Weekly Climate Summary for 22 April 2023 through 28 April 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -51.1°C / -60.0°F
Maximum temp... -40.0°C / -40.0°F on day 28
Minimum temp... -66.7°C / -88.1°F on day 23

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.0 mph or 11.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 28
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 032 degrees at 10.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 689.4 mb
Highest pressure... 692.8 mb on day 26
Lowest pressure.... 685.0 mb on day 22

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10276 ft/ 3132 m
Highest physio-alt = 10440 ft/ 3182 m on day 22
Lowest physio-alt  = 10149 ft/ 3093 m on day 26

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2023
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.......... 37.0 mb, or 21261 meters
Highest sounding..................... 28.3 mb, or 22711 meters
                                      on day 26/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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