Weekly Climate Summary for 26 August 2023 through 01 September 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -54.3°C / -65.8°F
Maximum temp... -33.1°C / -27.6°F on day 26
Minimum temp... -70.8°C / -95.4°F on day 1

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.6 mph or 7.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 28
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 070 degrees at 4.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.5 mb
Highest pressure... 703.6 mb on day 26
Lowest pressure.... 671.9 mb on day 31

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10421 ft/ 3176 m
Highest physio-alt = 10935 ft/ 3333 m on day 31
Lowest physio-alt  =  9750 ft/ 2972 m on day 26

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 23 March 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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.......... 131.4 mb, or 13226 meters
Highest sounding..................... 74.9 mb, or 16135 meters
                                      on day 28/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
26 Aug: Highest temperature of -33.1°C/-27.6°F beat the record of -36.3°C/-33.3°F previously set in 2014.
27 Aug: Lowest average wind speed of 3.2kts beat the record of 4.2kts previously set in 2015.
27 Aug: Highest temperature of -37.0°C/-34.6°F beat the record of -39.0°C/-38.2°F previously set in 2022.