Allan Hills:

The weather at Allan Hills this season was generally very snowy compared to last season. The snow was 'real' precipitation in that it often occurred during fairly low wind conditions and therefore was unlikely to have been blown in from the plateau. When we arrived there on Nov 22 the daily temperature was around −17°C, but warmed up rapidly until it was about −8 to −10°C when we left in early December. Wind conditions were generally moderate (10-15 kts) most of the time but became quite windy on occasion (>20 kts) - wind direction was from the south. We experienced several days of low visibility which prevented helo arrivals - this was different from last year when we had mostly clear, sunny skies.