Weekly Climate Summary for 21 October 2023 through 27 October 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -51.7°C / -61.1°F
Maximum temp... -44.9°C / -48.8°F on day 22
Minimum temp... -56.9°C / -70.4°F on day 21

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.6 mph or 8.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 040 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.6 mb
Highest pressure... 686.8 mb on day 24
Lowest pressure.... 677.9 mb on day 21

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10530 ft/ 3210 m
Highest physio-alt = 10708 ft/ 3264 m on day 21
Lowest physio-alt  = 10373 ft/ 3162 m on day 24

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 12.8
Percent of possible..... 53

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.......... 16.1 mb, or 27518 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.6 mb, or 33603 meters
                                      on day 22/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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