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

Temperature:
Average temp... -53.1°C / -63.5°F
Maximum temp... -42.3°C / -44.1°F on day 10
Minimum temp... -58.2°C / -72.8°F on day 7

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.5 mph or 10.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 10
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 061 degrees at 8.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.3 mb
Highest pressure... 693.6 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 676.6 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10429 ft/ 3179 m
Highest physio-alt = 10757 ft/ 3279 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10119 ft/ 3084 m on day 9

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 11.1
Percent of possible..... 46

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.......... 12.5 mb, or 29733 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.6 mb, or 35826 meters
                                      on day 10/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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