Weekly Climate Summary for 02 July 2022 through 08 July 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.5°C / -78.8°F
Maximum temp... -49.8°C / -57.6°F on day 5
Minimum temp... -71.2°C / -96.2°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.4 mph or 7.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 17 mph or 15 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 072 degrees at 5.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 669.5 mb
Highest pressure... 679.4 mb on day 2
Lowest pressure.... 664.9 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11027 ft/ 3361 m
Highest physio-alt = 11203 ft/ 3415 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  = 10651 ft/ 3246 m on day 2

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 22 March 2022
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 118.3 mb, or 14932 meters
Highest sounding..................... 9.9 mb, or 26990 meters on day 06/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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