Weekly Climate Summary for 15 April 2023 through 21 April 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.2°C / -72.8°F
Maximum temp... -48.5°C / -55.3°F on day 19
Minimum temp... -67.3°C / -89.1°F on day 16

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.6 mph or 9.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 19
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 046 degrees at 7.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.3 mb
Highest pressure... 692.0 mb on day 21
Lowest pressure.... 679.6 mb on day 15

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10391 ft/ 3167 m
Highest physio-alt = 10643 ft/ 3244 m on day 15
Lowest physio-alt  = 10179 ft/ 3103 m on day 21

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 21.9 mb, or 24679 meters
Highest sounding..................... 14.3 mb, or 26965 meters
                                      on day 19/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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