***Corrected Winter 2010*** LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION YEAR 1996 MONTH July .... 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 46.7 53.7 50.2 T 010 17.8 25 360 0.0 8 678.3 SG,BS 2 49.8 52.4 51.4 T 030 12.7 23 020 0.0 7 678.6 SG,BS 3 49.3 54.2 52.1 T 030 14.3 26 030 0.0 7 677.8 SG,BS 4 51.8 63.9 59.0 T 070 11.7 21 050 0.0 2 675.6 SG,IC,BS 5 56.0 61.3 58.8 T 030 15.6 24 020 0.0 1 675.3 IC,BS 6 52.5 58.9 55.8 T 030 17.4 25 020 0.0 4 670.4 IC,BS 7 38.9 54.1 46.0 0 010 19.1 29 010 0.0 7 664.3 BS 8 38.5 54.3 45.6 0 010 17.0 30 360 0.0 6 664.4 BS 9 49.5 58.0 52.3 T 040 9.5 22 040 0.0 3 667.1 SG,IC,BS 10 56.5 65.0 61.8 T 090 8.1 14 060 0.0 0 675.2 IC,BS 11 64.6 67.3 65.9 T 110 8.4 13 100 0.0 0 680.5 IC 12 65.0 69.8 67.2 T 120 8.0 17 110 0.0 0 675.5 IC,BS 13 69.3 73.1 71.3 T 110 2.4 7 100 0.0 0 675.1 IC,BS 14 68.0 73.1 71.4 T 090 2.7 8 040 0.0 0 678.8 IC 15 70.6 73.4 71.8 0 080 4.4 8 080 0.0 0 679.2 16 65.1 73.2 69.7 T 050 4.5 8 030 0.0 1 674.1 SG 17 59.1 74.7 68.3 0 030 6.4 16 010 0.0 2 670.9 18 59.0 64.4 61.9 T 020 9.6 17 360 0.0 2 674.2 SG,IC,BS 19 58.1 67.7 63.0 T 060 9.7 17 040 0.0 2 677.6 SG,BS 20 52.1 67.3 59.8 T 030 13.6 24 030 0.0 3 676.7 SG,BS 21 40.0 52.1 47.2 T 010 22.8 33 010 0.0 8 674.6 SG,BS 22 40.0 49.4 43.7 T 020 17.3 25 360 0.0 5 679.8 SG,BS 23 41.4 50.2 44.5 0 020 23.6 35 020 0.0 7 676.5 BS 24 36.7 44.8 39.2 0 010 24.8 41 010 0.0 7 676.2 BS 25 40.7 47.8 45.8 T 040 18.1 30 020 0.0 5 686.6 SG,BS 26 47.2 55.2 52.3 0 060 14.5 26 060 0.0 2 685.2 BS 27 53.8 59.9 56.1 T 050 13.5 23 040 0.0 1 685.1 IC,BS 28 53.4 62.7 59.0 T 070 12.6 29 070 0.0 1 680.0 IC,BS 29 44.7 55.9 51.7 T 050 17.1 30 050 0.0 3 676.1 IC,BS 30 38.6 49.4 46.4 T 030 24.1 38 020 0.0 7 677.1 SG,IC,BS 31 38.6 52.6 45.7 T 030 18.7 33 020 0.0 7 682.0 SG,BS AVG 51.5 60.0 56.0 T 030 13.5 41 010 0.0 3 676.4 24th AVG MONTHLY -56.0 PCPN TRACE NR DAYS CLEAR 15 HIGHEST -36.7 ON 24th SUNSHINE 0.0/0.0% PARTLY CLOUDY 07 LOWEST -74.7 ON 17th CLOUDY 09 HIGH PRESSURE 688.2 ON 25th LOW PRESSURE 661.9 ON 7th NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD: +0.81 inches VECTORED WIND DIRECTION FOR THE MONTH: 36.9 Degrees VECTORED WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH: 10.4 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. 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 52.2 51.5 Avg Wnd Spd 13.6 13.5 Avg Press 676.3 676.4 Min T 59.7 60.0 Max Press Fastest Wnd MPH 42 41 Avg T Min Press Changes to Daily Data: All daily data changed to reflect values reported with respect to UTC.