***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1983
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	57.2	71.1	60.5	T	360	13.5	24	360	 0.0	4	655.1
2	57.3	67.4	64.3	T	010	11.8	21	360	 1.9	4	658.3
3	58.9	67.4	61.4	T	350	18.6	29	360	 0.0	4	655.9
4	57.8	64.0	59.2	T	020	15.3	23	350	 0.0	4	661.6
5	53.1	60.9	55.1	T	010	16.2	29	010	 0.0	4	658.7
6	53.2	59.4	57.5	T	010	13.5	24	360	 0.0	4	660.7
7	54.1	59.4	56.8	T	350	13.8	24	360	 0.5	4	664.7
8	46.1	59.7	53.3	T	350	16.4	22	360 	 2.8	4	668.5
9	44.7	57.3	46.9	T	360	20.4	31	330	 0.0	4	670.3
10	45.5	52.8	48.8	T	360	22.7	35	350	 0.0	4	670.5
11	47.5	55.6	55.1	T	010	11.5	35	360	 0.0	4	675.8
12	47.8	55.8	49.3	T	010	16.4	25	360	 2.4	4	683.5
13	46.7	49.4	48.0	T	020	21.8	31	010	 0.0	4	684.8
14	47.0	55.6	52.4	T	030	15.5	29	030	 0.5	4	684.8
15	49.8	57.8	56.5	T	360	14.7	23	030	14.7	4	690.5
16	53.8	58.2	55.4	T	360	 7.8	23	360	 8.1	4	696.1
17	53.6	60.0	57.6	T	120	 4.0	12	010	16.1	3	690.3
18	53.9	60.1	57.6	T	050	 2.6	 8	060	22.2	4	690.2
19	53.4	59.3	58.3	T	070	 0.6	 9	350	18.0	3	687.0
20	53.7	59.8	56.1	T	120	 4.0	 8	090	20.0	3	680.8
21	54.6	60.2	59.3	T	080	 7.2	10	080	23.8	3	670.5
22	57.8	60.8	59.3	T	110	 7.8	13	100	24.0	4	661.8
23	55.3	60.6	56.5	T	100	 4.6	13	090	24.0	4	672.5
24	52.2	57.6	53.9	T	050	 5.2	10	050	21.9	4	681.9
25	50.0	54.7	51.0	T	090	 8.9	14	040	21.5	4	677.0
26	45.7	51.4	47.6	T	040	13.3	22	040	22.8	4	669.8
27	46.0	52.4	51.0	T	080	 8.6	21	040	24.0	2	664.4
28	49.3	54.4	53.3	T	070	 7.2	15	060	24.0	3	662.9
29	52.1	57.2	55.7	T	050	 4.9	13	050	24.0	4	665.1
30	54.7	57.1	56.1	T	060	 4.6	13	020	24.0	4	667.0
31	53.2	56.9	54.6	T	070	 2.2	10	030	24.0	4	669.7

AVG	51.8	58.5	55.1	T	360	10.8	35	360	11.8	4	672.6
							10th,11th
AVG MONTHLY	-55.1		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	00
HIGHEST	-44.7	ON 9th		SUNSHINE	365.2	49.1	PARTLY CLOUDY 	31
LOWEST	-71.1	ON 1st						CLOUDY		00
				HIGH PRESSURE	697.0	ON 17th
				LOW PRESSURE	647.4	ON 1st
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+1.40 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	51.7	51.8	Avg Wnd Spd	11.2	10.8	Avg Press		672.1	672.6
Min T	58.1	58.5	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH
Avg T	54.9	55.1	Min Press

Changes to Daily Data:
Max Temp	Day	1	3	8	12	18	22	24
		From:	57.3	61.8	56.1	48.2	54.6	58.9	53.6
		To:	57.2	58.9	46.1	47.8	53.9	57.8	52.2

Min Temp	Day	7	10	13	14	15	17	28	29
		From:	59.3	49.0	48.4	51.7	57.4	57.8	52.8	56.3
		To:	59.4	52.8	49.4	55.6	57.8	60.0	54.4	57.2

Avg Temp	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		From:	64.2	62.4	64.6	60.9	57.0	56.3	56.7	57.9	51.0	47.3	51.5	52.0	47.6	49.4	53.6	56.0
		To:	60.5	64.3	61.4	59.2	55.1	57.5	56.8	53.3	46.9	48.8	55.1	49.3	48.0	52.4	56.5	55.4
		Day	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
		From:	55.7	57.3	46.4	56.8	57.4	59.9	58.0	55.6	52.4	48.6	49.2	51.0	54.2	55.9	55.1
		To:	57.6	57.6	58.3	56.1	59.3	59.3	56.5	53.9	51.0	47.6	51.0	53.3	55.7	56.1	54.6

Number of NCDC observations per day: 4