***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1996
MONTH	MAY		.... 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	53.8	60.9	57.8	T	030	 8.7	17	020	0.0	8	678.5	SG,IC,BS
2	58.8	65.8	61.0	T	070	 4.4	 9	070	0.0	4	679.9	SG
3	64.1	67.8	65.2	T	060	 7.5	12	060	0.0	1	679.2	IC
4	63.2	67.8	65.4	0	090	 8.6	15	030	0.0	1	679.1	
5	65.5	68.3	67.3	T	090	 4.7	 9	080	0.0	0	678.5	IC
6	63.2	69.2	67.0	T	100	 7.0	14	100	0.0	2	674.2	IC
7	65.2	70.1	68.6	T	100	 7.9	14	100	0.0	1	671.8	IC,IF
8	69.3	73.0	71.0	T	110	 4.7	13	120	0.0	0	675.8	IC,BS
9	68.4	72.4	70.9	T	120	 7.3	13	090	0.0	1	681.2	SG,IC
10	68.8	72.0	70.2	T	110	 7.9	12	130	0.0	1	679.8	IC,BS
11	53.9	71.0	59.7	T	130	 3.3	10	130	0.0	4	679.9	SG,IC,BS
12	53.5	62.7	58.5	T	120	 3.7	 9	090	0.0	8	680.8	SG,IC
13	43.2	56.8	50.4	T	360	13.8	32	320	0.0	7	678.0	SG,BS
14	43.1	45.2	44.1	T	310	15.0	29	310	0.0	8	677.1	SG,BS
15	45.1	55.0	50.9	T	040	10.3	20	020	0.0	5	682.0	SG,BS
16	51.1	55.8	53.1	0	020	10.5	17	020	0.0	6	675.5	BS
17	55.8	67.6	62.9	T	090	 7.0	13	090	0.0	2	669.7	SG,IC,BS
18	62.3	67.1	64.3	T	060	 6.4	12	050	0.0	0	674.3	IC
19	59.8	65.7	62.2	T	080	 8.1	13	090	0.0	1	676.1	IC
20	58.2	70.2	64.7	T	090	 8.8	15	090	0.0	2	673.5	SG,IC,BS
21	65.4	71.3	70.0	T	080	 8.5	13	060	0.0	1	674.9	SG,IC
22	59.0	68.5	63.3	T	050	12.4	22	020	0.0	2	676.2	SG,IC,BS
23	54.2	61.0	57.2	T	040	12.6	20	020	0.0	5	679.0	SG,IC,BS
24	50.8	57.3	54.4	T	050	13.6	21	040	0.0	5	682.7	SG,BS
25	55.0	62.9	60.7	T	090	10.4	17	080	0.0	0	689.6	SG,IC,BS
26	52.6	61.8	58.5	T	080	15.5	22	070	0.0	1	691.8	IC,BS
27	58.0	63.1	60.3	0	100	12.1	18	080	0.0	2	682.2	BS
28	55.4	69.9	64.3	T	040	10.2	17	030	0.0	4	675.7	IC,BS
29	49.8	55.4	52.1	T	010	12.9	21	360	0.0	8	677.1	SG,IC,BS
30	45.6	52.3	49.4	T	360	16.0	24	340	0.0	8	678.5	SG,IC,BS
31	45.8	50.4	48.3	T	350	12.6	22	360	0.0	8	678.7	SG,BS

AVG	56.7	63.8	60.4	T	090	9.4	32	320	0.0	3	678.4
							13th
AVG MONTHLY	-60.4		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	17
HIGHEST	-43.1	ON 14th		SUNSHINE	0.0/ 0%		PARTLY CLOUDY 	07
LOWEST	-73.0	ON  8th						CLOUDY		07
				HIGH PRESSURE	692.7	ON 26th				
				LOW PRESSURE	668.9	ON 17th				

NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+1.04 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.

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	57.2	56.7	Avg Wnd Spd			Avg Press		
Min T	64.1	63.8	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH	
Avg T	60.7	60.4	Min Press						

Changes to Daily Data:

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