Weather Facts for Wilkes IGY Antarctica
Extremes of Wilkes Station
Minimum temperature -36F July 28, 1958Maximum temperature 43F December 20 1957
Peak Gust 116 knots April 24 1956 (Wind mast down)
Minimum sea level pressure 947.9 MBS April 24 1958
Maximum sea level pressure 1019.5 MBS June 26 1958
Wind data
| Month | No. of days gusts over 50 knots | Max gust |
| Jan | 2 | 62 |
| Feb | 1 | 52 |
| Mar | 5 | 72 |
| Apr | 4 | 116 |
| May | 12 | 92 |
| Jun | 3 | 77 |
| Jul | 7 | 61 |
| Aug | 3 | 77 |
| Sep | 7 | 68 |
| Oct | 5 | 77 |
| Nov | 1 | 53 |
| Dec | 2 | 60 |
There was rain....
Jan 5, 1958 -- Trace
May 17 1958 -- 0.25 "
John Zimmerman Weather Wilkes
Original record
