Weekly Climate Summary for 06 April 2024 through 12 April 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -59.0°C / -74.1°F
Maximum temp... -42.7°C / -44.9°F on day 12
Minimum temp... -69.6°C / -93.3°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.2 mph or 10.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 8.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 672.4 mb
Highest pressure... 684.3 mb on day 12
Lowest pressure.... 667.2 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10916 ft/ 3327 m
Highest physio-alt = 11115 ft/ 3388 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  = 10466 ft/ 3190 m on day 12

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 5
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..... 9
Average height of soundings.......... 15.8 mb, or 26861 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.1 mb, or 31412 meters on day 09/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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