***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1996
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	34.9	42.6	39.8	T	080	13.6	24	020	11.5	2	688.4	SG,BS
2	41.0	43.7	42.5	0	040	16.4	25	030	17.3	3	683.7	BS
3	42.4	50.9	48.1	0	080	 9.1	17	050	 8.4	3	682.4	BS
4	47.8	51.8	49.7	T	070	10.1	18	050	21.7	5	677.4	IC
5	49.3	52.4	50.6	T	030	13.1	20	020	11.7	5	675.6	SG,IC,BS
6	50.0	59.5	55.0	T	040	 7.0	17	020	 6.7	2	677.2	IC,BS
7	57.3	60.3	58.9	T	120	 1.9	 9	070	23.2	6	683.1	IC,BS
8	51.3	58.9	55.6	0	120	 2.9	17	220	17.1	4	684.7	
9	49.2	55.6	52.5	T	090	 5.6	12	080	 6.8	6	681.8	IC
10	54.6	59.1	57.8	T	090	 5.8	 9	080	20.5	2	683.7	IC
11	57.0	59.6	58.5	T	090	 8.2	13	080	18.0	2	685.4	IC
12	52.5	59.7	57.4	T	080	11.9	20	060	24.0	3	678.7	IC,BS
13	54.7	59.8	55.1	T	060	 9.4	18	050	16.0	6	675.2	IC,BS
14	55.0	61.9	60.4	T	060	 8.5	13	060	18.6	6	682.1	IC,BS
15	59.6	62.8	60.8	T	090	 8.2	13	090	18.8	3	680.2	SG,IC,BS
16	59.6	63.9	61.5	0	090	10.2	15	090	24.0	1	674.2	
17	56.5	62.8	60.4	0	070	12.4	18	070	10.8	3	674.9	BS
18	43.5	56.5	49.7	0	010	19.1	26	010	 0.0	7	677.1	BS
19	42.7	46.0	44.2	T	010	18.8	29	350	 0.0	8	685.0	SG,BS
20	42.3	53.6	47.1	T	110	 9.6	15	360	 0.0	5	683.7	SG,BS
21	53.6	61.4	57.4	0	100	11.2	18	110	 0.0	2	672.6	BS
22	61.4	66.2	64.3	0	090	 9.0	13	080	 0.0	2	674.5	BS
23	63.1	66.8	64.9	T	090	 5.8	13	080	 0.0	4	677.3	SG,BS
24	63.1	67.9	66.3	0	100	 5.5	12	110	 0.0	2	675.5	
25	65.4	68.7	67.5	0	110	 7.6	13	080	 0.0	3	675.5	
26	60.2	65.4	63.5	T	080	 9.2	15	070	 0.0	5	678.6	SG,BS
27	59.5	65.2	64.2	T	080	 8.7	14	080	 0.0	3	681.2	SG,BS
28	62.9	65.1	63.8	T	110	 8.2	16	110	 0.0	3	681.7	SG,BS
29	62.9	66.4	64.6	T	100	 8.4	15	100	 0.0	2	684.7	SG,BS
30	56.6	66.1	62.5	T	090	 9.7	17	040	 0.0	4	684.6	SG,BS
31	46.9	56.6	50.4	0	040	13.4	23	010	 0.0	6	682.4	BS

AVG	53.4	59.3	56.6	T	090	 9.6	29	350	 8.9	4	680.3
							19th
AVG MONTHLY	-56.6		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	09
HIGHEST	-33.7	ON  1st		SUNSHINE	275.1/58.0%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	20
LOWEST	-68.7	ON 26th						CLOUDY		02
				HIGH PRESSURE	691.3	ON  1st				
				LOW PRESSURE	671.3	ON 21st
				
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+0.33 inches
				
VECTORED WIND DIRECTION FOR THE MONTH:  65.9 Degrees	
VECTORED WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH:       7.1 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	53.1	53.4	Avg Wnd Spd	9.7	9.6	Avg Press	680.3	680.1
Min T	59.0	59.3	Max Press	691.4	691.3	Fastest Wnd MPH	
Avg T	56.1	56.6	Min Press						

Changes to Daily Data:

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