Weekly Climate Summary for 27 August 2022 through 02 September 2022 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.1°C / -61.8°F
Maximum temp... -38.0°C / -36.4°F on day 28
Minimum temp... -62.1°C / -79.8°F on day 30

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.0 mph or 9.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 34 mph or 30 knots on day 2
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 355 degrees at 8.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 669.1 mb
Highest pressure... 672.7 mb on day 28
Lowest pressure.... 664.0 mb on day 2

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11042 ft/ 3366 m
Highest physio-alt = 11238 ft/ 3425 m on day 2
Lowest physio-alt  = 10905 ft/ 3324 m on day 28

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 7
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 0
Days cloudy.................. 7

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 22 September 2022
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 110.8 mb, or 15897 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.9 mb, or 28849 meters on day 27/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
Day 27: High temperature of -39.0°C / -38.2°F breaks the previous daily record high of -42°C / -43.6°F previously set in 1987.

Day 28: High temperature of -38.0°C / -36.4°F breaks the previous daily record high of -40.5°C / -40.9°F previously set in 2014.