***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1979
MONTH	OCTOBER		.... 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	55.9	64.0	59.4	T	080	 8.6	15	030	 7.4	6	671.0
2	58.2	63.3	62.6	T	040	10.6	12	080	10.0	5	668.8
3	61.6	63.8	62.5	T	040	11.1	16	040	 9.0	6	669.6
4	57.0	64.8	59.8	T	050	13.2	17	040	 6.2	7	666.4
5	54.0	61.1	55.1	T	030	14.4	23	020	 0.0	7	669.7
6	52.0	56.7	53.0	T	030	18.5	24	030	 0.0	8	672.2
7	51.8	59.0	55.0	T	020	12.4	23	030	 2.0	5	678.0
8	53.0	60.1	58.5	T	060	 8.9	17	030	16.9	2	684.2
9	52.8	59.9	54.7	T	040	13.0	17	040	18.2	3	680.2
10	51.9	55.0	52.7	T	030	12.6	20	040	 6.6	6	684.4
11	47.0	53.3	49.1	T	010	10.3	16	030	 2.8	8	692.8
12	46.9	53.3	52.0	T	090	11.5	16	010	 0.0	6	689.0
13	51.0	57.4	55.2	T	070	 9.2	17	080	21.3	1	682.9
14	54.0	57.9	55.0	T	080	10.6	13	050	23.3	1	681.9
15	54.1	57.0	55.9	T	080	 9.2	14	070	24.0	4	679.9
16	55.2	57.9	56.8	T	090	 8.9	13	080	24.0	1	677.7
17	54.0	58.0	54.7	T	060	 8.6	12	080	24.0	3	677.3
18	52.3	57.0	54.5	T	060	10.6	14	060	24.0	2	674.8
19	52.7	57.0	54.2	T	010	11.8	15	070	22.9	6	669.7
20	48.0	54.7	51.0	T	350	13.2	22	020	15.0	7	669.5
21	39.0	54.1	43.8	T	340	11.7	22	350	 5.3	8	671.7
22	36.0	47.0	38.7	T	290	10.0	17	310	 0.0	8	676.7
23	38.0	45.2	43.3	T	360	10.9	17	360	 5.7	6	677.3
24	42.8	49.0	48.0	T	060	 9.2	14	020	 7.8	7	675.7
25	46.0	49.3	47.2	T	010	14.4	20	030	22.2	7	669.5
26	45.0	49.0	47.7	T	010	14.7	21	360	 9.3	6	669.9
27	47.4	50.1	48.5	T	010	18.8	23	360	 6.2	7	669.6
28	47.0	49.7	47.9	T	360	10.7	23	010	 3.3	7	670.6
29	47.0	59.0	53.7	T	060	 6.7	16	010	18.3	3	668.2
30	52.0	55.0	54.0	T	090	 7.2	12	080	24.0	3	670.3
31	45.6	54.9	49.7	T	010	12.6	16	100	24.0	5	671.8

AVG	50.0	55.9	52.7	T	010	11.4	24	030	12.4	5	675.2
							 6th
AVG MONTHLY	-52.7		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	05
HIGHEST	-36.0	ON 22nd		SUNSHINE	383.7/ 52%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	15
LOWEST	-64.8	ON  4th						CLOUDY		11
				HIGH PRESSURE	694.2	ON 12th
				LOW PRESSURE	665.6	ON  5th

NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+1.19 inches

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	50.7	50.0	Avg Wnd Spd	11.8	11.4	Avg Press
Min T	55.5	55.9	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	53.1	52.7	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	4	5	6	9	13	14	17	20	21	25	28	31
		From:	61.0	54.1	52.1	53.3	51.1	54.2	54.3	52.0	46.1	46.6	47.6	50.8
		To:	57.0	54.0	52.0	52.8	51.0	54.0	54.0	48.0	39.0	46.0	47.0	45.6

Min Temp	Day	2	7	19	24	29	30
		From:	63.1	54.7	56.9	47.4	52.4	54.9
		To:	63.3	59.0	57.0	49.0	59.0	55.0

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	60.0	60.7	62.7	62.9	57.6	54.4	53.3	56.5	56.6	53.5	50.2	50.1	54.3	56.1	55.5	56.6
		To:	59.4	62.6	62.5	59.8	55.1	53.0	55.0	58.5	54.7	52.7	49.1	52.0	55.2	55.0	55.9	56.8
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	56.2	54.7	54.8	53.4	50.1	41.5	41.6	45.1	48.0	47.0	48.8	48.7	49.7	53.5	52.9
		To:	54.7	54.5	54.2	51.0	43.8	38.7	43.3	48.0	47.3	47.7	48.5	47.9	53.7	54.0	49.7

Number of NCDC observations per day: 4