***Corrected Winter 2011*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1973 MONTH AUGUST .... 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 59.4 53.7 T 360 11.0 20 360 0.0 0 686.2 IC 2 51.1 62.5 58.9 T 010 8.1 16 010 0.0 0 679.4 IC 3 51.4 67.5 60.8 T 110 9.8 14 110 0.0 2 672.5 IC 4 62.2 67.8 65.9 0 080 12.7 16 100 0.0 0 672.5 5 65.0 69.4 67.9 0 050 11.9 17 050 0.0 0 673.1 6 60.8 70.0 63.4 0 050 14.4 19 030 0.0 0 668.7 7 58.9 66.1 61.3 0 040 12.5 18 040 0.0 0 669.2 8 55.9 63.9 57.7 T 010 12.0 17 010 0.0 2 676.9 IC 9 55.9 61.7 58.6 T 010 11.7 16 010 0.0 7 678.3 IC 10 55.9 63.6 58.6 T 020 13.4 18 020 0.0 8 675.9 IC 11 54.7 64.4 60.0 T 020 18.9 23 010 0.0 8 681.7 BS,IC 12 52.5 60.0 54.2 T 360 14.0 25 360 0.0 8 686.7 BS,IC 13 51.4 57.2 55.1 T 010 13.3 19 010 0.0 8 689.1 IC 14 48.9 57.2 52.8 T 010 13.8 17 010 0.0 8 692.8 IC 15 45.9 55.6 49.1 T 020 15.3 20 020 0.0 8 695.6 IC 16 46.1 62.0 56.3 T 060 15.5 19 020 0.0 0 689.0 IC 17 58.3 64.2 63.4 0 110 14.2 20 020 0.0 0 685.1 18 53.1 65.6 60.8 0 070 15.5 21 040 0.0 3 682.0 19 51.4 63.3 54.8 T 030 10.6 22 030 0.0 3 679.5 IC 20 55.0 62.2 60.5 T 120 12.9 17 080 0.0 0 674.5 IC 21 58.9 65.8 62.2 0 120 12.0 17 140 0.0 0 661.4 22 61.7 69.7 65.9 0 120 8.1 17 140 0.0 0 656.3 23 60.3 70.6 66.0 0 110 8.9 12 050 0.0 4 656.5 24 58.1 67.8 60.5 T 030 8.7 14 020 0.0 5 655.4 IC 25 58.3 68.3 66.3 T 110 12.8 17 110 0.0 0 658.6 IC 26 64.4 68.1 66.4 0 110 14.6 18 110 0.0 0 663.1 27 66.1 73.1 71.3 0 120 12.1 19 110 0.0 0 667.6 28 53.1 73.9 61.9 0 120 9.8 18 130 0.0 6 671.5 29 47.5 58.9 49.6 T 010 3.4 14 010 0.0 8 671.3 IC 30 47.2 62.0 55.5 T 320 5.7 15 320 0.0 2 670.5 IC 31 52.2 62.2 59.8 T 010 14.5 18 020 0.0 2 674.1 IC AVG 55.2 64.6 60.0 T 010 12.0 25 360 0.0 3 673.9 12th AVG MONTHLY -60.0 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 18 HIGHEST -45.9 ON 15th SUNSHINE 0.0/ 0% PARTLY CLOUDY 05 LOWEST -73.9 ON 28th CLOUDY 08 HIGH PRESSURE 695.9 ON 16th LOW PRESSURE 654.3 ON 24th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: M 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 Extremes: From To Max T -46.1 -45.9 Min T Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 56.3 55.2 Avg Wnd Spd 12.6 12.0 Avg Press 673.9 674.7 Min T 63.7 64.6 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 60.0 60.0 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: Max Temp Day 1 3 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 19 23 24 28 29 From: 50.0 51.7 63.3 56.7 56.1 56.1 57.2 52.8 53.9 50.6 61.1 51.7 63.9 58.3 58.3 47.8 To: 49.7 51.4 60.8 55.9 55.9 55.9 54.7 52.5 51.4 45.9 53.1 51.4 60.3 58.1 53.1 47.5 Min Temp Day 2 3 10 16 17 21 22 26 27 30 From: 59.4 63.3 61.7 58.3 63.9 62.8 66.7 67.2 71.7 53.3 To: 62.5 67.5 63.6 62.0 64.2 65.8 69.7 68.1 73.1 62.0 Avg Temp Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 From: 54.7 55.3 57.5 65.0 67.2 66.7 62.5 60.3 58.9 58.9 60.8 56.4 55.6 53.1 53.1 52.2 To: 53.7 58.9 60.8 65.9 67.9 63.4 61.3 57.7 58.6 58.6 60.0 54.2 55.1 52.8 49.1 56.3 Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From: 61.1 63.3 57.5 58.6 60.8 64.2 67.2 63.1 63.3 65.8 68.9 66.1 53.3 50.3 57.2 To: 63.4 60.8 54.8 60.5 62.2 65.9 66.0 60.5 66.4 66.4 71.3 61.9 49.6 55.5 59.8 Number of NCDC observations per day: 24