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Antarctica climate
data and climate graphs
Casey and Mawson
Temperature, rainfall and wind speed
information for stations in Antarctica
Conditions in Antarctica are sometimes
on the face of it matched by those elsewhere, particularly the cold.
What makes Antarctica unique however is the ever-present wind and the
fact that it is always cold. In other places with continental climates
for instance, cold is usually accompanied with calm conditions - and
extreme cold rarely lasts for very long.
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Climate data for the
Australian Casey
- Continental Low Latitude
Coast
Station
Data range from 1989 to 2001, Latitude (deg S): 66.2792;
Longitude (deg E): 110.5356
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
mean |
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Mean 9am air temp, deg C |
- 0.1 |
- 2.1 |
- 7 |
- 11.8 |
- 15.7 |
- 14.2 |
- 14.6 |
- 13.9 |
- 13.4 |
- 11.1 |
- 4.7 |
- 0.5 |
- 9.1 |
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Mean daily max, deg C |
2 |
0 |
- 4.4 |
- 8.3 |
- 12 |
- 10.4 |
- 10.4 |
- 10.1 |
- 10 |
- 8.3 |
- 2.4 |
1.5 |
- 6.1 |
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Mean daily min, deg C |
- 2.8 |
- 4.9 |
- 10.3 |
- 15.7 |
- 19.6 |
- 18.1 |
- 18.7 |
- 17.8 |
- 17.4 |
- 15.2 |
- 8.8 |
- 3.7 |
- 12.7 |
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Lowest ever daily Temp, deg C |
- 8.9 |
- 15.8 |
- 22.3 |
- 31.3 |
- 34.4 |
- 34.1 |
- 33.2 |
- 32.9 |
- 30.7 |
- 31.2 |
- 23.4 |
- 13 |
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Mean monthly rainfall, mm |
9.8 |
10.6 |
18.1 |
19.5 |
23.1 |
32.3 |
19.8 |
20.9 |
18.7 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
11.7 |
222.9
annual total |
Mean number of days per year
where Min Temp equal or less than 2.0 deg C = 362.4
Mean number of days per year where Min Temp equal or less than 0 deg
C = 358.7
Highest recorded wind gust - 240.8 km/h
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Current weather conditions at Casey
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Climate
data for the Australian Mawson
- Continental Low Latitude
Coast
Station
Data range from 1954 to 2001; Latitude (deg S): 67.6014;
Longitude (deg E): 62.8731
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
mean |
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Mean 9am air temp, deg C |
- 0.7 |
- 5.4 |
- 11.2 |
- 15 |
- 16.8 |
- 16.7 |
- 18 |
- 18.8 |
- 18.2 |
- 13.9 |
- 6.2 |
- 0.9 |
- 11.9 |
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Mean daily max, deg C |
2.6 |
- 1.4 |
- 7.2 |
- 11.8 |
- 13.7 |
- 13.6 |
- 15.1 |
- 15.6 |
- 14.4 |
- 10 |
- 2.6 |
2.1 |
- 8.4 |
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Mean daily min, deg C |
- 2.6 |
- 7.3 |
- 13.3 |
- 17.3 |
- 19.4 |
- 19.5 |
- 20.8 |
- 21.6 |
- 20.7 |
- 16.5 |
- 8.8 |
- 3.2 |
- 14.3 |
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Lowest ever daily Temp, deg C |
- 10 |
- 17.3 |
- 25.4 |
- 33.3 |
- 34.4 |
- 34 |
- 36 |
- 35.9 |
- 35.8 |
- 29 |
- 20 |
- 10.5 |
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Mean 3pm wind speed, km/h |
27.4 |
34.6 |
38.5 |
38.6 |
40.8 |
44 |
42.5 |
42.6 |
37.6 |
33.9 |
34.1 |
28 |
36.9 |
Mean number of days per year
where Min Temp equal or less than 2.0 deg C = 364.2
Mean number of days per year where Min Temp equal or less than 0 deg
C = 359
Highest recorded wind gust - 248.4 km/h
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Current weather conditions at Mawson
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If you want to translate these figures into degrees Fahrenheit,
the table can be copied and dropped into an Excel spreadsheet and this formula
applied:
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit = (Temperature
in degrees centigrade x 1.8) + 32
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