***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1983
MONTH	JANUARY		.... 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	21.0	25.6	23.7	T	360	 8.1	17	270	 6.2	8	697.1
2	21.8	27.3	25.9	T	360	 8.2	14	360	15.8	8	696.4
3	24.4	28.9	27.6	T	010	 6.9	12	010	22.1	5	694.6
4	26.1	28.7	27.2	T	330	10.3	16	360	24.0	8	694.2
5	20.6	28.1	21.9	T	270	11.2	16	270	 7.4	8	696.0
6	18.6	24.4	21.6	T	120	 7.5	20	270	12.8	7	694.0
7	21.1	25.6	23.9	T	090	10.9	18	080	22.5	8	692.2
8	22.8	27.8	26.5	T	010	10.3	17	100	14.9	7	694.2
9	24.4	27.3	25.4	T	010	14.1	23	330	13.2	6	695.6
10	24.1	31.1	29.3	T	030	 9.5	23	360	16.5	4	694.5
11	28.1	31.6	29.6	T	030	 9.6	14	040	23.3	6	691.0
12	27.8	30.6	29.4	T	030	13.7	17	040	22.8	4	685.2
13	27.7	30.0	29.6	T	040	12.5	23	040	21.9	3	684.1
14	27.8	31.2	29.8	T	350	12.2	20	340	20.9	6	688.7
15	26.9	31.5	30.4	T	360	 9.8	22	350	19.8	6	690.6
16	28.1	32.4	30.7	T	080	 9.5	14	320	19.2	4	689.6
17	27.2	31.8	28.9	T	010	12.2	16	050	20.7	5	688.5
18	27.5	31.1	30.4	T	020	 9.9	17	010	21.5	3	688.4
19	27.2	31.6	29.2	T	010	 9.7	15	020	12.0	5	691.5
20	28.2	31.7	30.6	T	010	10.0	15	010	16.3	7	693.2
21	29.6	33.3	32.2	T	010	10.9	15	010	18.5	6	690.1
22	31.1	34.6	32.2	T	360	12.1	15	360	23.7	5	692.5
23	27.8	34.0	31.7	T	050	10.8	16	020	21.8	6	690.9
24	27.7	33.4	32.2	T	020	13.1	18	010	13.1	6	689.0
25	31.1	35.6	32.9	T	030	 7.0	18	020	 9.7	6	689.5
26	29.4	35.4	31.3	T	040	11.6	20	040	15.3	4	689.4
27	29.7	33.9	33.1	T	080	 9.9	22	030	23.0	1	689.9
28	32.8	35.0	34.0	0	070	 9.2	13	070	24.0	0	690.1
29	33.3	35.0	33.8	T	070	10.8	13	080	24.0	0	690.4
30	33.0	34.4	33.6	T	060	13.9	18	050	24.0	2	690.4
31	33.3	34.6	33.8	T	030	16.1	23	030	24.0	4	693.0

AVG	27.1	31.2	29.4	T	010	10.7	23 	030	18.5	5	691.4
							9th,10th,13th,31st
AVG MONTHLY	-29.4		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	05
HIGHEST	-18.6	ON 6th		SUNSHINE	574.9	77.3	PARTLY CLOUDY 	18
LOWEST	-35.6	ON 25th						CLOUDY		08
				HIGH PRESSURE	699.1	ON 1st
				LOW PRESSURE	681.9	ON 13th
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+0.80 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	-35.4	-35.6

Changed Monthly Averages:  (All temps are Minus C)
	From	To			From	To				From	To
Max T	27.3	27.1	Avg Wnd Spd	10.6	10.7	Avg Press		691.2	691.4
Min T	30.9	31.2	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	29.1	29.4	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	9	12	14	19	22	23	25	26	29
		From:	24.6	28.7	28.0	27.3	31.6	31.1	31.2	29.6	33.7
		To:	24.4	27.8	27.8	27.2	31.1	27.8	31.1	29.4	33.3

Min Temp	Day	1	6	7	10	18	21	25	27	28	29	30
		From:	24.7	23.7	25.0	28.5	30.9	32.1	35.4	33.4	33.9	34.9	34.2
		To:	25.6	24.4	25.6	31.1	31.1	33.3	35.6	33.9	35.0	35.0	34.4

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	22.9	24.5	26.6	27.4	24.4	21.2	23.1	25.3	26.0	26.3	29.9	29.7	28.9	29.6	29.2	30.3
		To:	23.7	25.9	27.6	27.2	21.9	21.6	23.9	26.5	25.4	29.3	29.6	29.4	29.6	29.8	30.4	30.7
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	29.5	29.2	29.5	30.0	30.9	33.1	32.5	30.6	33.3	32.5	31.6	33.4	34.3	33.6	34.0
		To:	28.9	30.4	29.2	30.6	32.2	32.2	31.7	32.2	32.9	31.3	33.1	34.0	33.8	33.6	33.8

Number of NCDC observations per day: 8