Weekly Climate Summary for 31 December 2022 through 06 January 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -25.9°C / -14.6°F
Maximum temp... -21.5°C / -6.7°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -33.6°C / -28.5°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.0 mph or 11.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 031 degrees at 9.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 678.5 mb
Highest pressure... 681.7 mb on day 4
Lowest pressure.... 675.1 mb on day 31

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10685 ft/ 3257 m
Highest physio-alt = 10814 ft/ 3296 m on day 31
Lowest physio-alt  = 10564 ft/ 3220 m on day 4

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 15.1
Percent of possible..... 63

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 11
Average height of soundings.......... 15.1 mb, or 28828 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.8 mb, or 30440 meters
                                      on day 02/12Z flight

3 soundings were missed.

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