Weekly Climate Summary for 02 March 2024 through 08 March 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -55.1°C / -67.1°F
Maximum temp... -45.8°C / -50.4°F on day 6
Minimum temp... -61.0°C / -77.8°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.4 mph or 8.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 6
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 068 degrees at 7.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 675.8 mb
Highest pressure... 681.5 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 670.0 mb on day 2

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10787 ft/ 3288 m
Highest physio-alt = 11008 ft/ 3355 m on day 2
Lowest physio-alt  = 10572 ft/ 3222 m on day 8

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 15.2
Percent of possible..... 63

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 8
Average height of soundings.......... 17.4 mb, or 27804 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.7 mb, or 35773 meters on day 07/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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