***Corrected Winter 2011***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1977
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	43.9	55.5	52.5	T	020	13.3	28	020	0.0	5	694.9
2	50.6	61.7	59.9	T	120	 8.1	22	010	0.0	1	690.3
3	56.6	62.2	57.3	T	020	10.6	16	030	0.0	1	685.9
4	42.7	61.7	53.3	T	050	10.0	20	020	0.0	5	684.7
5	37.2	60.6	41.6	T	030	19.3	31	030	0.0	8	680.3
6	38.3	49.9	48.0	T	020	15.8	33	020	0.0	6	692.5
7	47.8	58.8	56.0	T	080	 8.1	21	020	0.0	1	691.7
8	55.0	63.3	61.2	T	070	 6.3	14	060	0.0	2	690.9
9	51.6	62.8	56.3	T	130	 6.3	10	070	0.0	3	687.0
10	51.7	64.9	62.0	T	100	 8.1	14	120	0.0	0	680.9
11	59.4	65.0	61.6	T	060	 8.9	15	110	0.0	1	677.2
12	58.3	70.5	65.8	T	030	 4.6	15	030	0.0	1	679.9
13	65.6	70.6	67.4	T	140	 5.2	10	160	0.0	0	675.2
14	65.6	72.8	71.4	T	070	 3.7	 9	150	0.0	0	671.5
15	58.8	73.3	64.1	T	010	 4.9	 9	020	0.0	5	672.1
16	57.8	66.1	59.1	T	360	 8.3	12	360	0.0	6	673.7
17	56.7	60.6	58.5	T	360	12.0	18	360	0.0	5	675.8
18	58.3	60.6	60.1	T	030	12.6	18	360	0.0	3	674.1
19	57.8	63.3	61.2	T	030	10.3	18	030	0.0	2	673.7
20	60.6	67.7	65.7	T	070	 6.9	15	030	0.0	3	677.1
21	64.4	71.0	69.6	T	110	 5.2	10	100	0.0	2	673.1
22	68.9	72.2	71.8	0	090	 5.8	12	120	0.0	0	669.0
23	69.4	73.3	71.3	0	080	 6.7	12	100	0.0	1	667.2
24	61.0	75.0	67.4	T	360	10.7	15	070	0.0	6	670.4
25	48.3	71.1	53.9	T	320	13.5	17	360	0.0	8	672.6
26	46.1	56.7	48.5	T	340	13.3	20	310	0.0	8	676.7
27	47.8	52.2	49.5	T	360	15.8	20	360	0.0	8	681.5
28	47.2	57.2	53.0	T	010	15.0	23	360	0.0	6	683.1
29	51.7	63.8	60.6	T	040	 9.8	20	020	0.0	1	684.0
30	58.9	68.8	66.2	T	080	 6.4	15	040	0.0	1	682.6
31	66.1	70.0	67.8	0	120	 6.9	10	120	0.0	0	675.2

AVG	55.0	64.6	60.1	T	030	 9.4	33	020	0.0	3	679.5
							6th
AVG MONTHLY	-60.1		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	16
HIGHEST	-37.2	ON 5th		SUNSHINE	0.0/ 0%		PARTLY CLOUDY 	11
LOWEST	-75.0	ON 24th						CLOUDY		04
				HIGH PRESSURE	695.6	ON 1st
				LOW PRESSURE	665.8	ON 23rd

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
Min T

Changed Monthly Averages:  (All temps are Minus C)
	From	To			From	To				From	To
Max T	56.2	55.0	Avg Wnd Spd	9.8	9.4	Avg Press		683.0	679.5
Min T	63.5	64.6	Max Press	695.5	695.6	Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	59.8	60.1	Min Press	666.0	665.8

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	3	4	9	15	24	25
		From:	56.7	56.1	51.7	65.6	70.0	56.7
		To:	56.6	42.7	51.6	58.8	61.0	48.3

Min Temp	Day	1	6	7	10	12	19	20	21	23	28	29	30
		From:	51.7	47.8	56.7	61.7	65.6	60.6	65.6	68.9	72.2	51.7	60.6	66.7
		To:	55.5	49.9	58.8	64.9	70.5	63.3	67.7	71.0	73.3	57.2	63.8	68.8

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	47.8	56.1	59.4	58.9	48.9	43.1	52.2	59.2	57.2	56.7	62.2	61.9	68.1	69.2	69.4	61.9
		To:	52.5	59.9	57.3	53.3	41.6	48.0	56.0	61.2	56.3	62.0	61.6	65.8	67.4	71.4	64.1	59.1
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	58.6	59.4	59.2	63.1	66.7	70.6	70.8	72.5	63.9	51.4	50.0	49.4	56.1	62.8	68.1
		To:	58.5	60.1	61.2	65.7	69.6	71.8	71.3	67.4	53.9	48.5	49.5	53.0	60.6	66.2	67.8

Number of NCDC observations per day: 4