Weekly Climate Summary for 01 April 2023 through 07 April 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -48.1°C / -54.6°F
Maximum temp... -37.3°C / -35.1°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -57.4°C / -71.3°F on day 6, 7

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.6 mph or 13.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 40 mph or 35 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 047 degrees at 11.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 692.0 mb
Highest pressure... 702.0 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 683.0 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10179 ft/ 3103 m
Highest physio-alt = 10515 ft/ 3205 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  =  9809 ft/ 2990 m on day 3

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 18.9 mb, or 26143 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.7 mb, or 28869 meters on day 03/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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