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

Temperature:
Average temp... -40.1°C / -40.1°F
Maximum temp... -25.1°C / -13.2°F on day 17
Minimum temp... -47.1°C / -52.8°F on day 11

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.7 mph or 7.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 17
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 034 degrees at 6.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.6 mb
Highest pressure... 688.0 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 677.4 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10530 ft/ 3210 m
Highest physio-alt = 10726 ft/ 3269 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt  = 10328 ft/ 3148 m on day 16

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 19.9
Percent of possible..... 83

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.......... 13.5 mb, or 28229 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.9 mb, or 35363 meters on day 14/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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