Weekly Climate Summary for 28 January 2023 through 03 February 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -33.9°C / -29.0°F
Maximum temp... -28.4°C / -19.1°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -36.3°C / -33.3°F on day 31

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.9 mph or 6.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 28
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 4.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.3 mb
Highest pressure... 686.6 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 677.7 mb on day 3

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10542 ft/ 3213 m
Highest physio-alt = 10715 ft/ 3266 m on day 3
Lowest physio-alt  = 10380 ft/ 3164 m on day 1

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2023
Average hours per day... 20.9
Percent of possible..... 87

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.......... 14.2 mb, or 29519 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.9 mb, or 38668 meters
                                      on day 31/00Z flight

0 sounding was missed.

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