Weekly Climate Summary for 14 January 2023 through 20 January 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -32.7°C / -26.9°F
Maximum temp... -28.8°C / -19.8°F on day 14
Minimum temp... -35.0°C / -31.0°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.2 mph or 6.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 17 mph or 15 knots on day 20
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 025 degrees at 5.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.9 mb
Highest pressure... 684.6 mb on day 19
Lowest pressure.... 673.9 mb on day 14

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10708 ft/ 3264 m
Highest physio-alt = 10859 ft/ 3310 m on day 14
Lowest physio-alt  = 10455 ft/ 3187 m on day 19

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 21.4
Percent of possible..... 89

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 13
Average height of soundings.......... 24.4 mb, or 28229 meters
Highest sounding..................... 10.3 mb, or 31450 meters
                                      on day 19/12Z flight

1 sounding was missed.

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