Weekly Climate Summary for 27 May 2023 through 02 June 2023 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -59.7°C / -75.4°F Maximum temp... -48.8°C / -55.8°F on day 29 Minimum temp... -68.4°C / -91.1°F on day 31 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 9.9 mph or 8.6 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid North Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 1 Maximum wind direction...... Grid North Average vectored wind....... 032 degrees at 7.3 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 678.2 mb Highest pressure... 686.6 mb on day 28 Lowest pressure.... 672.3 mb on day 30 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10696 ft/ 3260 m Highest physio-alt = 10920 ft/ 3328 m on day 30 Lowest physio-alt = 10380 ft/ 3164 m on day 28 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4 Days clear................... 1 Days partly cloudy........... 5 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..... 7 Average height of soundings.......... 82.4 mb, or 15932 meters Highest sounding..................... 67.1 mb, or 17064 meters on day 27/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.