***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1981
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	44.7	53.7	45.3	T	350	25.6	44	350	M	8	686.7
2	44.3	54.0	51.0	T	010	12.3	35	350	M	7	694.5
3	50.4	55.4	53.7	0	010	15.8	24	080	M	0	679.4
4	49.2	59.1	58.2	0	030	16.6	32	020	M	5	684.8
5	55.0	60.0	58.2	0	020	17.8	24	020	M	7	687.0
6	49.0	60.1	52.0	0	010	18.6	31	010	M	8	693.3
7	47.4	55.0	52.1	T	080	 9.2	27	010	M	8	693.5
8	50.3	55.6	53.2	T	030	17.8	30	030	M	2	690.7
9	51.5	59.4	57.4	0	070	 9.7	32	030	M	2	688.2
10	55.4	63.0	61.2	0	060	 9.5	16	060	M	0	680.9
11	60.4	65.4	64.2	0	060	 7.1	16	050	M	0	685.7
12	60.7	68.0	65.7	0	080	 8.8	18	030	M	0	692.6
13	49.0	67.6	58.7	0	040	12.0	17	080	M	0	693.7
14	45.5	62.9	53.7	T	070	12.0	30	030	M	4	697.7
15	51.8	63.3	62.3	0	080	 8.6	18	060	M	0	701.7
16	47.8	63.9	54.7	0	030	14.7	23	050	M	0	693.0
17	46.4	56.8	48.0	T	020	21.2	37	010	M	5	686.3
18	42.5	48.9	44.1	0	010	19.5	32	010	M	3	687.5
19	43.0	57.0	55.0	T	060	 8.2	29	010	M	3	688.2
20	54.5	60.3	58.5	T	060	10.0	16	060	M	2	680.3
21	57.2	62.0	60.7	0	090	11.5	18	060	M	0	675.9
22	60.0	68.0	65.0	0	050	11.7	21	060	M	1	670.3
23	60.0	66.4	62.1	0	030	14.6	19	040	M	2	666.7
24	55.0	63.2	58.2	0	360	20.1	27	010	M	3	670.8
25	43.9	56.5	46.7	0	360	28.2	37	350	M	7	678.6
26	43.1	45.9	44.2	0	360	29.6	47	360	M	8	679.8
27	42.9	47.0	45.9	0	360	22.7	43	010	M	8	679.1
28	45.1	61.0	56.7	0	070	 9.1	32	360	M	3	678.5
29	56.4	62.3	58.7	0	030	16.4	21	030	M	0	673.2
30	57.4	62.0	60.3	0	360	21.3	28	010	M	0	673.3
31	46.7	61.8	49.2	0	360	26.2	35	360	M	3	677.5

AVG	50.5	59.5	55.3	T	360	15.7	47	360	M	3	684.2
							26th
AVG MONTHLY	-55.3		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	15
HIGHEST	-42.5	ON 18th		SUNSHINE	M		PARTLY CLOUDY 	08
LOWEST	-68.0	ON 12th,22th					CLOUDY		08
				HIGH PRESSURE	702.5	ON 16th
				LOW PRESSURE	666.0	ON 24th

NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+0.90 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 Extremes:
	From	To
Max T
Min T	-67.6	-68.0

Changed Monthly Averages:  (All temps are Minus C)
	From	To			From	To			From	To
Max T	51.7	50.5	Avg Wnd Spd	15.4	15.7	Avg Press	684.4	684.2
Min T	58.8	59.5	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	55.3	55.3	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	5	6	13	16	23	24	25	31
		From:	57.6	53.0	62.4	56.7	61.8	56.5	45.9	50.0
		To:	55.0	49.0	49.0	47.8	60.0	55.0	43.9	46.7

Min Temp	Day	2	7	8	9	10	12	15	19	21	22	28
		From:	50.9	53.1	55.5	58.0	60.4	65.6	62.4	56.3	61.8	62.9	56.4
		To:	54.0	55.0	55.6	59.4	63.0	68.0	63.3	57.0	62.0	68.0	61.0

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	49.2	47.6	52.9	54.2	58.8	56.5	50.3	52.9	54.8	57.9	62.9	63.2	65.0	54.2	57.1	60.3
		To:	45.3	51.0	53.7	58.2	58.3	52.0	52.1	53.2	57.4	61.2	64.2	65.7	58.7	53.7	62.3	54.7
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	51.6	45.7	49.7	57.4	59.5	61.5	64.1	59.9	51.2	44.5	45.0	50.8	59.4	59.7	55.9
		To:	48.0	44.1	55.0	58.5	60.7	65.0	62.1	58.2	46.7	44.2	45.9	56.7	58.7	60.3	49.2

Number of NCDC observations per day: 4