Scott Base - Climate

Climate

The base has fairly typical weather conditions for coastal Antarctica, with minimum temperatures around −45°C (−49°F) and summer maximums only occasionally above freezing point. It is exposed to the full strength of southerly blizzards, although overall it is less windy than McMurdo Station. The maximum wind velocities experienced have been gusts up to 185 km/h with steady velocities under blizzard conditions of 95–115 km/h. The highest recorded temperature was 6.0°C (42.8°F), the coolest −57°C (−70.6°F) and the mean temperature −19.6°C (−3.3°F).

**Climate on Scott Base**
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C)	−1.2	−7.9	−15.8	−18.6	−20.0	−20.1	−22.3	−23.0	−22.0	−16.0	−7.3	−1.5	−14.6
Mean monthly temperature (°C)	−4.5	−11.4	−20.5	−24.0	−25.6	−26.0	−28.3	−29.7	−28.1	−21.3	−11.4	−4.8	−19.6
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C)	−7.9	−15.1	−25.1	−29.4	−31.1	−31.9	−34.4	−36.4	−34.2	−26.7	−15.5	−8.2	−24.7
Mean relative humidity (%)	76.0	71.1	69.0	68.8	69.8	69.3	67.3	64.6	66.7	66.2	69.4	74.3	69.5
Source: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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