CLIMATE DATA FOR AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION TEMPERATURE AND WIND DATA EXTREME EXTREME AVERAGE WARMEST COLDEST HIGHEST LOWEST MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AVG AVG AVG AVG AVG PRV PEAK VECTORED MTH TEMP DY YR TEMP DY YR MAX MIN AVG TEMP YR TEMP YR WIND YR WIND YR WIND DIR GST DIR DY YR DIR SPD JAN 14.4 12 58 41.1 31 65 26.4 29.9 28.2 24.8 81 32.0 95 12.1 72 5.3 89 8.1 360 40 360 12 58 22.5 5.3 FEB 20.8 03 84 58.7 29 84 38.5 43.3 41.0 35.2 58 44.0 94 14.7 59 5.9 80 9.3 020 41 360 19 59 35.9 6.9 MAR 26.7 25 75 71.0 25 83 50.5 57.3 53.9 48.7 88 57.9 69 15.0 62 7.0 84 10.9 360 39 320 18 00 42.5 8.1 APR 28.3 14 68 75.1 08 82 53.8 61.1 57.5 50.6 78 62.4 98 16.6 63 6.3 84 11.0 090 40 050 17 80 44.1 7.4 MAY 30.8 03 81 78.1 26 82 54.2 62.1 58.2 53.6 81 62.4 89 18.7 61 7.4 79 11.4 020 42 020 07 82 43.9 7.4 JUN 30.9 01 93 82.8 23 82 54.5 62.4 58.5 53.1 65 64.0 84 20.5 61 6.3 84 11.7 360 42 290 10 63 42.0 8.5 JUL 33.7 16 86 80.6 25 65 55.8 63.4 59.6 53.5 02 66.0 97 18.9 63 6.2 83 12.0 020 44 360 23 84 44.5 8.5 AUG 32.8 03 63 80.0 28 87 56.0 63.6 59.8 53.3 96 67.2 87 15.1 72 6.9 87 12.0 020 48 330 24 89 37.2 8.6 SEP 29.3 29 94 80.4 14 97 55.5 63.2 59.4 53.0 91 65.4 95 15.0 89 7.8 77 11.8 040 45 340 16 65 38.9 8.2 OCT 25.1 31 02 71.1 01 83 48.5 54.1 51.3 46.3 88 55.6 81 15.1 68 5.5 84 11.6 020 42 010 06 68 34.6 7.8 NOV 19.5 19 90 55.1 01 83 36.4 40.0 38.2 32.3 82 43.1 83 14.3 82 4.5 83 9.8 020 46 020 04 82 26.6 7.8 DEC 13.6 27 78 42.0 01 99 26.6 29.4 28.0 24.1 74 32.2 99 12.9 61 4.5 87 8.1 020 31 360 02 74 29.4 5.6 YEAR 13.6 27 78 82.8 23 82 46.4 52.5 49.4 24.1 74 67.2 87 20.5 61 4.5 87 10.6 020 48 330 24 89 37.5 7.5 DEC JUN DEC AUG JUN DEC AUG ALL TEMPERATURES ARE MINUS DEGREES CELSIUS. ALL WINDS ARE IN KNOTS. ALL DATA COMPUTED FROM JANUARY 1958 THROUGH DECEMBER 2002, WHEN AVAILABLE.