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

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.1°C / -72.5°F
Maximum temp... -49.9°C / -57.8°F on day 28
Minimum temp... -65.9°C / -86.6°F on day 25

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.5 mph or 11.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 28
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 024 degrees at 10.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 666.2 mb
Highest pressure... 671.5 mb on day 22
Lowest pressure.... 662.6 mb on day 26

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11153 ft/ 3399 m
Highest physio-alt = 11292 ft/ 3442 m on day 26
Lowest physio-alt  = 10951 ft/ 3338 m on day 22

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 21 September 2023
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 120.8 mb, or 13320 meters
Highest sounding..................... 89.8 mb, or 14864 meters
                                      on day 26/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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