Weekly Climate Summary for 01 June 2024 through 07 June 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.8°C / -79.2°F
Maximum temp... -48.3°C / -54.9°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -70.2°C / -94.4°F on day 3

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.8 mph or 9.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 4
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 063 degrees at 7.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 671.4 mb
Highest pressure... 682.0 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 664.4 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10954 ft/ 3339 m
Highest physio-alt = 11222 ft/ 3420 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  = 10553 ft/ 3217 m on day 1

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 84.2 mb, or 15786 meters
Highest sounding..................... 72.1 mb, or 16626 meters on day 05/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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