Weekly Climate Summary for 25 March 2023 through 31 March 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -44.0°C / -47.2°F
Maximum temp... -32.2°C / -26.0°F on day 26
Minimum temp... -56.2°C / -69.2°F on day 31

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.8 mph or 13.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 33 mph or 29 knots on day 26
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 354 degrees at 10.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.7 mb
Highest pressure... 696.1 mb on day 26
Lowest pressure.... 674.9 mb on day 29

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10377 ft/ 3163 m
Highest physio-alt = 10821 ft/ 3298 m on day 29
Lowest physio-alt  = 10027 ft/ 3056 m on day 26

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
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.......... 16.5 mb, or 27342 meters
Highest sounding..................... 8.5 mb, or 31128 meters
                                      on day 25/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
26 Mar: Highest average wind of 20.5kt broke the record of 20.1kt previously set in 2005.
26 Mar: Maximum temperature of -32.2°C/-26.0°F broke the record of  -38.0°C/-36.4°F previously set