***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1982
MONTH	DECEMBER		.... 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	28.3	30.0	29.3	T	060	10.8	20	070	24.0	4	689.7
2	28.8	32.2	31.3	0	060	 9.3	15	040	24.0	2	688.4
3	31.2	32.7	32.1	0	030	 9.2	13	040	24.0	0	683.6
4	31.6	33.0	32.1	T	010	16.0	36	360	23.3	4	682.3
5	29.4	33.1	30.9	T	020	12.6	23	020	22.7	7	685.0
6	29.2	32.8	31.4	T	360	 8.3	23	350	21.5	7	690.6
7	29.1	33.4	31.0	T	020	14.1	17	030	18.9	8	691.8
8	29.7	31.8	31.2	T	030	13.6	21	030	23.8	6	687.7
9	29.9	31.7	31.2	0	030	11.2	17	020	24.0	2	690.5
10	28.3	31.8	30.3	T	030	18.0	23	020	24.0	2	696.0
11	24.4	31.2	25.6	T	020	15.7	27	030	23.7	6	697.3
12	23.7	25.6	25.1	T	030	12.4	24	360	22.1	4	701.6
13	24.0	26.7	25.2	T	040	12.7	18	040	24.0	3	703.3
14	24.7	26.9	26.1	T	090	 9.2	18	040	24.0	1	702.8
15	25.2	26.7	26.4	0	120	10.5	15	120	24.0	0	699.1
16	24.4	27.0	25.6	0	140	20.0	29	130	24.0	0	694.5
17	25.4	28.9	27.8	T	020	16.8	29	120	23.8	4	698.2
18	23.3	28.9	26.3	T	020	18.3	27	030	24.0	6	700.2
19	22.8	27.9	24.4	T	020	17.1	35	010	17.8	4	698.0
20	20.6	25.1	21.5	T	340	18.0	25	010	18.9	6	699.5
21	19.7	23.3	22.2	T	360	11.2	29	360	 9.6	4	693.4
22	21.6	26.7	26.4	T	140	12.7	17	150	22.6	2	692.0
23	26.1	26.7	26.2	0	140	19.5	24	140	24.0	1	690.8
24	25.0	26.5	25.7	0	150	12.5	28	140	24.0	4	696.9
25	24.6	26.7	25.5	0	140	 8.1	17	140	24.0	1	698.3
26	25.0	27.3	26.7	0	130	 4.6	13	120	24.0	2	697.6
27	25.5	27.4	26.0	T	320	 7.6	15	310	 9.9	4	702.8
28	24.4	26.4	25.2	0	080	14.0	22	080	24.0	2	700.1
29	20.6	25.8	22.7	0	070	11.3	21	080	24.0	4	697.8
30	18.9	23.4	20.6	T	060	 6.9	17	360	13.0	6	698.4
31	18.9	25.0	23.0	T	260	10.3	17	240	15.9	8	699.0

AVG	25.3	28.5	26.9	T	040	12.7	36	360	21.7	4	694.8
							4th	
AVG MONTHLY	-26.9		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	12
HIGHEST	-18.9	ON 30th,31th	SUNSHINE	671.5	90.3	PARTLY CLOUDY 	15
LOWEST	-33.4	ON 7th						CLOUDY		04
				HIGH PRESSURE	703.4	ON 28th
				LOW PRESSURE	681.9	ON 4th
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	-0.30 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

Changed Monthly Averages:  (All temps are Minus C)
	From	To			From	To				From	To
Max T	25.8	25.3	Avg Wnd Spd			Avg Press		694.8	695.1
Min T	28.3	28.5	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH		35.0	36.0
Avg T	27.0	26.9	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	1	5	10	11	16	18	19	20	24	28	29	30
		From:	28.4	30.3	30.8	25.0	24.7	27.1	23.4	21.6	25.3	25.1	23.3	19.8
		To:	28.3	29.4	28.3	24.4	24.4	23.3	22.8	20.6	25.0	24.4	20.6	18.9

Min Temp	Day	1	2	13	15	17	21	22	25
		From:	29.9	31.2	25.7	26.5	27.9	23.0	26.6	26.1
		To:	30.0	32.2	26.7	26.7	28.9	23.3	26.7	26.7

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	29.1	30.0	32.0	32.3	31.7	31.0	31.3	30.8	30.8	31.3	28.1	24.7	24.9	25.8	25.9	25.9
		To:	29.3	31.3	32.1	32.1	30.9	31.4	31.0	31.2	31.2	30.3	25.6	25.1	25.2	26.1	26.4	25.6
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	26.6	28.0	25.6	23.4	21.4	24.1	26.4	25.9	25.4	26.1	26.5	25.8	24.5	21.6	22.0
		To:	27.8	26.3	24.4	21.5	22.2	26.4	26.2	25.7	25.5	26.7	26.0	25.2	22.7	20.6	23.0

Number of NCDC observations per day: 8