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

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.9°C / -72.2°F
Maximum temp... -50.5°C / -58.9°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -66.0°C / -86.8°F on day 19

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 14.9 mph or 13.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 18
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 038 degrees at 9.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.4 mb
Highest pressure... 690.3 mb on day 15
Lowest pressure.... 662.3 mb on day 18

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10726 ft/ 3269 m
Highest physio-alt = 11303 ft/ 3445 m on day 18
Lowest physio-alt  = 10242 ft/ 3122 m on day 15

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

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

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 98.8 mb, or 15991 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.8 mb, or 28982 meters
                                      on day 18/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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