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What's the climate like at Zhongshan Station in geography? What are its climatic characteristics?

Zhongshan Station has an ice field climate, which is characterized by severe cold all the year round and heavy snowstorms.

Zhongshan Station is located on the coast of Antarctic continent, and the change of meteorological elements is quite different from that of Great Wall Station, which is colder and drier than Great Wall Station and has more Antarctic polar climate characteristics. The annual average temperature at Zhongshan Station is about-10℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is -36.4℃. Affected by the sinking wind of the continental ice sheet, the area of Zhongshan Station is often easterly, and the number of gale days above magnitude 8 reaches 174 days, with the maximum wind speed of 43.6 m/s; Days of precipitation 162, with an annual average humidity of 54%. The number of sunny days in the whole year is much more than that in the Great Wall Station. There are extreme days and nights in Zhongshan Station, with 54 consecutive days of daylight and 58 consecutive days of darkness. China's two research stations in Antarctica have meteorological stations, both registered with the World Meteorological Organization, which continuously observe all meteorological elements throughout the year.