Template:Vostok Station weatherbox
Climate data for Vostok Station | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−38.0 (−36.4) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−34.1 (−29.4) |
−34.9 (−30.8) |
−34.3 (−29.7) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −27.0 (−16.6) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−52.9 (−63.2) |
−61.1 (−78.0) |
−62.0 (−79.6) |
−60.6 (−77.1) |
−62.4 (−80.3) |
−63.9 (−83.0) |
−61.6 (−78.9) |
−51.5 (−60.7) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−50.5 (−58.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −32.0 (−25.6) |
−44.3 (−47.7) |
−57.9 (−72.2) |
−64.8 (−84.6) |
−65.8 (−86.4) |
−65.3 (−85.5) |
−66.7 (−88.1) |
−67.9 (−90.2) |
−66.0 (−86.8) |
−57.1 (−70.8) |
−42.6 (−44.7) |
−31.8 (−25.2) |
−55.2 (−67.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −37.5 (−35.5) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
−61.8 (−79.2) |
−67.8 (−90.0) |
−69.1 (−92.4) |
−68.9 (−92.0) |
−70.4 (−94.7) |
−71.5 (−96.7) |
−70.2 (−94.4) |
−63.1 (−81.6) |
−49.8 (−57.6) |
−38.0 (−36.4) |
−59.8 (−75.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −56.4 (−69.5) |
−64.0 (−83.2) |
−75.3 (−103.5) |
−86.0 (−122.8) |
−81.2 (−114.2) |
−83.8 (−118.8) |
−89.2 (−128.6) |
−88.3 (−126.9) |
−85.9 (−122.6) |
−79.4 (−110.9) |
−63.9 (−83.0) |
−50.1 (−58.2) |
−89.2 (−128.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
0.7 (0.03) |
2.0 (0.08) |
2.4 (0.09) |
2.8 (0.11) |
2.5 (0.10) |
2.2 (0.09) |
2.3 (0.09) |
2.4 (0.09) |
1.9 (0.07) |
1.1 (0.04) |
0.7 (0.03) |
22 (0.9) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 70.1 | 68.6 | 66.2 | 64.7 | 64.7 | 65.5 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 66.2 | 67.4 | 68.7 | 69.8 | 67 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 696.4 | 566.8 | 347.3 | 76.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 203.4 | 480.2 | 682.3 | 708.8 | 313.5 |
Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Pogoda.ru.net (data for record highs/lows, except for March and August lows, and March high)[2]; (March record low)[3], (August record low)[4], and (March record high)[5] |
- ^ "Monthly values of meteorological parameters, Vostok station (89606)". Antarctic Research and Investigation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ Weather at Vostok. pogoda.ru.net. For the original Archived 28 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2010-08-08
- ^ "Vostok (Antarctica)". Ogimet. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "World: Lowest Temperature". Arizona State University. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Samenow, Jason; Patel, Kasha (March 18, 2022). "It's 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2022.