***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1994 MONTH MARCH .... 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 48.0 52.0 49.2 T 350 17.8 23 360 8.9 8 678.1 IC,IF,BS 2 45.3 50.5 47.0 T 340 15.9 24 340 0.7 8 681.5 IC,BS 3 48.3 51.7 49.9 T 360 13.5 18 350 1.1 7 677.5 IC,BS 4 50.6 56.8 54.6 T 100 9.9 14 090 14.0 2 671.5 IC,IF,BS 5 56.7 63.2 60.5 0 100 9.5 14 090 24.0 0 670.5 BS 6 52.5 62.9 57.7 0 010 13.3 24 360 18.8 6 675.2 BS 7 48.4 57.2 50.6 0 360 16.9 29 360 1.0 6 670.2 BS 8 39.3 57.0 47.3 T 020 7.2 15 340 4.3 8 677.7 SG,IC 9 36.9 43.9 40.1 T 340 11.7 18 330 0.0 8 682.1 SG,IF 10 42.8 52.3 48.9 T 050 12.1 22 010 4.7 6 676.9 SG,IC,BS 11 48.0 55.7 51.0 T 010 14.9 29 360 3.1 7 675.6 IC,BS 12 48.9 57.1 53.1 0 020 14.8 23 020 4.2 3 677.2 IF,BS 13 49.0 52.0 50.5 0 020 17.4 24 020 0.0 6 677.1 BS 14 49.2 58.2 52.4 0 010 16.2 25 360 0.0 7 677.2 BS 15 58.1 61.5 59.9 T 050 10.6 16 010 7.1 2 677.0 IC,BS 16 53.6 61.9 57.6 0 050 10.1 15 040 12.6 6 677.4 IF,BS 17 57.9 62.6 59.9 0 050 11.1 15 050 9.4 2 680.3 IF 18 54.8 61.7 58.6 0 050 12.4 17 050 17.0 5 676.1 IF 19 55.2 62.2 58.9 T 060 8.7 16 040 10.5 5 667.1 SG,BS,IF 20 55.4 62.9 60.7 0 050 9.3 15 010 7.8 6 670.9 21 54.2 59.5 56.6 T 360 15.6 21 360 0.0 6 673.0 SG,IC,BS 22 48.0 58.6 52.5 T 330 15.2 21 350 0.0 8 674.2 SG,BS 23 50.3 55.5 52.5 0 340 14.6 20 350 0.0 8 677.3 BS 24 48.6 54.5 50.6 0 350 18.6 29 350 0.0 7 680.7 BS 25 48.5 52.2 50.6 0 360 20.5 28 350 0.0 6 677.5 BS 26 51.8 62.9 57.0 T 020 11.8 20 010 0.0 2 673.9 SG,BS 27 48.2 64.1 55.6 0 350 18.8 32 340 0.0 6 669.9 BS 28 48.5 57.4 53.8 T 340 14.7 26 340 0.0 5 674.2 IC,BS 29 49.0 56.9 52.6 0 340 15.0 22 320 0.0 6 678.7 BS 30 49.5 60.6 53.9 0 330 8.6 22 340 0.0 6 681.7 IF,BS 31 55.2 59.1 56.6 0 110 14.8 22 010 0.0 2 682.9 IF,BS AVG 50.0 57.6 53.6 T 050 13.6 32 340 4.8 6 676.2 27th AVG MONTHLY -53.5 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 06 HIGHEST -36.9 ON 9th SUNSHINE 149.2/28.0% PARTLY CLOUDY 15 LOWEST -64.1 ON 27th CLOUDY 10 HIGH PRESSURE 685.5 ON 30th LOW PRESSURE 665.3 ON 19th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +1.51 inches VECTORED WIND DIRECTION FOR THE MONTH: 11.5 Degrees VECTORED WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH: 10.0 Kts. 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 Old LCD and Corrected LCD. All Sky Cover changed to Octas. Sunshine amount reported in NZST. Insufficient data to convert these values to UTC. All temperature, wind, and pressure data taken from hourly observations. LCD data originally reported in NZST. Changed Monthly Averages: (All temps are Minus C) From To From To From To Max T 49.9 50.0 Avg Wnd Spd 13.5 13.6 Avg Press 676.1 676.2 Min T 57.2 57.6 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH Avg T 53.5 53.6 Min Press Changes to Daily Data: All daily data changed to reflect values reported with respect to UTC.