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

Temperature:
Average temp... -31.6°C / -24.9°F
Maximum temp... -25.8°C / -14.4°F on day 18
Minimum temp... -37.2°C / -35.0°F on day 23

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.8 mph or 9.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 18
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 332 degrees at 5.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.3 mb
Highest pressure... 688.6 mb on day 21
Lowest pressure.... 681.2 mb on day 19

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10429 ft/ 3179 m
Highest physio-alt = 10583 ft/ 3226 m on day 19
Lowest physio-alt  = 10305 ft/ 3141 m on day 21

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 7
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 5

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 13.4
Percent of possible..... 56

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 13.6 mb, or 28389 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.9 mb, or 35623 meters on day 20/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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