Climate
With all 12 months having an average temperature below 10 °C (50 °F), Comandante Ferraz Station features a tundra climate (Köppen ET). The average temperature at the station is of about -2.8°C, however in the region of the Thiel Mountains, where the new station Criosfera 1 was built, the temperature may drop to -35 °C. The temperature at the Russian station Vostok, for example, has reached -89.2°C.
| Climate data for Comandante Ferraz Station | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−1 (30.2) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.73 (33.31) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−2 (28.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.74 (28.86) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−1 (30.2) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−4.07 (24.68) |
| Source: CPTEC/INPE | |||||||||||||
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