Weekly Climate Summary for 20 August 2022 through 26 August 2022 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -52.6°C / -62.6°F Maximum temp... -40.8°C / -41.4°F on day 23 Minimum temp... -69.9°C / -93.8°F on day 20 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 12.8 mph or 11.1 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid North Maximum wind speed.......... 36 mph or 31 knots on day 21 Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest Average vectored wind....... 339 degrees at 8.8 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 671.1 mb Highest pressure... 678.0 mb on day 24 Lowest pressure.... 660.4 mb on day 20 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10966 ft/ 3342 m Highest physio-alt = 11376 ft/ 3467 m on day 20 Lowest physio-alt = 10704 ft/ 3263 m on day 24 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 7 Days clear................... 1 Days partly cloudy........... 0 Days cloudy.................. 6 Sunshine: Sunrise on 22 September 2022 Average hours per day... 0.0 Percent of possible..... 0 Visibility: 3 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less. Balloon flight data: Number of soundings for the week..... 14 Average height of soundings.......... 134.1 mb, or 13792 meters Highest sounding..................... 7.7 mb, or 28299 meters on day 21/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.