SOUTH POLE STATION ANTARCTICA.  NOVEMBER 2000 CLIMATE SUMMARY.

Temperature:
Avg temp................ -34.1(C)/-29.4(F)
Departure from normal... +4.2(C)/+7.6(F)
Maximum temp............ -24.6(C)/-12.3(F) on day 30 
Minimum temp............ -52.3(C)/-62.1(F) on day 1 

Sky cover:
Avg cloud cover (8ths).... 05
Days clear................ 09
Days partly cloudy........ 08
Days cloudy............... 13

Wind:
Average wind speed......... 15.1 mph or 13.1 kts
Prevailing wind direction.. Grid North or 010 degrees
Maximum wind............... 45 mph or 39 kts on day 01
Max wind direction......... Grid West
Avg vectored wind.......... 017 degrees at 10.2 knots

Station pressure:
Avg pressure........... 688.5 mbs or 20.331 In. Hg.
Departure from normal.. +5.7 mbs or +0.168 In. Hg.
Highest pressure....... 698.8 mbs or 20.636 In. Hg. on day 28
Lowest pressure........ 670.2 mbs or 19.791 In. Hg. on day 01

Sunshine:
Sunset on 21 March
Average hours/day........ 17.2
Percent of possible...... 72%

Snowfall..... Trace; avg net change at snow stakes +1.535 inches.

Visibility... 4 days with a visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of Soundings for the month... 60 
Avg height of Soundings.... 13.6 mbs or 33142 meters above msl.
Highest Sounding...........  4.0 mbs or 38647 meters above msl.
                             on the day 24/00Z Sounding.

Remarks:
 0 Soundings were missed
58 Soundings were terminated above 50 mbs.
 1 Sounding was terminated between 50 and 100 mbs.
 1 Sounding was terminated below 100 mbs.

Records:
Day 2 - The peak wind speed of 38 kts/44 mph broke the previous daily
peak
        wind speed of 33 kts/38 mph set in 1961.
Day 7 - The peak wind speed of 27 kts/37 mph tied the previous daily
peak
        wind record set in 1982.
Day 8 - The peak wind speed of 32 kts/37 mph broke the previous daily
peak
        wind record of 27 kts/31 mph set in 1982.
Day 25 - The peak wind speed of 24 kts/28 mph tied the previous daily
peak
         wind record set in 1998.

Prepared by: Dar Gibson