Weekly Climate Summary for 02 September 2023 through 08 September 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -62.6°C / -80.7°F
Maximum temp... -38.8°C / -37.8°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -75.5°C / -103.9°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.2 mph or 8.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid West
Maximum wind speed.......... 29 mph or 25 knots on day 7
Maximum wind direction...... Grid West
Average vectored wind....... 033 degrees at 3.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.5 mb
Highest pressure... 694.2 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 672.0 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10723 ft/ 3268 m
Highest physio-alt = 10931 ft/ 3332 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10097 ft/ 3078 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 21 September 2023
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..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 120.7 mb, or 14998 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.5 mb, or 29661 meters
                                      on day 06/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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