***Corrected Winter 2010***

LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HISTORY OF THE AMUNDSEN SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION

YEAR	1996
MONTH	AUGUST		.... 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	47.7	52.7	50.1	T	030	18.9	31	030	0.0	6	683.3	SG,BS
2	49.8	56.7	53.6	T	010	13.3	20	020	0.0	3	680.6	SG,BS
3	45.6	55.6	50.7	T	360	11.7	22	350	0.0	6	686.0	SG,BS
4	42.5	50.2	45.8	T	340	 9.2	22	350	0.0	7	687.9	SG,BS
5	47.6	53.8	51.7	T	100	 5.4	10	070	0.0	2	688.2	SG,IC
6	49.2	57.8	52.4	T	080	 7.9	13	100	0.0	2	680.1	IC
7	57.8	66.1	61.9	T	100	 8.3	14	100	0.0	0	674.9	IC
8	56.3	67.8	63.8	T	090	 9.4	17	020	0.0	3	671.6	IC
9	50.6	56.3	52.8	T	020	16.8	26	010	0.0	5	670.7	SG,BS
10	51.3	56.4	54.1	T	020	15.4	24	360	0.0	4	677.2	SG,BS
11	43.1	52.9	49.5	T	360	18.1	25	360	0.0	6	685.8	SG,BS
12	40.0	44.4	42.2	T	340	13.5	24	350	0.0	6	689.5	SG,BS
13	43.6	51.1	48.3	T	360	11.6	18	010	0.0	2	694.4	SG,BS
14	47.7	61.6	55.3	T	080	 5.5	13	080	0.0	1	693.8	SG,IC,BS
15	59.8	62.4	61.1	T	090	 7.0	13	090	0.0	0	689.9	IC
16	53.4	59.8	56.8	T	090	10.5	16	070	0.0	0	682.5	IC
17	45.8	54.6	49.6	T	050	15.0	25	050	0.0	3	677.0	SG,IC,BS
18	46.8	54.1	49.9	T	020	19.9	32	010	0.0	5	674.8	IC,BS
19	50.3	60.8	54.3	T	020	13.7	29	010	0.0	2	673.7	IC,BS
20	60.5	68.7	65.6	T	080	10.0	17	050	0.0	0	675.9	IC,BS
21	64.6	70.6	68.0	T	060	10.5	17	060	0.0	0	681.9	IC
22	67.4	71.2	69.5	0	070	 8.4	20	050	0.0	0	680.6	
23	51.6	69.1	60.6	T	040	16.3	33	020	0.0	7	694.8	SG,BS
24	36.2	51.6	40.9	T	030	20.7	30	030	0.0	8	712.5	SG,BS
25	39.2	42.5	41.4	0	030	17.5	29	030	0.0	7	718.3	BS
26	39.0	49.1	44.5	0	070	15.9	30	040	0.0	4	716.7	BS
27	42.0	49.1	44.4	0	060	17.6	29	040	0.0	3	704.9	BS
28	42.5	50.6	46.3	0	050	18.0	31	050	0.0	4	695.7	BS
29	50.3	58.1	55.3	0	070	 9.9	17	050	0.0	3	693.2	BS
30	55.9	63.4	59.9	T	090	 7.3	13	070	0.0	2	694.1	SG,IC,BS
31	59.8	63.3	61.8	T	100	 6.7	13	090	0.0	0	696.2	IC

AVG	49.6	57.5	53.6	T	090	12.6	33	020	0.0	3	688.0
							23rd
AVG MONTHLY	-53.6		PCPN	TRACE			NR DAYS CLEAR	13
HIGHEST	-36.2	ON 24th		SUNSHINE	0.0/0.0%	PARTLY CLOUDY 	14
LOWEST	-71.2	ON 22nd						CLOUDY		04
				HIGH PRESSURE	719.0	ON 24th,25th				
				LOW PRESSURE	669.2	ON  9th
				
NET CHANGE IN SNOWSTAKE FIELD:	+1.40 inches				

VECTORED WIND DIRECTION FOR THE MONTH:  40.6 Degrees	
VECTORED WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH:       9.4 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	49.5	49.6	Avg Wnd Spd	12.7	12.6	Avg Press	687.7	688.0
Min T	57.1	57.5	Max Press			Fastest Wnd MPH	
Avg T	53.3	53.6	Min Press						

Changes to Daily Data:

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