Palmer Station Snowstake daily weather observations, 2006-present (ongoing).

From 2006-2016, all Snowstake measurements were made from a single Snowstake located between the Aquariums and the Pump House. A measurement was made once a day. Due to the location near the decking, snow may have been shoveled onto the Snowstake. A hand rail on the deck was used to determine New Snow for the day at the same time. In April 2016, five new Snowstakes were installed in the backyard above TerraLab. These five Snowstakes are measured daily. The Average depth of the five stakes is now used for the Snow Stake "Accumulation" and the difference between the day before and the day of average is recorded as the New Snow. On January 2017 this new method replaced the previous method as it is much more repetitive.

Old snow stake location: S 64 46 26.5, W 64 03 14.7

New (backyard) snow stake locations:

  • N: S 64 46 26.5, W 64 02 56.2
  • 1: S 64 46 27.0, W 64 02 55.7
  • 2: S 64 46 27.2, W 64 02 55.3
  • 3: S 64 46 27.5, W 64 02 54.7
  • S: S 64 46 27.6, W 64 02 53.9

DATA FILES

Daily Weather Ob YY-MM.txt

Date - Day of month

New Snow (cm) December 2006-December 2016: Snowfall in the last day on aquarium deck hand rail. January 2017-present: Change in average snow stake depth from the prior to the current day (cm). A negative change is recorded as 0.

Snow Stake (cm) December 2006-December 2016: Depth of single snow stake (cm) January 2017-present: Average of depths from five snow stakes (cm)

Sea Ice (WMO) - WMO sea ice observation. These are WMO physical observations made by the RA and could be subjective.

Comments - Comments recorded by the Science Tech/RA

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Data

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Additional Information

Author Palmer Station Research Associate
Maintainer Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center
Version 2026-03
Last Updated March 27, 2026, 18:07 (UTC)
Created January 29, 2025, 18:29 (UTC)
Categories Observational data
Citation Palmer Station Research Associate (2023). "Palmer Station Snowstake daily weather observations, 2006-present (ongoing)." AMRDC Data Repository, accessed YYYY-MM-DD, https://doi.org/10.48567/39kk-4816.
Collection Begin Date 2006-01-01
Collection End Date Ongoing
DOI https://doi.org/10.48567/39kk-4816
Format Text
Location 64° 46.455'S 64° 2.925'W
Platform Physical measurement