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

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.8°C / -72.1°F
Maximum temp... -49.3°C / -56.7°F on day 8
Minimum temp... -70.0°C / -94.0°F on day 12

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.2 mph or 10.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 043 degrees at 8.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 675.2 mb
Highest pressure... 686.4 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 666.7 mb on day 8

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10810 ft/ 3295 m
Highest physio-alt = 11134 ft/ 3394 m on day 8
Lowest physio-alt  = 10388 ft/ 3166 m on day 9

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0

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.......... 105.4 mb, or 15593 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.2 mb, or 28714 meters on day 11/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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