Weekly Climate Summary for 29 July 2023 through 04 August 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.9°C / -72.2°F
Maximum temp... -49.4°C / -56.9°F on day 4
Minimum temp... -65.1°C / -85.2°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 16.6 mph or 14.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 2
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 012 degrees at 13.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 673.4 mb
Highest pressure... 681.6 mb on day 31
Lowest pressure.... 662.8 mb on day 29

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10878 ft/ 3316 m
Highest physio-alt = 11284 ft/ 3439 m on day 29
Lowest physio-alt  = 10568 ft/ 3221 m on day 31

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 21 September 2023
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 97.7 mb, or 17283 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.6 mb, or 28814 meters
                                      on day 30/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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