***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1996
MONTH	FEBRUARY		.... 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	24.8	30.3	27.6	T	080	 9.0	16	360	 9.8	6	696.9	SG,IC,IF
2	25.3	29.6	27.7	T	310	 6.0	15	010	17.3	8	699.2	SG,IC,BS
3	25.4	31.4	28.6	T	080	12.1	21	020	11.5	3	700.8	SG,IC,BS
4	23.4	31.4	25.7	T	280	 6.4	17	270	12.4	7	699.3	SG,IC,IF,BS
5	23.4	29.6	27.3	T	340	 7.8	17	320	 4.6	7	700.4	SG,IF,BS
6	28.4	32.2	31.2	T	070	10.7	17	010	 9.5	7	693.2	SG,IC,IF,BS
7	31.1	33.8	32.5	T	360	 6.3	16	350	 7.0	8	693.5	SG,IC,IF,BS
8	29.2	34.8	32.2	T	060	 4.7	10	060	 4.2	7	697.3	SG,IC,IF
9	29.5	36.2	33.6	T	070	 6.4	12	050	 3.6	7	696.0	IC,IF
10	29.4	38.1	34.8	T	070	 6.8	14	020	15.1	5	694.0	SG,IC
11	26.6	32.8	30.0	T	030	14.1	26	050	 3.0	8	690.3	SG,IF,BS
12	30.9	38.1	35.2	T	030	 9.1	15	020	 4.0	5	690.7	SG,IC,BS
13	38.0	41.3	39.3	T	040	 8.2	17	030	18.6	6	693.0	IC,BS
14	30.8	39.5	34.0	T	040	11.9	18	030	11.2	6	687.7	SG,IC,BS
15	37.5	42.1	40.1	T	130	 9.1	15	110	22.0	1	677.5	SG,IC,BS
16	41.1	44.8	42.5	0	060	 2.3	 7	060	23.8	5	682.6	
17	40.2	45.8	42.8	T	150	 4.3	10	100	23.9	6	682.1	SG
18	45.7	48.6	47.0	0	110	 3.9	10	090	18.5	5	677.0	
19	47.4	49.9	48.3	T	360	 3.1	 9	350	24.0	6	681.6	SG,IC
20	46.4	48.4	47.6	T	010	 9.8	15	360	16.1	6	687.5	SG,IC
21	47.3	50.7	49.0	T	070	 8.0	14	050	24.0	2	686.4	SG,IC,BS
22	41.6	48.0	44.5	T	060	15.2	24	030	14.0	6	684.6	IC,BS
23	36.4	42.9	40.4	0	020	15.1	22	010	 4.2	7	687.9	BS
24	36.4	39.7	38.0	T	010	18.6	26	010	 2.9	8	688.3	SG,BS
25	37.6	41.3	39.8	0	020	10.1	20	010	 3.3	8	686.6	BS
26	38.2	50.0	44.4	T	010	 3.3	10	340	 8.3	5	684.2	SG
27	47.5	50.0	48.2	T	050	 7.2	16	050	15.3	5	687.9	SG
28	36.2	49.0	42.7	T	050	13.0	23	010	21.5	4	689.0	SG,BS
29	33.7	39.8	36.3	T	030	13.5	28	010	 2.7	7	691.0	SG,BS


AVG	34.8	40.3	37.6	T	070	 8.8	28	010	12.3	6	689.9
							29th
AVG MONTHLY	-37.6		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	02
HIGHEST	-23.4	ON  4th,5th	SUNSHINE	356.3/ 51%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	15
LOWEST	-50.7	ON 21st						CLOUDY		12
				HIGH PRESSURE	704.9	ON  3rd				
				LOW PRESSURE	675.7	ON 16th
				
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+0.75 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 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			Avg Wnd Spd	8.6	8.8	Avg Press	690.1	689.9
Min T	40.1	40.3	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH	26	28
Avg T	37.4	37.6	Min Press						

Changes to Daily Data:

All daily data changed to reflect values reported with respect to UTC.