Weekly Climate Summary for 25 November 2023 through 01 December 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -32.9°C / -27.2°F
Maximum temp... -25.3°C / -13.5°F on day 26
Minimum temp... -36.4°C / -33.5°F on day 29

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.6 mph or 8.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 30
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 024 degrees at 3.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 688.0 mb
Highest pressure... 692.7 mb on day 28
Lowest pressure.... 681.9 mb on day 25

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10328 ft/ 3148 m
Highest physio-alt = 10557 ft/ 3218 m on day 25
Lowest physio-alt  = 10153 ft/ 3095 m on day 28

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 21.1
Percent of possible..... 88

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 19.1 mb, or 26036 meters
Highest sounding..................... 12.8 mb, or 28576 meters on day 25/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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