Weekly Climate Summary for 29 April 2023 through 05 May 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -60.3°C / -76.5°F
Maximum temp... -43.4°C / -46.1°F on day 29
Minimum temp... -66.1°C / -87.0°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.8 mph or 8.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 059 degrees at 7.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.2 mb
Highest pressure... 687.9 mb on day 29
Lowest pressure.... 676.1 mb on day 30

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10583 ft/ 3226 m
Highest physio-alt = 10776 ft/ 3285 m on day 30
Lowest physio-alt  = 10332 ft/ 3149 m on day 29

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 5
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 21 September 2023
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..... 11
Average height of soundings.......... 49.9 mb, or 19400 meters
Highest sounding..................... 22.7 mb, or 23867 meters
                                      on day 29/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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