LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1967 MONTH MARCH ....... 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 53.9 52.3 0 050 13.1 16 050 99.9 0 691.5 02 52.8 55.6 54.3 0 060 12.2 15 070 99.9 1 694.5 03 45.0 55.0 50.1 0 070 14.9 18 050 99.9 2 690.0 04 46.7 51.7 49.0 0 050 16.5 21 050 99.9 0 688.0 BS 05 45.6 53.9 48.6 0 040 16.9 22 040 99.9 1 686.1 BS 06 50.0 55.0 51.9 0 020 13.7 17 020 99.9 5 685.8 BS 07 46.1 54.4 49.8 T 350 14.3 17 360 99.9 8 691.5 BS SG 08 35.6 49.4 41.3 T 330 10.6 15 320 99.9 7 691.0 BS SG 09 44.4 51.1 47.8 0 110 16.1 21 110 99.9 4 685.1 BS 10 48.9 56.1 54.0 0 090 16.8 21 100 99.9 0 680.1 BS 11 51.1 56.1 52.7 0 030 16.9 20 030 99.9 5 685.5 BS 12 52.8 61.1 59.2 0 070 12.7 16 070 99.9 3 685.8 BS 13 57.2 61.7 60.1 0 060 11.5 16 060 99.9 3 682.6 14 51.7 60.0 55.0 T 050 6.1 12 070 99.9 6 681.4 IF SG 15 45.0 52.8 48.1 T 350 12.0 15 360 99.9 8 679.5 IF BS SG 16 46.1 58.3 52.8 T 350 9.1 13 350 99.9 6 678.6 IF BS SG 17 57.8 62.8 61.7 0 090 10.5 14 090 99.9 1 676.9 18 60.6 62.8 61.8 0 080 11.7 14 080 99.9 2 674.3 19 62.2 67.2 64.6 0 110 10.7 15 090 99.9 0 678.1 20 58.9 64.4 61.5 0 070 11.0 17 060 99.9 2 683.0 21 51.7 59.4 54.4 T 030 17.2 21 030 99.9 5 681.6 BS SG 22 56.1 65.6 62.1 0 090 13.2 18 050 99.9 0 675.9 BS 23 61.1 68.3 65.4 0 090 8.8 13 030 0.0 2 669.4 24 57.2 61.7 59.4 0 020 15.9 20 020 0.0 4 672.8 BS 25 46.4 57.8 52.8 0 030 18.6 24 020 0.0 3 673.6 BS 26 46.7 50.6 49.2 0 010 22.1 28 010 0.0 6 670.1 BS 27 48.3 61.7 56.8 0 010 15.2 21 010 0.0 3 672.6 BS 28 55.0 59.4 57.2 0 020 14.8 17 020 0.0 2 679.3 BS 29 55.0 60.0 56.1 0 050 12.9 16 050 0.0 2 678.1 30 55.0 60.0 57.8 0 060 13.8 18 030 0.0 5 678.3 BS 31 45.9 57.8 48.1 0 010 21.4 25 010 0.0 6 682.5 BS AVG 51.2 58.2 54.7 050 13.9 28 010 0.0 3 681.4 26th AVG MONTHLY -54.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 14 HIGHEST -35.6 ON 8th SUNSHINE 0.0/000% PARTLY CLOUDY 14 LOWEST -68.3 ON 23th CLOUDY 03 HIGH PRESSURE 695.2 ON 2nd LOW PRESSURE 669.0 ON 23rd NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +1.05 inches SUNSHINE DATA NOT AVAILABLE. 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. 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 Avg Press Min T 58.0 58.2 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 54.6 54.7 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 25 31 From: 51.1 46.7 46.1 To: 50.9 46.4 45.9 Min Temp Day 13 20 27 From: 60.6 61.1 58.9 To: 61.7 64.4 61.7 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 From: 52.5 54.2 50.0 49.2 49.7 52.5 50.3 42.5 52.5 53.6 56.9 58.9 55.8 48.9 To: 52.3 54.3 50.1 49.0 48.6 51.9 49.8 41.3 54.0 52.7 59.2 60.1 55.0 48.1 Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 From: 52.2 60.3 61.7 64.7 60.0 55.6 60.8 64.7 52.2 48.6 53.6 57.5 57.5 51.9 To: 52.8 61.7 61.8 64.6 61.5 54.4 62.1 65.4 52.8 49.2 56.8 56.1 57.8 48.1 Number of NCDC observations per day: 4