Weekly Climate Summary for 17 September 2022 through 23 September 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -59.1°C / -74.3°F
Maximum temp... -48.3°C / -54.9°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -69.4°C / -92.9°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.2 mph or 8.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 23
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 037 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 675.2 mb
Highest pressure... 679.5 mb on day 23
Lowest pressure.... 671.3 mb on day 21

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10810 ft/ 3295 m
Highest physio-alt = 10958 ft/ 3340 m on day 21
Lowest physio-alt  = 10647 ft/ 3245 m on day 23

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 4

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2023
Average hours per day... 3.5
Percent of possible..... 15

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 105.3 mb, or 16334 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.7 mb, or 30148 meters on day 22/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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