SOUTH POLE STATION ANTARCTICA.  OCTOBER 2000 CLIMATE SUMMARY.

Temperature:
Avg temp................ -50.6(C)/-59.1(F)
Departure from normal... +0.7(C)/+1.3(F)
Maximum temp............ -34.7(C)/-30.5(F) on day 10 
Minimum temp............ -64.4(C)/-83.9(F) on day 03 

Sky cover:
Avg cloud cover (8ths).... 06
Days clear................ 06
Days partly cloudy........ 07
Days cloudy............... 18

Wind:
Average wind speed......... 12.7 mph or 11.0 kts.
Prevailing wind direction.. Grid North or 010 degrees.
Maximum wind............... 36 mph or 31 kts on day 14
Max wind direction......... Grid North.
Avg vectored wind.......... 017 degrees at 7.5 knots.

Station pressure:
Avg pressure........... 673.5 mbs or 19.888 In. Hg.
Departure from normal..  -3.5 mbs or -0.103 In. Hg.
Highest pressure....... 683.0 mbs or 20.169 In. Hg. on day 10
Lowest pressure........ 661.3 mbs or 19.528 In. Hg. on day 30

Sunshine:
Sunset on 21 March
Average hours/day........ 8.6
Percent of possible...... 36%

Snowfall..... Trace; avg net change at snow stakes +1.513 inches.

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of Soundings for the month... 62 
Avg height of Soundings.... 56.2 mbs or 23707 meters above msl.
Highest Sounding...........  4.2 mbs or 36939 meters above msl.
                             on the day 26/00Z Sounding.

Remarks:
 0 Soundings were missed
32 Soundings were terminated above 50 mbs.
14 Soundings were terminated between 50 and 100 mbs.
16 Soundings were terminated below 100 mbs.

Records:
Day 14 - A peak wind of 31 kts/35.6 mph broke the previous daily peak wind
	   speed of 30 kts/34.5 mph set in 1990.

Prepared by: Anna Porter and Dar Gibson