LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1967 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 58.3 64.4 62.0 0 040 13.3 16 070 3.0 6 660.4 IF,BS 02 58.9 63.3 61.2 0 030 16.8 20 030 2.7 6 658.7 IF,BS 03 59.4 64.4 61.9 0 020 16.1 20 020 3.1 6 665.3 IF,BS 04 57.2 62.8 60.6 0 020 14.6 17 020 9.4 5 668.6 IF,BS 05 56.7 59.4 58.2 0 010 19.0 22 010 0.0 8 667.6 BS 06 57.2 59.4 59.0 0 010 18.1 22 010 10.1 6 671.5 BS 07 50.6 59.4 54.1 0 010 18.7 22 010 0.0 8 677.6 IF,BS 08 55.0 58.3 56.6 0 030 14.0 18 010 16.0 2 676.9 IF,BS 09 52.8 57.2 54.4 0 020 15.1 18 020 17.0 6 683.0 IF,BS 10 55.0 60.0 57.8 0 050 14.1 17 030 24.0 0 677.2 11 52.2 57.2 54.0 0 050 15.2 18 060 22.1 1 676.4 BS 12 47.2 53.9 50.7 0 020 17.1 20 010 7.6 6 678.5 BS 13 47.8 52.8 51.1 0 030 14.1 20 010 18.3 4 683.9 BS 14 48.9 56.7 53.1 T 030 10.9 15 050 23.6 1 677.9 BS 15 56.1 58.9 57.5 0 100 10.1 14 100 24.0 1 670.2 16 56.7 59.4 58.9 0 110 8.4 14 120 24.0 0 668.2 17 57.2 61.7 59.4 0 040 6.3 12 060 24.0 4 673.8 18 53.3 57.2 55.1 0 030 8.4 12 020 20.7 8 675.1 IF 19 50.0 55.0 51.2 0 010 13.7 17 010 5.3 8 673.7 BS 20 48.3 51.1 49.3 0 010 17.5 20 020 6.0 8 672.2 BS 21 48.3 52.8 50.8 0 050 15.5 21 030 22.9 5 670.0 IF,BS 22 51.4 53.3 52.4 0 050 15.5 18 050 24.0 0 666.7 BS 23 52.8 55.0 53.7 0 040 13.2 15 040 24.0 1 667.9 24 50.0 56.7 52.2 0 360 13.9 15 010 23.4 7 678.5 25 47.2 51.7 48.8 0 020 16.8 21 020 22.1 5 683.9 26 47.0 48.3 47.3 0 020 19.2 22 020 22.0 5 683.0 BS 27 47.0 48.9 47.9 0 020 18.5 22 020 23.7 5 682.0 BS 28 44.8 47.8 46.0 T 030 15.9 22 030 18.9 8 682.9 IF,BS 29 45.0 48.3 46.3 T 030 13.5 16 080 24.0 3 681.9 IC 30 39.4 48.3 43.8 0 120 12.1 17 130 20.3 4 671.4 IF 31 48.3 52.2 50.6 T 020 10.5 15 030 24.0 5 672.1 IF,BS AVG 51.6 56.0 53.7 020 14.4 22 030 16.5 5 674.1 5th,6th,7th, 26th,27th,28th AVG MONTHLY -53.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 08 HIGHEST -39.4 ON 30th SUNSHINE 510.2/ 69% PARTLY CLOUDY 16 LOWEST -64.4 ON 1st,3rd CLOUDY 07 HIGH PRESSURE 684.6 ON 13th LOW PRESSURE 657.1 ON 2nd NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +1.05 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. 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 51.7 51.6 Avg Wnd Spd Avg Press Min T Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 53.9 53.7 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 22 26 27 28 From: 61.1 51.7 47.2 47.2 45.0 To: 58.3 51.4 47.0 47.0 44.8 Min Temp No Daily Changes Avg Temp Day 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 From: 62.8 61.1 60.0 58.1 58.3 55.0 56.7 55.0 57.5 54.7 50.6 50.3 52.8 58.1 To: 62.0 61.2 60.6 58.2 59.0 54.1 56.6 54.4 57.8 54.0 50.7 51.1 53.1 58.9 Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 55.3 52.5 49.7 50.6 52.5 53.9 53.3 49.4 47.8 48.1 46.4 46.7 43.9 50.3 To: 55.1 51.2 49.3 50.8 52.4 53.7 52.2 48.8 47.3 47.9 46.0 46.3 43.8 50.6 Number of NCDC observations per day: 4