Weekly Climate Summary for 10 September 2022 through 16 September 2022 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -60.7°C / -77.2°F Maximum temp... -46.0°C / -50.8°F on day 10 Minimum temp... -70.0°C / -94.0°F on day 16 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 9.7 mph or 8.4 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 10 Maximum wind direction...... Grid North Average vectored wind....... 045 degrees at 8.2 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 677.2 mb Highest pressure... 682.3 mb on day 14 Lowest pressure.... 670.7 mb on day 10 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10734 ft/ 3272 m Highest physio-alt = 10981 ft/ 3347 m on day 10 Lowest physio-alt = 10542 ft/ 3213 m on day 14 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3 Days clear................... 2 Days partly cloudy........... 4 Days cloudy.................. 1 Sunshine: Sunrise on 22 September 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.......... 85.9 mb, or 18501 meters Highest sounding..................... 6.0 mb, or 29812 meters on day 12/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.