Weekly Climate Summary for 05 October 2024 through 11 October 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.5°C / -73.3°F
Maximum temp... -49.2°C / -56.6°F on day 11
Minimum temp... -64.6°C / -84.3°F on day 8

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.0 mph or 10.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 26 mph or 23 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 040 degrees at 7.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.8 mb
Highest pressure... 686.0 mb on day 11
Lowest pressure.... 670.0 mb on day 8

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10711 ft/ 3265 m
Highest physio-alt = 11008 ft/ 3355 m on day 8
Lowest physio-alt  = 10403 ft/ 3171 m on day 11

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 5.9
Percent of possible..... 25

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.......... 35.1 mb, or 22901 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.3 mb, or 31594 meters on day 09/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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