Weekly Climate Summary for 30 December 2023 through 05 January 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -27.0°C / -16.7°F
Maximum temp... -23.5°C / -10.3°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -30.7°C / -23.3°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.8 mph or 7.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 346 degrees at 6.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.9 mb
Highest pressure... 685.0 mb on day 31
Lowest pressure.... 680.9 mb on day 1

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10519 ft/ 3206 m
Highest physio-alt = 10594 ft/ 3229 m on day 1
Lowest physio-alt  = 10440 ft/ 3182 m on day 31

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 4

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 18.0
Percent of possible..... 75

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.......... 21.8 mb, or 26130 meters
Highest sounding..................... 16.8 mb, or 27915 meters on day 02/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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