TITLE: Palmer LTER: Palmer Station Air Temperature 1974 to 1996 AUTHORS: Karen S. Baker DATE: 1996 Palmer LTER Contribution No. 102 Antarctic Journal of the United States, (accepted) Abstract - Climate variability is of central importance to long-term ecological studies in general and to bioclimatology in particular. As a consequence, the Palmer LTER has gathered historical meteorological data taken for Palmer Station as well as initiated the quality control and archive of this data. The following is a preliminary report summarizing Palmer Station air temperature records from May 1974 to August 1996.