LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1968 MONTH JUNE ....... 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 63.9 55.7 0 020 16.7 22 010 0.0 0 683.0 BS 02 62.2 65.6 63.3 0 070 12.4 18 060 0.0 0 677.6 03 63.3 66.7 64.4 0 050 13.3 16 060 0.0 0 677.3 04 54.4 64.4 58.7 0 020 14.4 16 020 0.0 0 687.9 05 54.4 61.7 59.9 0 090 13.8 18 100 0.0 0 686.4 BS 06 59.4 62.8 61.0 0 090 17.0 23 100 0.0 0 678.2 07 53.9 62.8 58.2 0 020 24.2 33 020 0.0 2 679.3 BS 08 48.1 55.6 50.5 0 010 26.7 32 010 0.0 8 681.6 BS 09 42.5 50.0 44.9 0 010 22.4 28 360 0.0 8 681.8 BS 10 42.8 49.4 46.0 0 350 21.0 23 360 0.0 6 685.1 BS 11 50.0 65.0 58.6 0 090 14.3 23 030 0.0 2 672.9 BS 12 61.1 64.4 62.8 0 030 10.1 16 030 0.0 2 677.0 13 61.1 66.7 64.4 0 050 10.6 14 040 0.0 2 676.8 14 61.7 67.8 65.0 0 040 13.5 18 020 0.0 2 672.1 15 55.6 61.7 58.6 0 010 21.3 27 340 0.0 8 673.6 BS 16 53.9 58.3 56.2 0 360 20.4 35 010 0.0 6 674.2 BS 17 50.6 60.0 55.3 0 020 13.2 20 010 0.0 8 667.4 BS 18 51.1 55.6 53.9 0 360 18.3 21 010 0.0 4 672.0 19 54.4 60.6 58.3 0 020 14.7 21 010 0.0 1 673.6 20 60.6 66.1 64.1 0 050 12.4 18 020 0.0 2 677.1 21 61.1 63.3 62.3 0 010 15.8 21 010 0.0 7 676.4 22 61.7 62.2 62.1 0 010 15.8 21 360 0.0 5 679.7 23 61.7 66.7 64.2 0 020 12.4 15 060 0.0 6 681.9 24 58.3 67.8 62.9 0 090 10.3 16 080 0.0 6 679.1 25 56.7 68.3 64.0 0 020 10.1 15 020 0.0 6 689.6 26 50.9 56.7 54.0 0 010 15.8 23 010 0.0 8 691.3 27 50.0 60.0 54.6 0 020 18.7 22 020 0.0 2 689.1 28 59.4 67.8 64.9 0 080 13.3 17 080 0.0 0 683.2 29 53.3 65.0 56.0 T 360 16.7 23 360 0.0 8 684.8 SG- 30 50.3 56.1 53.0 T 360 16.1 21 360 0.0 8 681.8 SG- AVG 55.1 62.1 58.6 020 15.9 35 010 0.0 4 679.7 16th AVG MONTHLY -58.7 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 15 HIGHEST -42.5 ON 9th SUNSHINE 0.0/000% PARTLY CLOUDY 07 LOWEST -68.3 ON 25th CLOUDY 08 HIGH PRESSURE 691.8 ON 26th LOW PRESSURE 664.7 ON 17th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: 9.99 SNOWSTAKE 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. Station Pressure taken from NCDC data. Data rounded to whole mb on original LCD. Average wind speed taken from NCDC data. Data rounded to whole MPH on original LCD. All wind and pressure data taken from original LCD unless otherwise indicated. Changed Extremes: From To Max T -42.8 -42.5 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 55.3 55.1 Avg Wnd Spd 15.1 15.9 Avg Press Min T Max Press 691.7 691.8 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 58.7 58.6 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 8 9 14 26 30 From: 50.0 48.3 42.8 65.0 51.1 50.6 To: 49.7 48.1 42.5 61.7 50.9 50.3 Min Temp Day 5 From: 60.6 To: 61.7 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 16 From: 56.9 63.9 65.0 59.4 57.5 61.1 58.3 51.9 46.4 46.1 57.5 63.9 66.4 56.1 To: 55.7 63.3 64.4 58.7 59.9 61.0 58.2 50.5 44.9 46.0 58.6 64.4 65.0 56.2 Day 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 53.3 57.5 63.3 62.2 61.9 63.1 62.5 53.9 55.0 63.6 59.2 53.3 To: 53.9 58.3 64.1 62.3 62.1 62.9 64.0 54.0 54.6 64.9 56.0 53.0 Number of NCDC observations per day: 4