070 4.6 8 090 M 1 672.0 26 38.1 39.8 38.9 0 090 4.6 7 090 M 1 672.4 27 37.0 39.8 38.3 T 090 2.3 8 090 M 1 673.8 28 36.4 38.6 37.4 T 340 1.2 5 020 M 8 674.2 29 36.4 38.1 37.4 T 020 2.0 7 360 M 6 674.0 30 37.0 37.5 37.1 0 070 6.9 12 090 M 0 672.6 AVG 39.1 42.2 40.7 T 090 10.3 25 340 M 3 677.2 11th AVG MONTHLY -40.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 17 HIGHEST 28.7 ON 23rd SUNSHINE M PARTLY CLOUDY 08 LOWEST 52.8 ON 2nd CLOUDY 05 HIGH PRESSURE 690.8 ON 5th LOW PRESSURE 667.5 ON 17th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.90 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 Max and Min Temperatures taken from NCDC Data. No data on original LCD. 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 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press 677.5 677.2 Min T Max Press 690.3 690.8 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 40.8 40.7 Min Press 670.3 667.5 Changes to Daily Data: Avg Temp Day 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 From: 44.4 38.3 41.1 43.3 45.0 42.8 40.6 37.8 40.6 38.9 39.4 41.7 42.2 41.1 To: 44.8 37.4 42.2 42.9 44.7 40.0 40.8 37.4 40.3 37.2 39.5 40.9 41.7 40.9 Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 41.1 41.1 41.1 38.3 38.3 34.4 37.2 38.9 39.4 37.8 38.3 37.8 37.8 To: 40.8 41.2 40.9 39.1 39.0 34.8 37.5 38.5 38.9 38.3 37.4 37.4 37.1 Fast MPH Day 18 From: 13 To: 15 Avg Press Day 17 19 From: 673.3 673.7 To: 669.3 670.3 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8