Weekly Climate Summary for 05 March 2022 through 11 March 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.9°C / -74.1°F
Maximum temp... -51.0°C / -59.8°F on day 9
Minimum temp... -63.5°C / -82.3°F on day 8

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.3 mph or 8.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 098 degrees at 8.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.4 mb
Highest pressure... 685.5 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 675.3 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10613 ft/ 3235 m
Highest physio-alt = 10806 ft/ 3294 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10421 ft/ 3176 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2023
Average hours per day... 15.6
Percent of possible..... 65

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.......... 18.6 mb, or 27064 meters
Highest sounding..................... 12.8 mb, or 29073 meters on day 06/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

Day 8: Minimum temperature of -63.5C/ -82.3F breaks previous record of      -63.3C/ -81.9F set in 1982.