Weather Averages for Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Weather Averages for
Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Latitude: 80°1'S, Longitude: 119°32'W, Elevation: 1514.6 m, Distance: 428.61 km

	Unit	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average temperature over 16 years	°C	-25	-14	-18	-26	-28	-31	-33	-34	-35	-35	-29	-20	-15
Average high temperature over 16 years	°C	-21	-11	-16	-22	-24	-27	-28	-30	-31	-31	-25	-	-12
Average low temperature over 16 years	°C	-30	-	-23	-31	-34	-37	-38	-40	-41	-41	-35	-25	-
Highest recorded temperature over 16 years	°C	5	5	-3	-7	-7	-6	-10	-12	-13	-10	-11	-4	1
Lowest recorded temperature over 16 years	°C	-63	-29	-40	-53	-56	-61	-61	-63	-62	-62	-58	-43	-34
Average dew point over 5 years	°C	-27	-19	-23	-30	-27	-31	-35	-33	-33	-34	-32	-26	-19
Average number of days with thunderstorms over 19 years	days	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average number of days with fog over 19 years	days	97	7	8	9	10	7	7	6	9	10	11	7	6
Average morning relative humidity over 5 years	%	68	68	69	71	72	68	65	-	-	64	67	68	66
Average evening relative humidity over 5 years	%	66	64	64	68	71	67	64	65	-	66	64	68	65
Average wind speed over 12 years	km/h	32.2	25.7	29.0	32.2	37.0	38.6	37.0	33.8	38.6	37.0	37.0	32.2	25.7
Average number of days with precipitation over 19 years	days	102	13	10	10	6	8	7	8	7	5	8	8	12
Average number of days with snow over 19 years	days	103	14	10	10	6	8	7	8	7	5	8	8	12
Average number of days with blowing dust/sand over 19 years	days	170	11	12	15	15	15	13	14	15	15	16	16	13
Average number of days with blowing snow over 19 years	days	33	8	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Average number of days below -17.5°C over 16 years	days	329	17	23	30	29	30	30	31	31	30	31	29	17
Average number of days below -37.5°C over 16 years	days	105	-	-	6	9	15	15	16	18	18	9	-	-
Average number of days with vision obstruction over 19 years	days	170	11	12	15	15	15	13	14	15	15	16	16	13
Average number of days above -12.5°C over 16 years	days	51	18	8	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	17

Check weather averages for nearby locations (some locations might offer more data):

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Weather Averages Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica