Weekly Climate Summary for 07 October 0223 through 13 October 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -49.0°C / -56.1°F
Maximum temp... -12.9°C / 8.8°F on day 19
Minimum temp... -78.4°C / -109.1°F on day 3

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.4 mph or 9.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 54 mph or 47 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.4 mb
Highest pressure... 712.4 mb on day 13
Lowest pressure.... 648.3 mb on day 14

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10613 ft/ 3235 m
Highest physio-alt = 11847 ft/ 3611 m on day 14
Lowest physio-alt  =  9429 ft/ 2874 m on day 13

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1358
Days partly cloudy........... 2129
Days cloudy.................. 817

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 16.1
Percent of possible..... 67

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 6240
Average height of soundings.......... 48.6 mb, or 22818 meters
Highest sounding..................... 0.0 mb, or 0 meters
                                      on day 09/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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