Weekly Climate Summary for 30 September 2023 through 06 October 2023 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.8°C / -73.9°F
Maximum temp... -53.0°C / -63.4°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -64.9°C / -84.8°F on day 1

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.1 mph or 9.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 6
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 9.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 669.5 mb
Highest pressure... 681.9 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 661.7 mb on day 4

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11027 ft/ 3361 m
Highest physio-alt = 11326 ft/ 3452 m on day 4
Lowest physio-alt  = 10557 ft/ 3218 m on day 30

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 15.0
Percent of possible..... 63

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.......... 43.9 mb, or 21749 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.3 mb, or 30174 meters
                                      on day 04/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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