Editing Scott Base (section)

==Climate==
[[file:Pressure ridges Scott Base lrg.jpg|thumb|A [[Pressure ridge (ice)|pressure ridge]] in the Antarctic ice near Scott Base, with lenticular clouds in the sky.]]
A polar ice cap climate with evenly-distributed precipitation (Köppen ''EFf'') prevails at Scott Base.  The base has fairly typical weather conditions for coastal Antarctica, with minimum temperatures around {{convert|−45|C|F}} and summer maximum only occasionally above freezing point. It is exposed to the full strength of southerly [[blizzard]]s, although overall it is less windy than [[McMurdo Station]]. The maximum wind velocities experienced have been gusts up to {{convert|185|km/h}} with steady velocities under blizzard conditions of {{convert|95|–|115|km/h}}. The highest recorded temperature was {{convert|6.8|C|F}}, the coolest {{convert|−57|C|F}} and the mean temperature {{convert|−19.6|C|F}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/resources/climate/antarctic |title=How cold is the Antarctic? |work=NIWA |date=2013 |access-date=11 July 2016 |author=Mackintosh, Lesley }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Scott Base (1991−2020)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan high C = 	-1.3
|Feb high C = 	-7.4
|Mar high C = 	-15.9
|Apr high C = 	-18.9
|May high C = 	-19.8
|Jun high C = 	-20.0
|Jul high C = 	-22.3
|Aug high C = 	-22.8
|Sep high C = 	-20.5
|Oct high C = 	-15.3
|Nov high C = 	-7.0
|Dec high C = 	-1.3
| year high C = 	-14.4
|Jan mean C = 	-4.6
|Feb mean C = 	-11.1
|Mar mean C = 	-20.5
|Apr mean C = 	-24.6
|May mean C = 	-25.7
|Jun mean C = 	-25.8
|Jul mean C = 	-28.6
|Aug mean C = 	-29.3
|Sep mean C = 	-26.7
|Oct mean C = 	-20.3
|Nov mean C = 	-11.1
|Dec mean C = 	-4.6
| year mean C = 	-19.4
|Jan low C = 	-7.9
|Feb low C = 	-14.8
|Mar low C = 	-25.0
|Apr low C = 	-30.2
|May low C = 	-31.7
|Jun low C = 	-31.5
|Jul low C = 	-34.9
|Aug low C = 	-35.8
|Sep low C = 	-32.9
|Oct low C = 	-25.3
|Nov low C = 	-15.2
|Dec low C = 	-7.9
| year low C = 	-24.4
| Jan humidity = 	76.2
| Feb humidity = 	70.7
| Mar humidity = 	71.6
| Apr humidity = 	71.3
| May humidity = 	70.3
| Jun humidity = 	69.0
| Jul humidity = 	66.6
| Aug humidity = 	67.2
| Sep humidity = 	66.4
| Oct humidity = 	68.7
| Nov humidity = 	67.6
| Dec humidity = 	73.2
|Jan precipitation mm = 18
|Feb precipitation mm = 21
|Mar precipitation mm = 14
|Apr precipitation mm = 16
|May precipitation mm = 23
|Jun precipitation mm = 22
|Jul precipitation mm = 13
|Aug precipitation mm = 12
|Sep precipitation mm = 11
|Oct precipitation mm = 13
|Nov precipitation mm = 12
|Dec precipitation mm = 9
|year precipitation mm = 184
|source 1 = NIWA Climate Data<ref name = NIWA>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240520001949/https://niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/climate-data-and-activities
| archive-date = 20 May 2024
| url = https://niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/climate-data-and-activities
| title = Climate data and activities
| publisher= NIWA
| access-date = 20 May 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = Weatherbase<ref name="Weatherbase">{{cite web
| url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=896651&cityname=Scott-Base-Antarctica&units=metric
| title = Precipitation Data
| publisher = Weatherbase
| access-date = 3 May 2020}}</ref>
|date=May 2020}}