Weekly Climate Summary for 28 October 2023 through 03 November 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -46.3°C / -51.3°F
Maximum temp... -38.2°C / -36.8°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -54.1°C / -65.4°F on day 28

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 14.0 mph or 12.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 29 mph or 25 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 017 degrees at 11.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 668.9 mb
Highest pressure... 682.5 mb on day 28
Lowest pressure.... 660.2 mb on day 1

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11050 ft/ 3368 m
Highest physio-alt = 11384 ft/ 3470 m on day 1
Lowest physio-alt  = 10534 ft/ 3211 m on day 28

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 12.2
Percent of possible..... 51

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 13.6 mb, or 27423 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.0 mb, or 33181 meters on day 31/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

No records were tied or broken this week.