Weekly Climate Summary for 04 February 2023 through 10 February 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -37.3°C / -35.2°F
Maximum temp... -29.5°C / -21.1°F on day 5
Minimum temp... -42.2°C / -44.0°F on day 8

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.5 mph or 6.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 18 mph or 16 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 024 degrees at 4.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.8 mb
Highest pressure... 692.7 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 676.6 mb on day 4

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10373 ft/ 3162 m
Highest physio-alt = 10757 ft/ 3279 m on day 4
Lowest physio-alt  = 10153 ft/ 3095 m on day 9

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 13.8
Percent of possible..... 57

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 18.3 mb, or 28043 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.6 mb, or 37344 meters
                                      on day 10/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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