Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Raw Surface Observations

Monthly 3 hourly (.prn) (1957-2006) and daily 1 hourly data (.csv) (1957-2007) are available.

The column labels are: Station ID (Station_ID), Date and time (Date_Obs), temperature (T;DegC), maximum temperature (Tmax;DegC), minimum temperature (Tmin;DegC), Sea level pressure (PPPP), Station pressure (mb) (P0P0), Wet-bulb temperature (Tw), relative humidity (Hum;%), Vapor pressure (EEE), Precipitation (RRR), Daily sunshine amount (hours to the tenth) (SUN), Daily peak wind (kts) (WMAX), Visibility (in code: 1000-9999m=97, >=0100 and <1000m=93, 0000m-91) (VV), Snow depth (cm) (SNOW), Present weather (WW), Past weather (WWP)

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Data

  • 1957.zip

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  • 1958.zip

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  • 1959.zip

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  • 1960.zip

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Additional Information

Author South Pole Meteorology Office
Maintainer Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center
Version 1.0
Last Updated August 14, 2026, 15:31 (UTC)
Created August 13, 2026, 15:53 (UTC)
Citation South Pole Meteorology Office: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Raw Surface Observations. AMRDC Data Repository, accessed DD-MM-YYYY, https://doi.org/10.48567/r6wy-as19.
Collection Begin Date 1957-01-01
Collection End Date 2007-12-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.48567/r6wy-as19
Format txt, csv