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

Temperature:
Average temp... -65.5°C / -85.9°F
Maximum temp... -44.4°C / -47.9°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -75.6°C / -104.1°F on day 1

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.4 mph or 9.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 065 degrees at 7.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 668.9 mb
Highest pressure... 676.8 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 658.7 mb on day 5

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11050 ft/ 3368 m
Highest physio-alt = 11442 ft/ 3488 m on day 5
Lowest physio-alt  = 10749 ft/ 3276 m on day 1

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
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.......... 75.1 mb, or 17272 meters
Highest sounding..................... 8.0 mb, or 28154 meters
                                      on day 04/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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