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

Temperature:
Average temp... -53.6°C / -64.5°F
Maximum temp... -31.9°C / -25.4°F on day 8
Minimum temp... -67.6°C / -89.7°F on day 12

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.9 mph or 9.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Southeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 11
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 095 degrees at 5.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.2 mb
Highest pressure... 687.2 mb on day 10
Lowest pressure.... 672.3 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10621 ft/ 3237 m
Highest physio-alt = 10920 ft/ 3328 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt  = 10358 ft/ 3157 m on day 10

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 4
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.......... 95.3 mb, or 16415 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.4 mb, or 29511 meters
                                      on day 10/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
08 July: Highest temperature of -31.9°C/-25.4°F beat the record of -33.7°C/-28.7°F previously set in 1967.
09 July: Highest temperature of -32.4°C/-26.3°F beat the record of -33.9°C/-28.7°F previously set in 1967.