Weekly Climate Summary for 04 May 2024 through 10 May 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -50.3°C / -58.5°F
Maximum temp... -39.8°C / -39.6°F on day 5
Minimum temp... -58.2°C / -72.8°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 14.3 mph or 12.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 5
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 010 degrees at 10.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 675.6 mb
Highest pressure... 684.9 mb on day 5
Lowest pressure.... 664.6 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10795 ft/ 3290 m
Highest physio-alt = 11215 ft/ 3418 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  = 10444 ft/ 3183 m on day 5

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 6
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.......... 55.8 mb, or 19576 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.3 mb, or 30831 meters on day 07/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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