Weekly Climate Summary for 01 October 2022 through 07 October 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.5°C / -71.5°F
Maximum temp... -49.9°C / -57.8°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -63.8°C / -82.8°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.7 mph or 11.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 33 mph or 29 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 039 degrees at 9.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.2 mb
Highest pressure... 686.8 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 672.7 mb on day 5

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10621 ft/ 3237 m
Highest physio-alt = 10905 ft/ 3324 m on day 5
Lowest physio-alt  = 10373 ft/ 3162 m on day 3

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2023
Average hours per day... 13.3
Percent of possible..... 55

Visibility:
0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 12
Average height of soundings.......... 64.8 mb, or 19591 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.7 mb, or 30111 meters on day 04/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken this week.