Weekly Climate Summary for 08 April 2023 through 14 April 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -60.7°C / -77.3°F
Maximum temp... -49.6°C / -57.3°F on day 14
Minimum temp... -70.0°C / -94.0°F on day 10

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.1 mph or 8.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 8
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 058 degrees at 6.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.8 mb
Highest pressure... 687.4 mb on day 13
Lowest pressure.... 677.9 mb on day 9

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10523 ft/ 3207 m
Highest physio-alt = 10708 ft/ 3264 m on day 9
Lowest physio-alt  = 10350 ft/ 3155 m on day 13

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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 52.6 mb, or 22762 meters
Highest sounding..................... 13.5 mb, or 27566 meters
                                      on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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