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

Temperature:
Average temp... -51.4°C / -60.6°F
Maximum temp... -42.0°C / -43.6°F on day 15
Minimum temp... -58.5°C / -73.3°F on day 20

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.0 mph or 9.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 15
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 052 degrees at 8.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 676.3 mb
Highest pressure... 680.0 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 670.5 mb on day 15

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10768 ft/ 3282 m
Highest physio-alt = 10989 ft/ 3349 m on day 15
Lowest physio-alt  = 10628 ft/ 3239 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 10.8
Percent of possible..... 45

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 13.2 mb, or 28085 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.2 mb, or 34887 meters
                                      on day 16/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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