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Mcmurdo Sound Climate & Temperature

⛺ Mcmurdo Sound has a ice cap climate with perennial ice and no true summer (Köppen-Geiger classification: EF).ice cap climate (EF)

🌡️ The average annual temperature is -17.3 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 24.6 °C (44.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 213 mm (8.4 inches) which is equivalent to 213 Litres/m² (5.22 Gallons/ft²).

Mcmurdo Sound Climate Graph

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🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Mcmurdo Sound you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Danmarkshavn, Greenland where you would find a Tundra climate (Polar desert biome).

🌍Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica is at 77°50'S, 166°39'E, 24 m (79 ft). Check the location on the map.

Mcmurdo Sound Climate Table

Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
-26 (-14) -27 (-17) -26 (-14) -19 (-3) -10 (15) -4 (26) -3 (27) -9 (16) -17 (1) -21 (-6) -23 (-10) -23 (-9) -17 (1)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
17 (1) 13 (1) 10 (0) 20 (1) 12 (0) 14 (1) 16 (1) 29 (1) 15 (1) 18 (1) 21 (1) 28 (1) 213 (8)
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
0h 50' 2h 22' 11h 25' 20h 27' 0h 50' 0h 50' 0h 50' 23h 25' 14h 29' 5h 28' 0h 50' 0h 50' 12h 00'
-8.3 0.4 11.4 22.8 32 35.6 32.1 22.8 12.1 0.8 -7.9 -11.3 11.9


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