Weekly Climate Summary for 05 August 2023 through 11 August 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.6°C / -78.9°F
Maximum temp... -49.0°C / -56.2°F on day 5
Minimum temp... -73.8°C / -100.8°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.1 mph or 10.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 29 mph or 25 knots on day 7
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 026 degrees at 9.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 661.0 mb
Highest pressure... 666.2 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 654.3 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11353 ft/ 3460 m
Highest physio-alt = 11613 ft/ 3540 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt  = 11153 ft/ 3399 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
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..... 8
Average height of soundings.......... 108.6 mb, or 15065 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.1 mb, or 28634 meters
                                      on day 11/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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