***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1965 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 49.4 55.6 52.3 T 360 13.0 20 360 0.0 0 688.2 02 53.3 59.4 55.5 T 020 15.9 23 010 0.0 4 675.9 BS 03 56.1 65.6 61.0 T 020 15.4 23 010 0.0 5 665.5 BS 04 61.1 66.7 65.2 T 020 15.9 21 020 0.0 2 662.8 05 60.0 68.3 63.7 T 010 15.2 21 020 0.0 6 662.4 06 58.3 68.3 60.5 T 340 15.5 22 340 0.0 8 672.1 07 60.0 62.8 61.4 T 360 17.3 24 360 0.0 5 679.6 08 62.2 70.6 67.0 0 060 15.4 23 060 0.0 0 676.0 09 62.2 70.0 65.1 0 030 17.1 29 030 0.0 0 674.3 10 65.0 71.1 68.3 0 050 16.8 23 040 0.0 0 676.5 11 50.6 66.1 57.7 T 360 20.7 35 340 0.0 7 673.2 BS 12 52.2 60.0 55.9 T 010 15.0 25 030 0.0 7 668.3 BS 13 60.0 71.1 66.8 T 110 9.1 16 070 0.0 6 676.1 14 57.8 63.9 60.6 T 120 5.6 15 140 0.0 5 674.9 15 63.9 77.2 72.7 0 120 13.7 20 110 0.0 0 666.7 16 59.4 77.2 67.7 0 360 14.7 25 360 0.0 6 670.9 BS 17 56.7 62.8 59.0 T 360 15.3 28 360 0.0 6 681.9 BS 18 46.7 56.7 50.4 T 350 14.6 23 350 0.0 8 690.8 BS 19 50.0 54.4 53.0 0 110 10.0 21 120 0.0 6 693.2 20 42.5 62.8 55.1 0 020 22.1 42 020 0.0 4 679.3 BS 21 42.8 53.3 47.9 0 010 32.2 51 010 0.0 6 680.8 BS 22 46.7 53.3 50.0 0 010 24.0 36 010 0.0 3 683.6 BS 23 43.1 53.9 47.7 0 360 21.8 37 010 0.0 7 687.4 BS 24 37.8 43.3 39.4 0 340 20.9 38 330 0.0 7 691.8 BS 25 39.4 44.4 41.5 0 350 24.0 35 350 0.0 7 693.9 BS 26 43.1 50.6 47.2 0 360 21.5 30 020 0.0 2 692.5 BS 27 42.2 48.3 44.7 0 020 23.2 29 030 0.0 0 683.4 BS 28 43.9 55.0 52.0 0 020 21.8 32 030 0.0 0 680.1 BS 29 53.9 66.1 60.8 0 050 11.4 20 030 0.0 2 677.1 30 57.8 65.6 62.3 0 050 10.6 17 020 0.0 0 680.3 31 56.7 62.2 59.4 0 040 13.3 17 020 0.0 0 676.5 AVG 52.7 61.5 57.2 T 360 16.7 51 010 0.0 4 678.6 21st AVG MONTHLY -57.2 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 12 HIGHEST -37.8 ON 24th SUNSHINE 0.0/ 0% PARTLY CLOUDY 12 LOWEST -77.2 ON 15th,16th CLOUDY 07 HIGH PRESSURE 694.9 ON 26th LOW PRESSURE 661.0 ON 5th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +.90 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. Prevailing wind direction taken from NCDC data. No data on original LCD. All wind and pressure data taken from original LCD unless otherwise indicated. Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T Avg Wnd Spd 16.7 16.9 Avg Press Min T Max Press 694.5 694.9 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 57.1 57.2 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 20 23 26 From: 42.8 43.3 43.3 To: 42.5 43.1 43.1 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 From: 52.8 56.7 61.1 63.9 64.4 63.3 61.7 66.7 66.1 58.3 56.1 65.6 61.1 70.6 To: 52.3 55.5 61.0 65.2 63.7 60.5 61.4 67.0 65.1 57.7 55.9 66.8 60.6 72.7 Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 From: 68.3 60.0 51.7 52.2 52.8 48.3 48.9 40.6 42.2 45.6 49.4 60.0 61.7 To: 67.7 59.0 50.4 53.0 55.1 47.9 47.7 39.4 41.5 44.7 52.0 60.8 62.3 Avg MPH Day 1 9 10 15 17 27 31 From: 11.7 18.3 15.4 12.4 15.3 20.0 12.3 To: 13.0 17.1 16.8 13.7 13.8 23.2 13.3 Avg Press Day 26 From: 693.9 To: 692.5 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8