Weekly Climate Summary for 14 May 2022 through 20 May 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.7°C / -73.7°F
Maximum temp... -51.7°C / -61.1°F on day 19
Minimum temp... -67.1°C / -88.8°F on day 20

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.4 mph or 11.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 33 mph or 29 knots on day 18
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 042 degrees at 9.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.2 mb
Highest pressure... 696.2 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 667.6 mb on day 20

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10621 ft/ 3237 m
Highest physio-alt = 11099 ft/ 3383 m on day 20
Lowest physio-alt  = 10023 ft/ 3055 m on day 14

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
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.......... 78.8 mb, or 17,589 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.6 mb, or 30,259 meters on day 16/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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