Weekly Climate Summary for 03 February 2024 through 09 February 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -36.8°C / -34.2°F
Maximum temp... -29.2°C / -20.6°F on day 3
Minimum temp... -41.2°C / -42.2°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.7 mph or 8.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 8
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 064 degrees at 4.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 684.8 mb
Highest pressure... 688.3 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 681.6 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10448 ft/ 3185 m
Highest physio-alt = 10568 ft/ 3221 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10317 ft/ 3145 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy...... 2
Days cloudy................ 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 16.3
Percent of possible..... 68

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.......... 17.8 mb, or 27,928 meters
Highest sounding............................ 5.3 mb, or 36,062 meters
                                                                on day 06/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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