CLIMATE DATA FOR AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION DAILY EXTREMES AND AVERAGES FOR FEBRUARY EXTREME AVERAGE HIGHEST LOWEST AVG AVG TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURES AVG AVG AVG PEAK HRS CLD AVG DY MAX YR MIN YR MAX MIN AVG WIND YR WIND YR WIND WND YR DIR SUN CVR PRESS 01 22.9 82 41.7 74 31.2 35.6 33.4 14.8 68 2.5 80 8.7 28 82 010 17.0 5 688.5 02 22.8 82 41.1 74 31.7 35.8 33.8 16.5 91 2.7 80 9.4 23 61 090 17.5 4 688.7 03 20.8 84 46.7 70 32.1 36.7 34.4 15.9 99 2.1 86 8.9 29 99 020 18.4 5 688.4 04 22.9 99 44.6 95 32.7 37.2 35.0 14.4 65 0.9 58 8.6 22 99 350 18.2 4 688.3 05 23.4 96 44.5 95 33.5 37.8 35.7 15.6 63 0.9 58 8.9 24 89 350 18.1 4 688.6 06 23.9 58 44.4 62 33.1 38.0 35.6 19.1 59 2.5 66 8.6 26 65 360 17.5 4 688.3 07 26.1 65 46.1 62 34.2 39.3 36.8 15.6 59 2.0 99 8.1 29 91 270 18.6 4 687.9 08 24.8 91 46.1 62 35.7 39.5 37.6 13.0 59 1.1 80 8.4 21 89 010 18.9 3 687.7 09 26.6 91 46.1 62 36.2 40.5 38.4 13.4 76 1.7 80 8.4 28 76 030 18.8 3 687.3 10 28.9 79 47.0 82 37.4 41.0 39.2 17.1 76 1.2 82 8.7 28 76 020 19.6 3 686.6 11 25.0 80 48.1 82 37.7 41.4 39.6 16.0 78 2.3 66 9.0 23 78 060 18.7 4 685.8 12 28.3 80 48.6 88 38.3 42.4 40.4 16.4 93 0.1 85 8.9 23 97 360 19.5 4 685.4 13 28.9 74 49.0 88 39.0 43.3 41.2 16.3 62 0.9 63 9.3 26 78 030 19.6 4 685.4 14 26.7 74 51.0 93 39.0 43.8 41.4 16.0 66 1.4 88 9.5 28 78 050 19.1 4 684.8 15 28.2 86 51.8 95 39.9 44.4 42.2 17.5 02 3.6 85 9.2 26 02 010 18.9 4 684.9 16 26.5 98 51.8 95 39.4 44.1 41.8 18.8 70 3.0 87 9.4 25 70 030 16.8 4 685.3 17 26.4 98 54.3 95 39.1 44.4 41.8 20.0 59 1.8 96 9.6 28 62 360 18.4 4 685.1 18 22.2 58 51.8 95 39.8 44.8 42.3 24.3 59 2.0 64 9.6 38 59 360 18.0 5 684.6 19 21.7 58 51.6 97 40.2 45.3 42.8 27.8 59 1.6 96 9.2 41 59 360 18.0 5 684.8 20 27.2 58 51.7 97 40.1 44.7 42.4 22.6 59 1.6 00 10.4 30 59 360 14.4 6 685.3 21 25.3 91 53.4 93 39.9 45.2 42.6 20.2 72 1.4 98 9.9 30 80 120 15.9 5 684.4 22 26.4 01 54.6 88 40.4 46.3 43.4 21.7 59 1.5 89 10.0 28 91 360 15.9 5 684.3 23 25.5 86 53.9 68 41.1 46.6 43.9 23.4 59 4.2 79 10.0 26 95 030 14.5 5 685.2 24 26.7 86 55.8 93 42.0 47.2 44.6 16.5 85 2.6 01 9.5 33 85 010 14.8 5 684.5 25 29.4 66 57.1 93 43.2 48.8 46.0 19.3 84 3.5 90 9.8 29 85 360 15.8 4 683.0 26 32.2 58 56.5 00 44.3 49.5 46.9 17.4 68 3.9 82 10.4 26 84 350 15.4 5 682.9 27 31.7 58 55.8 82 44.8 49.8 47.3 18.8 88 2.9 01 10.1 28 83 010 13.7 5 684.1 28 32.8 58 57.2 78 45.5 50.8 48.2 19.6 02 2.2 86 10.3 27 02 360 16.0 4 683.6 29 34.4 96 58.7 84 45.9 51.8 48.9 17.7 88 5.9 84 9.8 23 88 010 14.3 4 680.0 AVG 20.8 84 58.7 84 38.5 43.3 41.0 27.8 59 0.1 85 9.3 41 59 360 17.3 4 685.6 ALL TEMPERATURES ARE MINUS DEGREES CELSIUS, WINDS ARE IN KNOTS, SUNSHINE IS HOURS/DAY, CLOUD COVER IS IN EIGHTHS AVERAGE STATION PRESSURE IS IN MBS ALL DATA COMPUTED FROM JANUARY 1958 THROUGH DECEMBER 2002, WHEN AVAILABLE.