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Palmer Station Automated Weather Data System observational data, 2001-present (ongoing).
This system also referred to as PAWS to differentiate between the previous system “PALMOS” located on Gamage Point. Yearly directories contain monthly subdirectories with files containing daily observational data. Data files and station locations: ARYYMMDD.100- The weather station on Gamage Point... -
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Surface CLIMAT Messages
Each yearly directory contains monthly CLIMAT messages in ASCII text format. File name conventions: sp-YYYY-MM.txt (1957-2007) climat-YYYY-MM.msg 2007-present) -
Emilia Automatic Weather Station, 2026 unmodified ten-minute observational data.
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with only gross error checking during the processing. There will still be bad data points that are within... -
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Weekly Summaries
weekly_sum_DDMMYY.txt (2019-present) Weekly summaries of high and low values for temperature, wind, station pressure, physio-altitude, sky cover, sunshine, visibility, balloon flights and weekly records. -
USAP Antarctic Field Camp Observations, 1999-present (ongoing).
The following files are climatology data from years 1998 to present for several field camps around the continent. The data includes temperature (degrees C), visibility (hours), weather situation and duration (in hours for each event category), precipitation amount (in), IFR (hours), wind speed... -
Byrd Automatic Weather Station, 2002 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
Janet Automatic Weather Station, 2026 unmodified ten-minute observational data.
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with only gross error checking during the processing. There will still be bad data points that are within... -
Willie Field Automatic Weather Station, 2026 unmodified ten-minute observational data.
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with only gross error checking during the processing. There will still be bad data points that are within... -
Elaine Automatic Weather Station, 2006 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
Byrd Automatic Weather Station, 2007 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
CMMT Monthly Text Metadata Documents (November 1992-December 2022)
Monthly documents were created by the Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center to identify and track the time and position of Cloud Mass Meridional Transport events (CMMTs) around Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. These events were originally called Cloud Mass Transport events (CMTs) by... -
Elaine Automatic Weather Station, 2008 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
Kathie Automatic Weather Station, 2026 unmodified ten-minute observational data.
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with only gross error checking during the processing. There will still be bad data points that are within... -
Palmer Station climatology summary data, 1989-present (ongoing).
For the period 1999 on, summaries were checked for math errors, transcription errors, typos, misread graphs, and coding and data entry inconsistencies. For the period before 1999, a much more cursory review was performed. Suspicious values were investigated and corrected by, if possible,... -
Nico Automatic Weather Station, 2002 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
Manuela Automatic Weather Station, 2026 unmodified ten-minute observational data.
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with only gross error checking during the processing. There will still be bad data points that are within... -
Automatic Weather Station climat surface messages, 2006 - present (ongoing).
These files are CLIMAT surface messages, created from a subset of AWS sites from the UW-Madison AWS network. The filenames are named [III]-[YYYY]-[MM].txt, where III is the three-letter code to indicate the station, YYYY is the year, and MM is the month. These files are formatted per the World... -
Mizuho Automatic Weather Station, 2026 Reader format three-hour observational data.
The Reader three-hourly observation data are composed of the nearest valid instantaneous observation within 40 minutes of the synoptic reporting times (i.e., 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21). These data are uncorrected for the years 1980-1990, gross error checked for 1991-2000, and quality... -
Nico Automatic Weather Station, 2007 quality-controlled observational data.
These files contain monthly observational data that have been quality-controlled using semi-automated computer programs as well as oversight by our staff. The filenames are prefixed with a label identifying one of three different observation intervals - ten minute (10min), one hour (1hr), and... -
Kominko-Slade Automatic Weather Station, 2026 quality-controlled observational data.
These files contain monthly observational data that have been quality-controlled using semi-automated computer programs as well as oversight by our staff. The filenames are prefixed with a label identifying one of three different observation intervals - ten minute (10min), one hour (1hr), and...