***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1996
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	24.2	29.0	24.9	T	310	19.0	29	310	13.2	8	687.6	SG,IC,BS
2	24.0	26.3	25.1	T	300	10.3	23	310	 3.5	7	686.9	IC,BS
3	24.8	27.5	26.2	T	350	 1.6	 7	330	23.4	6	684.3	IC
4	24.7	29.1	27.8	T	110	 2.4	 7	070	11.3	4	683.6	SG,IC
5	27.2	29.2	28.4	T	160	 1.3	 8	150	24.0	5	685.3	SG
6	28.6	30.1	29.4	T	170	 5.0	 9	160	23.4	2	688.0	SG
7	21.3	30.3	27.8	T	320	 2.6	 9	230	24.0	6	691.1	IC
8	19.5	21.5	20.6	T	190	 3.9	12	220	 6.9	8	694.9	SG
9	19.9	25.6	23.7	T	150	 6.7	13	140	 6.0	3	694.9	SG,IC
10	21.8	28.7	25.9	T	110	10.2	21	120	20.0	1	692.7	SG
11	27.9	29.4	28.5	0	120	 5.6	12	120	24.0	2	691.7	
12	28.8	30.3	29.8	0	090	 4.1	 8	090	24.0	2	688.6	
13	29.5	30.4	30.1	0	100	 6.3	13	100	24.0	0	683.8	
14	29.0	30.7	30.2	0	310	 1.2	 9	300	24.0	5	683.0	
15	28.6	30.9	30.2	T	010	 4.7	14	310	21.0	7	686.7	SG,IC
16	31.9	33.5	32.7	T	080	 4.3	 9	010	24.0	6	687.8	SG,IC,IF
17	32.1	33.2	32.6	T	030	 3.8	 7	030	24.0	6	688.2	IC
18	31.5	32.9	32.2	0	040	 4.4	 8	070	24.0	6	687.9	
19	31.5	32.8	32.1	0	090	 6.8	12	070	23.8	0	682.6	
20	31.6	32.4	31.9	T	050	 7.2	12	030	24.0	0	680.5	IC
21	28.8	33.2	31.8	T	040	 7.1	14	010	24.0	5	683.1	IC
22	25.0	32.4	29.7	T	010	11.5	21	360	 7.7	8	688.7	SG,IF
23	24.3	30.7	28.0	T	020	11.9	18	010	 6.2	8	690.0	SG,IC,IF,BS
24	29.7	34.5	31.3	T	060	 8.9	15	040	24.0	7	686.3	SG,IC,BS
25	32.6	35.2	34.2	T	070	 3.1	 8	060	16.1	5	688.2	SG,IC
26	33.8	35.6	34.9	T	070	 4.1	 9	040	23.8	2	692.9	IC
27	34.6	35.8	35.3	0	080	 4.7	10	080	24.0	1	700.3	
28	29.7	35.7	31.7	0	010	13.3	25	360	23.6	8	706.0	
29	27.9	30.6	29.8	0	040	14.3	24	010	16.2	6	704.7	BS
30	29.7	31.0	30.3	T	040	 9.3	17	020	24.0	8	700.5	IC,BS
31	25.3	31.8	27.9	T	070	 6.4	15	040	 7.5	6	702.3	IC,IF,BS

AVG	27.7	31.0	29.5	T	040	 6.6	29	310	19.0	5	690.1
							 1st
AVG MONTHLY	-29.5		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	09
HIGHEST	-19.5	ON  8th		SUNSHINE	589.6/79.0%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	13
LOWEST	-35.8	ON 27th						CLOUDY		09
				HIGH PRESSURE	707.3	ON 28th				
				LOW PRESSURE	680.2	ON 20th
			
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+0.04 inches
			
VECTORED WIND DIRECTION FOR THE MONTH:  36.0 Degrees	
VECTORED WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH:       2.9 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	27.8	27.7	Avg Wnd Spd			Avg Press	689.8	690.1
Min T			Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH	
Avg T	29.4	29.5	Min Press						

Changes to Daily Data:

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