Unfortunately, I cannot completely answer this question. When the team was staying at the Lake Fryxell field camp we did not have an outdoor thermometer. However, I can give you the average temperatures for McMurdo since we arrived in mid-November. For November, the highest recorded temperature at McMurdo Station was 5.9C (42.6F) and the lowest temperature was -16.9C (1.6F), with a mean temperature of -6.5C (20.3F). For the month of December, the highest temperature was 5.8C (42.4F), the lowest recorded temperature at McMurdo Station was -9.7C (14.5F) and the average, or mean, temperature was -3.1C (37.6F). A heck of a lot warmed than I expected when planning for this trip- I brought way too many pairs of long johns and not enough t-shirts. Keep cool, Sarah
Unfortunately, I cannot completely answer this question. When the team was staying at the Lake Fryxell field camp we did not have an outdoor thermometer. However, I can give you the average temperatures for McMurdo since we arrived in mid-November. For November, the highest recorded temperature at McMurdo Station was 5.9C (42.6F) and the lowest temperature was -16.9C (1.6F), with a mean temperature of -6.5C (20.3F). For the month of December, the highest temperature was 5.8C (42.4F), the lowest recorded temperature at McMurdo Station was -9.7C (14.5F) and the average, or mean, temperature was -3.1C (37.6F). A heck of a lot warmed than I expected when planning for this trip- I brought way too many pairs of long johns and not enough t-shirts.
Keep cool, Sarah