McMurdo Station climate

Name: McMurdo Station
Address: Antarctica - Ross Sea, Antarctica (US station)

Antarctica (US station) · Antarctica - Ross Sea · 77.846° S, 166.668° E

Köppen EFice capPolar & alpine

Polar ice cap: months of darkness, summer barely above freezing, fierce katabatic winds and near-permanent snow.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

December, 25°F / -4°C

Coldest month

August, -31°F / -35°C

Annual swing

56°F / 31°C

Wettest month

February

Driest month

October

Rain per year

0.1" / 1 mm

Snow per year

30.3" / 769 mm

Elevation

115 ft / 35 m

Time zone

Antarctica/McMurdo

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	24 / -4	17 / -8	0.01 / 0	1.9 / 47	75%	6.3 / 10.1	62%
February	16 / -9	8 / -14	0.01 / 0	4.4 / 111	69%	7.1 / 11.4	66%
March	-1 / -18	-11 / -24	0.00 / 0	3.3 / 85	63%	8.7 / 14.0	66%
April	-10 / -23	-23 / -30	0.01 / 0	1.9 / 47	66%	8.5 / 13.7	58%
May	-8 / -22	-21 / -30	0.01 / 0	3.0 / 75	66%	8.6 / 13.8	72%
June	-10 / -23	-24 / -31	0.00 / 0	2.5 / 63	65%	9.6 / 15.4	67%
July	-11 / -24	-25 / -32	0.00 / 0	2.3 / 59	63%	9.3 / 15.0	64%
August	-17 / -27	-31 / -35	0.01 / 0	3.3 / 85	66%	9.9 / 15.9	69%
September	-9 / -23	-22 / -30	0.00 / 0	3.5 / 88	60%	9.5 / 15.3	62%
October	-1 / -18	-13 / -25	0.00 / 0	1.1 / 27	56%	8.0 / 12.9	61%
November	12 / -11	3 / -16	0.00 / 0	1.3 / 33	65%	7.0 / 11.3	52%
December	25 / -4	18 / -8	0.00 / 0	1.9 / 49	72%	6.0 / 9.7	57%

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