Weekly Climate Summary for 12 February 2023 through 18 February 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -43.3°C / -46.0°F
Maximum temp... -34.7°C / -30.5°F on day 12
Minimum temp... -49.6°C / -57.3°F on day 18

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.1 mph or 7.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 18 mph or 16 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 072 degrees at 5.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.6 mb
Highest pressure... 688.6 mb on day 12
Lowest pressure.... 681.4 mb on day 16

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10418 ft/ 3175 m
Highest physio-alt = 10575 ft/ 3223 m on day 16
Lowest physio-alt  = 10305 ft/ 3141 m on day 12

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2023
Average hours per day... 20.3
Percent of possible..... 85

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 15
Average height of soundings.......... 17.0 mb, or 28156 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.1 mb, or 30674 meters
                                      on day 14/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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