Weekly Climate Summary for 06 May 2023 through 12 May 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.9°C / -79.4°F
Maximum temp... -51.7°C / -61.1°F on day 9
Minimum temp... -70.1°C / -94.2°F on day 7

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 6.1 mph or 5.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 14 mph or 12 knots on day 11
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 078 degrees at 4.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 674.2 mb
Highest pressure... 681.4 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 666.4 mb on day 12

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10848 ft/ 3306 m
Highest physio-alt = 11145 ft/ 3397 m on day 12
Lowest physio-alt  = 10575 ft/ 3223 m on day 9

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

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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 51.4 mb, or 19828 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.0 mb, or 29837 meters
                                      on day 11/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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