Weekly Climate Summary for 20 May 2023 through 26 May 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -54.7°C / -66.5°F
Maximum temp... -42.0°C / -43.6°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -64.8°C / -84.6°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.2 mph or 8.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 18 mph or 16 knots on day 25
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 5.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.4 mb
Highest pressure... 693.1 mb on day 23
Lowest pressure.... 671.6 mb on day 26

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10538 ft/ 3212 m
Highest physio-alt = 10947 ft/ 3337 m on day 26
Lowest physio-alt  = 10138 ft/ 3090 m on day 23

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 75.5 mb, or 17676 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.8 mb, or 29683 meters
                                      on day 25/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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