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

Temperature:
Average temp... -27.3°C / -17.1°F
Maximum temp... -23.3°C / -9.9°F on day 10
Minimum temp... -29.8°C / -21.6°F on day 14

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.1 mph or 7.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 004 degrees at 6.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.2 mb
Highest pressure... 685.5 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 676.5 mb on day 10

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10545 ft/ 3214 m
Highest physio-alt = 10761 ft/ 3280 m on day 10
Lowest physio-alt  = 10421 ft/ 3176 m on day 14

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 2

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

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 18.5 mb, or 26631 meters
Highest sounding..................... 15.4 mb, or 27832 meters on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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