Weekly Climate Summary for 24 June 2023 through 30 June 2023 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -60.1°C / -76.1°F Maximum temp... -45.4°C / -49.7°F on day 25 Minimum temp... -75.6°C / -104.1°F on day 30 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 11.7 mph or 10.1 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid North Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 25 Maximum wind direction...... Grid North Average vectored wind....... 043 degrees at 7.3 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 672.5 mb Highest pressure... 684.9 mb on day 24 Lowest pressure.... 658.7 mb on day 28 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10912 ft/ 3326 m Highest physio-alt = 11442 ft/ 3488 m on day 28 Lowest physio-alt = 10444 ft/ 3183 m on day 24 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2 Days clear................... 4 Days partly cloudy........... 3 Days cloudy.................. 0 Sunshine: Sunset on 23 March 2024 Average hours per day... 0.0 Percent of possible..... 0 Visibility: 3 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less. Balloon flight data: Number of soundings for the week..... 7 Average height of soundings.......... 90.4 mb, or 15230 meters Highest sounding..................... 72.6 mb, or 16481 meters on day 24/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.