Weekly Climate Summary for 09 September 2023 through 15 September 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -51.3°C / -60.3°F
Maximum temp... -35.1°C / -31.2°F on day 12
Minimum temp... -62.5°C / -80.5°F on day 15

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.4 mph or 8.1 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 13
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 069 degrees at 5.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 690.4 mb
Highest pressure... 698.3 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 683.9 mb on day 14

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10238 ft/ 3121 m
Highest physio-alt = 10481 ft/ 3195 m on day 14
Lowest physio-alt  =  9945 ft/ 3031 m on day 9

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 3

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..... 9
Average height of soundings.......... 92.6 mb, or 17249 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.0 mb, or 29214 meters
                                      on day 10/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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