Weekly Climate Summary for 11 March 2023 through 17 March 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -49.4°C / -56.9°F
Maximum temp... -38.6°C / -37.5°F on day 11
Minimum temp... -57.7°C / -71.9°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.5 mph or 10.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 11
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 033 degrees at 10.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.8 mb
Highest pressure... 690.7 mb on day 11
Lowest pressure.... 672.0 mb on day 15

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10598 ft/ 3230 m
Highest physio-alt = 10931 ft/ 3332 m on day 15
Lowest physio-alt  = 10227 ft/ 3117 m on day 11

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 8.1
Percent of possible..... 34

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 8
Average height of soundings.......... 15.6 mb, or 27994 meters
Highest sounding..................... 10.8 mb, or 30078 meters
                                      on day 13/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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