Webcams & Weather
Webcam update
Unfortunately our main Scott Base and Hillary Field Centre webcams were damaged by static electricity on 6 June 2024 and are no longer working. These will be replaced in summer. The Arrival Heights and Windfarm webcams are both working as they should.
Scott Base weather facts
Wind:
- Mean wind speed 19.1 km/h
- Max wind speed 177.8km/h
- Dominant wind direction: NE
Temperature:
- Mean annual temp: -19.8⁰C
- Mean temp in February: -11.3⁰C
- Mean temp in July: -29.0⁰C
- Lowest recorded temperature at Scott Base: -57.0⁰C (25 September 1968)
- Warmest recorded temperature at Scott Base: 6.8⁰C (08 January 1970)
A computer at Scott Base running Weather-Display software interrogates the Scott Base NIWA weather station and publishes this data to the two locations below:
Weather Underground
Antarctica NZ Weather Display page
This near real time information shown is indicative only and those seeking official weather records should refer to NIWA’s National Climate Database here.