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

Temperature:
Average temp... -50.1°C / -58.2°F
Maximum temp... -35.3°C / -31.5°F on day 5
Minimum temp... -62.2°C / -80.0°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.9 mph or 11.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 050 degrees at 7.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 697.1 mb
Highest pressure... 704.4 mb on day 7
Lowest pressure.... 688.0 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 9990 ft/ 3045 m
Highest physio-alt = 10328 ft/ 3148 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  =  9721 ft/ 2963 m on day 7

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 1

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

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 103.4 mb, or 16041 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.2 mb, or 28987 meters on day 08/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
08/05: Daily maximum temp of -35.3℃/ -31.5℉ breaks the previous record of -37.0℃/ -34.6℉ set in 1974.