Monthly weather averages for Palmer Station, Antarctica (1974-2024)

A long-term timeseries of monthly averaged weather at Palmer Station, Antarctic, was created by combining calculated averages of daily weather from 1989-present with additional historical temperature measurements made between 1974-1989. The selected variables in this dataset include temperature, air pressure, precipitation, sea surface temperature, and wind speed. Monthly averages (means) are made for each calendar month, and dated with the month's start date. Historical monthly average temperatures (through March 1989) are from "Baker, K.S. (1996), Palmer LTER: Palmer Station air temperature 1974 to 1996." Monthly averages from April 1989 onwards are computed from the daily weather averages calculated at Palmer Station and made available by the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) archive at https://amrdcdata.ssec.wisc.edu/group/palmer-station/ The daily averages are available in aggregate form as PAL dataset #28 (knb-lter-pal.28.10), from which this dataset was generated.