Weekly Climate Summary for 19 August 2023 through 25 August 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -50.7°C / -59.3°F
Maximum temp... -32.5°C / -26.5°F on day 25
Minimum temp... -65.5°C / -85.9°F on day 22

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.2 mph or 13.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 34 mph or 30 knots on day 19
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 004 degrees at 11.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.4 mb
Highest pressure... 702.8 mb on day 25
Lowest pressure.... 663.9 mb on day 19

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10500 ft/ 3200 m
Highest physio-alt = 11241 ft/ 3426 m on day 19
Lowest physio-alt  =  9780 ft/ 2981 m on day 25

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 21 September 2024
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..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 121.7 mb, or 14066 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.6 mb, or 28621 meters
                                      on day 24/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
25 Aug: Highest temperature of -32.5°C/-26.5°F beat the record of -38.0°C/-36.4°F previously set in 1989.