Weekly Climate Summary for 25 February 2023 through 03 March 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -49.2°C / -56.5°F
Maximum temp... -36.5°C / -33.7°F on day 27
Minimum temp... -58.8°C / -73.8°F on day 3

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.8 mph or 6.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 3
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 094 degrees at 4.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.6 mb
Highest pressure... 685.2 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 678.4 mb on day 25

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10530 ft/ 3210 m
Highest physio-alt = 10689 ft/ 3258 m on day 25
Lowest physio-alt  = 10433 ft/ 3180 m on day 3

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2023
Average hours per day... 10.5
Percent of possible..... 44

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 12.0 mb, or 30178 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.6 mb, or 37785 meters
                                      on day 02/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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