Summary of weather reports for Mars, Sols 1-63

[ATO2]

This covers the first 2 months:
Mean Daily Maximum: -30 degrees C
Mean Daily Minimum: -80 degrees C
Winds: Southerly during the day, Easterly at night
Mean wind speed: 14.4 km/hr
Pressure: trending down: from 8.5 mb to 7.85mb

(Needless to say, no rain!)

[windy]

isnt the probe nearer to the pole than the equator?
i.e what are the temperatures like at the equator?

[TokWW]

Yes I think that's why they were trying to find ice up at the "North Pole" region but still needing sunlight for energy and communications with the relay orbitor - isn't there one?

[ATO2]

Yeh, the probe had to land where the chance of it accessing ice was highly likely.
Equator is much warmer, relatively speaking...I need to check to get you proper figures- from memory it can rise over zero degrees C each day but dive down another 50 degrees at night. Also, the point of measurement is critical. A person standing there may find their feet around 15 degrees, their head at close to zero! Mind you, they would be dead before the difference much bothered them!