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

Temperature:
Average temp... -62.0°C / -79.7°F
Maximum temp... -48.5°C / -55.3°F on day 16
Minimum temp... -69.4°C / -92.9°F on day 12

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 16.4 mph or 14.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 45 mph or 39 knots on day 16
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 032 degrees at 13.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 662.4 mb
Highest pressure... 671.4 mb on day 18
Lowest pressure.... 650.5 mb on day 12

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11299 ft/ 3444 m
Highest physio-alt = 11761 ft/ 3585 m on day 12
Lowest physio-alt  = 10954 ft/ 3339 m on day 18

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 21, 2023
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 130.4 mb, or 12730 meters
Highest sounding..................... 106.4 mb, or 13808 meters
                                      on day 15/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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