***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1969 MONTH NOVEMBER .... ALL TEMPERATURES MINUS C.... DAY TEMPERATURE C PCPN AVG WIND FASTEST SUN SKY STN WX MAX MIN AVG SPEED MILE SHINE COVER PRESS DIR MPH SPD DIR HRS 1 44.4 46.1 45.7 0 020 19.2 22 020 24.0 3 680.8 BS,IF 2 42.5 46.7 43.6 0 020 19.4 22 030 24.0 6 675.7 BS 3 42.8 47.0 45.8 0 020 12.3 21 030 19.8 3 678.2 BS 4 46.1 47.2 46.7 0 030 10.2 14 020 23.8 1 686.1 BS,IF 5 43.9 47.2 45.7 0 050 8.8 12 030 24.0 1 689.1 6 44.2 46.7 45.2 0 060 9.1 12 060 24.0 0 689.4 7 42.0 45.6 43.4 0 030 12.8 15 030 24.0 2 690.4 8 41.4 44.4 42.3 0 060 10.5 16 030 22.1 8 690.2 BS,IF 9 41.4 43.9 42.1 0 110 10.4 12 100 18.0 5 689.0 IF 10 41.1 44.8 43.7 0 100 11.8 17 100 23.5 1 682.4 11 43.3 45.0 44.0 0 050 10.2 14 060 23.4 2 676.1 IF 12 41.4 45.0 42.8 T 360 10.6 13 360 19.5 6 675.2 IC,IF 13 37.0 42.8 39.3 T 300 6.5 13 360 8.9 7 675.4 IC,IF 14 36.7 40.6 37.6 0 360 4.3 9 300 0.0 8 675.8 IF 15 36.4 40.0 37.8 0 320 6.2 9 340 3.6 8 680.1 16 35.6 40.6 38.6 T 350 10.8 14 010 8.6 8 685.0 IC 17 37.2 39.4 38.9 0 020 9.2 14 360 4.8 8 687.8 IF 18 38.3 40.6 39.8 0 030 12.7 15 030 22.7 4 689.1 19 38.6 40.6 39.8 0 050 10.3 16 030 24.0 1 689.8 20 39.2 41.1 40.0 0 070 9.0 14 070 24.0 0 684.7 21 39.4 42.0 41.1 0 100 8.1 13 100 24.0 0 675.9 22 40.3 43.3 41.1 0 360 10.8 13 360 22.9 6 677.6 23 38.1 41.1 38.9 0 030 11.0 14 350 23.6 5 680.5 24 36.4 39.4 37.3 0 020 9.2 12 020 24.0 3 681.9 25 34.8 37.8 36.1 0 010 11.2 13 010 24.0 2 682.0 26 33.7 36.7 34.6 0 010 14.0 17 040 24.0 3 681.5 IF 27 32.0 35.6 33.0 0 030 11.5 17 010 16.6 8 683.1 IF 28 28.9 34.8 32.8 0 050 9.8 14 030 7.8 5 682.6 IF 29 31.7 36.1 35.4 0 010 10.2 13 030 23.2 1 679.1 30 33.1 36.1 33.9 T 030 7.9 10 010 24.0 3 681.4 IC AVG 38.7 41.9 40.2 T 030 10.6 22 030 19.4 4 682.5 1st,2nd AVG MONTHLY -40.2 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 13 HIGHEST -28.9 ON 28th SUNSHINE 580.8/80.7% PARTLY CLOUDY 11 LOWEST -47.2 ON 4th,5th CLOUDY 06 HIGH PRESSURE 690.8 ON 8th LOW PRESSURE 673.4 ON 3rd 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 Average Sky Cover changed to reflect data from 00Z through 00Z daily. All Sky Cover changed to Octas. Peak wind speed, peak wind direction, precipitation, sunshine amount, and present wx reported in NZST. Insufficient data to convert these values to UTC. All temperature, wind, and pressure data taken from NCDC data. LCD data originally reported in NZST. Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 39.2 38.7 Avg Wnd Spd 10.7 10.6 Avg Press 682.4 682.5 Min T 41.8 41.9 Max Press 690.7 690.8 Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 40.5 40.2 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 2 6 7 8 9 12 13 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 From: 43.3 44.4 43.3 41.7 41.7 42.2 38.9 36.7 38.9 39.4 41.1 39.4 37.8 36.1 33.9 32.2 To: 42.5 44.2 42.0 41.4 41.4 41.4 37.0 36.4 38.6 39.2 40.3 38.1 36.4 34.8 33.7 32.0 Day 30 From: 34.4 To: 33.1 Min Temp Day 3 10 21 28 From: 46.7 43.3 41.7 33.9 To: 47.0 44.8 42.0 34.8 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 From: 45.3 45.0 44.7 45.6 45.6 44.4 43.1 42.8 42.2 44.2 43.6 40.8 38.6 38.3 38.1 38.3 To: 45.7 43.6 45.8 45.7 45.2 43.4 42.3 42.1 43.7 44.0 42.8 39.3 37.6 37.8 38.6 38.9 Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From: 39.4 39.7 40.3 40.6 42.2 40.3 38.6 36.9 35.3 33.9 31.4 33.9 35.3 To: 39.8 39.8 40.0 41.1 41.1 38.9 37.3 36.1 34.6 33.0 32.8 35.4 33.9 Number of NCDC observations per day: 8