These files contain monthly text-based observational data that is made available by automatic weather stations (AWS) maintained by the McMurdo Weather Office at McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica..
The files contain a three-line header with the name of the AWS, its ID number, Location (lat/lon) and elevation (ft.), and the month and year.
The data columns are as follows:
- Day
- Time (Z)
- Temp (C)
- Pressure (mb)
- Alt (mb)
- Sea (mb)
- Wind Speed (m/s)
- Wind Dir (T)
- Gust (m/s)
- Peak (m/s)
- Min (m/s)
- Max (m/s)
- Relative Humidity (%)
- DewPt (C)
- Vis (ft)
- VVis (ft)
- Cloud1 (ft)
- Cover1
- Cloud2 (ft)
- Cover2
- Cloud3 (ft)
- Cover3
- Sky (/8)
- Ceil (ft)
- SkyCond
- Surf
- Horiz
- PresWx
- Remarks