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

Temperature:
Average temp... -26.9°C / -16.5°F
Maximum temp... -22.3°C / -8.1°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -31.0°C / -23.8°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.2 mph or 7.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northwest
Maximum wind speed.......... 18 mph or 16 knots on day 16
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 326 degrees at 5.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.7 mb
Highest pressure... 686.5 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 678.5 mb on day 18

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10564 ft/ 3220 m
Highest physio-alt = 10685 ft/ 3257 m on day 18
Lowest physio-alt  = 10384 ft/ 3165 m on day 16

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 12.2
Percent of possible..... 51

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.......... 17.8 mb, or 27837 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.9 mb, or 38722 meters on day 18/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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