Weekly Climate Summary for 23 September 2023 through 29 September 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.8°C / -63.1°F
Maximum temp... -43.7°C / -46.7°F on day 23
Minimum temp... -60.4°C / -76.7°F on day 28

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 14.4 mph or 12.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 23
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 030 degrees at 11.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.7 mb
Highest pressure... 682.9 mb on day 29
Lowest pressure.... 677.7 mb on day 25

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10602 ft/ 3231 m
Highest physio-alt = 10715 ft/ 3266 m on day 25
Lowest physio-alt  = 10519 ft/ 3206 m on day 29

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2024
Average hours per day... 8.9
Percent of possible..... 37

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 77.0 mb, or 18009 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.3 mb, or 30043 meters
                                      on day 25/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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