Weekly Climate Summary for 18 June 2022 through 24 June 2022 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -55.8°C / -68.4°F Maximum temp... -37.9°C / -36.2°F on day 24 Minimum temp... -65.6°C / -86.1°F on day 20 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 12.7 mph or 11.0 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid East Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 18 Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast Average vectored wind....... 028 degrees at 8.3 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 679.0 mb Highest pressure... 688.5 mb on day 18 Lowest pressure.... 673.5 mb on day 23 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10666 ft/ 3251 m Highest physio-alt = 10874 ft/ 3314 m on day 23 Lowest physio-alt = 10309 ft/ 3142 m on day 18 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3 Days clear................... 3 Days partly cloudy........... 2 Days cloudy.................. 2 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.......... 97.4 mb, or 14956 meters Highest sounding..................... 80.6 mb, or 16025 meters on day 19/12Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.