Weekly Climate Summary for 16 September 2023 through 22 September 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -56.2°C / -69.1°F
Maximum temp... -45.4°C / -49.7°F on day 22
Minimum temp... -66.5°C / -87.7°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.2 mph or 11.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 034 degrees at 10.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.1 mb
Highest pressure... 688.1 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 675.4 mb on day 17

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10587 ft/ 3227 m
Highest physio-alt = 10802 ft/ 3292 m on day 17
Lowest physio-alt  = 10324 ft/ 3147 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 0.6
Percent of possible..... 3

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 13
Average height of soundings.......... 82.8 mb, or 17932 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.6 mb, or 30012 meters
                                      on day 22/00Z flight

0 sounding was missed.

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