CLIMATE DATA FOR AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION DAILY EXTREMES AND AVERAGES FOR MARCH 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 33.7 96 62.1 84 46.9 52.0 49.5 19.1 88 3.9 84 10.1 28 88 010 16.1 4 682.5 02 38.2 86 62.7 84 47.2 52.4 49.8 22.8 73 2.1 84 10.5 33 77 010 14.4 4 683.4 03 35.0 85 61.7 01 46.0 52.2 49.1 20.9 73 3.5 86 10.9 27 77 360 13.2 4 683.8 04 28.3 64 61.7 01 46.2 52.2 49.2 18.5 62 2.4 86 11.2 27 62 360 15.2 4 682.6 05 35.0 85 60.6 94 47.3 53.4 50.4 20.9 62 2.6 81 11.6 32 76 010 12.9 4 681.7 06 33.8 84 63.2 94 48.5 53.8 51.2 18.9 76 4.5 81 11.3 33 76 360 12.1 4 681.5 07 34.8 83 62.8 00 48.1 54.5 51.3 21.3 76 2.3 84 11.2 31 76 360 10.5 5 681.8 08 33.9 65 62.4 00 48.4 54.7 51.6 16.8 92 1.2 96 11.0 26 86 010 10.6 5 681.6 09 33.7 86 64.7 82 48.5 55.0 51.8 17.2 70 4.2 96 10.6 25 83 030 10.0 5 681.6 10 36.5 90 64.5 84 49.9 56.6 53.3 18.4 76 3.4 85 10.6 30 76 360 12.2 3 681.7 11 37.0 87 66.4 00 50.6 57.4 54.0 19.1 59 1.1 85 11.1 30 77 360 12.1 4 681.1 12 35.0 66 65.6 61 49.8 56.9 53.4 17.8 77 2.2 85 11.4 28 77 340 10.1 4 682.3 13 31.5 84 67.4 00 49.8 56.4 53.1 20.0 59 5.5 99 11.7 28 95 020 8.3 4 683.1 14 29.9 84 66.0 82 49.6 56.5 53.1 20.1 89 3.1 00 10.5 32 89 010 8.9 5 682.7 15 32.3 84 68.5 82 50.4 57.1 53.8 19.1 63 2.2 87 10.6 25 89 010 9.1 5 682.5 16 31.1 73 67.8 82 50.0 57.2 53.6 21.7 73 3.3 76 10.7 26 01 360 6.6 5 682.3 17 31.1 73 67.8 61 50.2 57.3 53.8 19.4 73 5.0 84 11.8 27 73 340 6.6 4 680.9 18 35.8 00 70.0 99 50.5 57.8 54.2 21.1 00 4.4 99 11.3 39 00 320 4.6 4 680.8 19 36.1 00 69.9 99 51.6 58.7 55.2 20.0 65 4.1 83 10.8 27 62 360 4.4 4 681.0 20 39.4 62 68.3 74 51.3 58.9 55.1 19.1 63 3.6 85 11.1 26 80 020 3.4 5 681.5 21 37.0 88 67.4 99 51.4 58.5 55.0 21.4 72 3.4 86 11.0 28 72 360 0.9 5 681.4 22 32.6 88 67.2 77 53.0 60.5 56.8 20.8 62 1.6 85 10.8 29 62 360 1.1 4 680.1 23 29.5 88 68.3 67 54.6 61.4 58.0 19.1 59 0.4 76 10.1 28 88 020 0.4 3 680.3 24 34.4 75 69.7 83 53.8 61.1 57.5 20.0 61 1.3 83 10.4 26 95 010 0.5 4 680.2 25 26.7 75 71.0 83 53.9 60.9 57.4 19.1 61 2.7 83 10.2 27 93 020 0.5 4 680.3 26 40.0 79 70.9 00 54.6 61.1 57.9 19.2 67 2.7 98 10.3 28 87 020 0.5 4 680.2 27 34.9 79 69.5 86 53.7 61.3 57.5 22.8 78 4.9 99 10.8 33 93 010 0.2 4 680.3 28 35.1 79 70.0 62 53.4 60.5 57.0 18.4 93 4.0 84 10.7 31 01 040 0.0 4 680.4 29 29.9 02 67.8 90 52.6 59.7 56.2 20.0 71 3.2 85 11.1 30 87 360 0.0 4 681.4 30 31.9 02 69.0 76 52.3 60.0 56.2 24.2 86 3.2 66 11.5 34 86 360 0.0 5 682.1 31 36.6 02 70.3 76 52.0 59.9 56.0 24.3 78 3.2 74 11.5 34 78 030 0.0 4 683.4 AVG 26.7 75 71.0 83 50.5 57.3 53.9 24.3 78 0.4 76 10.9 39 00 320 6.6 4 681.6 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.