***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1970
MONTH	MARCH		.... 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	49.7	53.3	50.8	T	100	 8.9	14	070	21.6	4	680.3	IF
2	50.0	56.1	53.8	T	050	10.9	13	050	 2.4	5	681.0	IF
3	52.2	56.7	56.3	0	050	11.2	15	110	19.2	1	681.3	IF
4	51.4	56.7	53.8	0	050	 6.3	13	050	19.2	4	685.2	
5	43.1	56.1	44.7	T	060	 6.6	13	140	 0.0	8	683.7	SG
6	46.1	54.4	50.9	T	120	14.4	18	110	 2.4	6	681.7	IF
7	48.9	57.2	55.5	0	100	14.4	21	120	16.8	1	681.1	IF
8	42.0	57.2	47.4	0	050	21.6	29	040	14.4	4	688.9	IF,BS
9	43.3	50.3	47.5	0	020	17.5	27	030	 4.8	4	693.6	IF,BS
10	46.1	56.7	54.4	0	110	13.8	21	100	24.0	0	686.1	IF
11	52.8	60.0	59.3	0	110	13.8	23	110	24.0	0	687.6	IF
12	56.7	60.6	58.4	0	110	13.0	16	100	24.0	0	690.8	
13	55.6	59.4	56.8	0	110	15.3	18	100	24.0	0	690.8	
14	52.2	57.8	53.2	0	100	15.5	17	100	24.0	0	688.0	
15	51.1	53.9	52.1	0	030	19.2	25	040	19.2	3	689.5	IF,BS
16	50.6	55.0	52.7	0	030	19.2	26	030	16.8	2	687.2	IF,BS
17	50.0	55.0	52.8	0	040	14.7	23	040	16.8	3	682.4	IF
18	49.2	58.3	52.6	0	030	15.9	21	040	 7.2	5	689.5	IF
19	40.9	54.4	43.8	0	010	17.6	25	010	 2.4	8	689.2	BS
20	40.6	55.0	49.7	T	020	 4.3	25	010	 0.0	8	686.1	IC,IF,BS
21	49.4	59.4	56.3	0	140	 9.7	14	150	 2.4	4	682.1	IF
22	56.1	61.7	59.7	0	160	11.2	19	120	20.0	1	675.9	
23	56.1	63.3	61.9	0	120	 9.2	17	120	 0.0	2	677.0	
24	52.2	63.9	59.0	T	070	 7.2	14	080	 0.0	5	679.9	SG,IF
25	52.2	62.8	56.0	0	010	 7.5	14	060	 0.0	7	681.1	IF
26	50.3	57.2	52.8	0	020	10.3	14	020	 0.0	8	680.5	
27	50.3	55.6	53.3	0	020	14.1	16	020	 0.0	6	676.3	
28	47.0	57.8	50.9	0	010	12.4	18	020	 0.0	5	674.3	IF
29	47.2	60.6	54.7	0	350	11.8	20	360	 0.0	5	674.1	IF
30	52.8	65.0	59.8	0	140	12.6	15	030	 0.0	1	676.7	IF
31	53.9	61.1	57.2	0	140	22.1	26	120	 0.0	2	676.1	BS

AVG	49.7	57.8	53.8	T	110	13.0	29	040	 9.9	4	683.2
							 8th
AVG MONTHLY	-53.8		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	16
HIGHEST	-40.6	ON 20th		SUNSHINE	305.6/41.1%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	05
LOWEST	-65.0	ON 30th						CLOUDY		10
				HIGH PRESSURE	695.2	ON  9th
				LOW PRESSURE	672.9	ON 30th
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	9.99

SNOWSTAKE DATA NOT AVAILABLE.
SUNSHINE DATA BASE ON 22 DAYS, UNTIL SUNSET.

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	50.9	49.7	Avg Wnd Spd	12.6	13.0	Avg Press
Min T	56.8	57.8	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	53.8	53.8	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	1	4	5	8	12	13	14	18	19	24	26	27	28
		From:	51.1	52.8	47.2	50.0	58.3	56.1	53.3	52.2	43.3	60.0	53.3	50.6	50.6
		To:	49.7	51.4	43.1	42.0	56.7	55.6	52.2	49.2	40.9	52.2	50.3	50.3	47.0

Min Temp	Day	2	6	9	10	11	16	20	21	22	27	29
		From:	53.9	48.9	50.0	53.9	58.3	53.3	50.6	57.8	58.9	53.9	52.8
		To:	56.1	54.4	50.3	56.7	60.0	55.0	55.0	59.4	61.7	55.6	60.6

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	52.2	51.9	54.4	54.7	51.7	47.5	53.1	53.6	46.7	50.0	55.6	59.4	57.8	55.6	52.5	51.9
		To:	50.8	53.8	56.3	53.8	44.7	50.9	55.5	47.4	47.5	54.4	59.3	58.4	56.8	53.2	52.1	52.7
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	52.5	55.3	48.9	45.6	53.6	57.5	59.7	61.9	57.5	55.3	52.2	54.2	50.0	58.9	57.5
		To:	52.8	52.6	43.8	49.7	56.3	59.7	61.9	59.0	56.0	52.8	53.3	50.9	54.7	59.8	57.2

Number of NCDC observations per day: 4