Weekly Climate Summary for 18 March 2023 through 24 March 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.7°C / -71.9°F
Maximum temp... -40.6°C / -41.1°F on day 24
Minimum temp... -64.4°C / -83.9°F on day 22

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.7 mph or 10.1 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 24
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 9.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 672.8 mb
Highest pressure... 685.1 mb on day 24
Lowest pressure.... 666.8 mb on day 19

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10901 ft/ 3323 m
Highest physio-alt = 11130 ft/ 3392 m on day 19
Lowest physio-alt  = 10436 ft/ 3181 m on day 24

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 7
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 8.5
Percent of possible..... 35

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 35.6 mb, or 23433 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.2 mb, or 34286 meters
                                      on day 20/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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