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

Temperature:
Average temp... -30.7°C / -23.3°F
Maximum temp... -24.2°C / -11.6°F on day 8
Minimum temp... -34.9°C / -30.8°F on day 2

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.3 mph or 10.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 8
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 018 degrees at 7.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.8 mb
Highest pressure... 694.4 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 678.4 mb on day 5

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10335 ft/ 3150 m
Highest physio-alt = 10689 ft/ 3258 m on day 5
Lowest physio-alt  = 10090 ft/ 3075 m on day 3

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 18.1
Percent of possible..... 76

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.......... 16.6 mb, or 27248 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.2 mb, or 35605 meters on day 08/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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