South Pole Extremes

1957-2000

Maximum Temperature
-13.6°C / +7.5°F on December 27, 1978

Minimum Temperature
-82.8°C / -117.0°F on June 23, 1982

Average Temperature
-49.5°C / -57.1°F

Peak Wind
48 kts (55 mph) from 330 degrees on August 24, 1989

Average Wind
10.7 kts (12.3 mph) from 020 degrees

Maximum Station Pressure
719.0 mbs on August 25, 1996

Minimum Station Pressure
641.7 mbs on July 25, 1985

Average Station Pressure
681.4 mbs

Maximum Change in the Snowstake field
3.20 inches May, 1981

Minimum Change in the Snowstake field
-2.30 inches November, 1987

Average Monthly Change in Snowstake field
0.95 inches