Weekly Climate Summary for 12 March 2022 through 18 March 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.0°C / -61.5°F
Maximum temp... -43.6°C / -46.5°F on day 15
Minimum temp... -60.7°C / -77.3°F on day 14

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.7 mph or 9.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 18
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 052 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.1 mb
Highest pressure... 692.2 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 674.7 mb on day 13

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10549 ft/ 3215 m
Highest physio-alt = 10829 ft/ 3301 m on day 13
Lowest physio-alt  = 10171 ft/ 3100 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2022
Average hours per day... 1.5
Percent of possible..... 6

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 37.8 mb, or 26215 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.1 mb, or 29832 meters on day 12/00Z flight.

-          **RECORDS**
Day 12: Average wind of 2.7mph/ 2.3kts breaks previous record for lowest daily average wind of 3.3mph/ 2.9kts set in 1985.

-          Day 13: Average wind speed of 1.6mph/ 1.4kts breaks previous record for lowest daily average wind speed of 5.4mph/ 4.7kts set in 2020.