Weekly Climate Summary for 26 February 2022 through 04 March 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.6°C / -62.7°F
Maximum temp... -45.1°C / -49.2°F on day 26
Minimum temp... -58.2°C / -72.8°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.5 mph or 7.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 16 mph or 14 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 070 degrees at 6.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.4 mb
Highest pressure... 686.9 mb on day 2
Lowest pressure.... 674.1 mb on day 28

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10613 ft/ 3235 m
Highest physio-alt = 10852 ft/ 3308 m on day 28
Lowest physio-alt  = 10369 ft/ 3160 m on day 2

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2023
Average hours per day... 19.0
Percent of possible..... 79

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 12
Average height of soundings.......... 24.9 mb, or 26754 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.7 mb, or 34597 meters on day 02/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

Day 2: 5.3mph / 4.6kts breaks previous record for lowest daily avg. wind of 5.5mph/ 4.8kts set in 1982.