Weekly Climate Summary for 07 September 2024 through 13 September 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -60.4°C / -76.7°F
Maximum temp... -46.5°C / -51.7°F on day 8
Minimum temp... -69.0°C / -92.2°F on day 12

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.5 mph or 8.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 8
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 046 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 670.9 mb
Highest pressure... 677.6 mb on day 10
Lowest pressure.... 661.5 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10973 ft/ 3345 m
Highest physio-alt = 11334 ft/ 3455 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt  = 10719 ft/ 3267 m on day 10

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
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.......... 97.5 mb, or 17481 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.8 mb, or 29788 meters on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
09/09: Average wind speed of 5.1kts/ 5.9mph breaks the record for lowest average wind speed of 6.3kts/ 7.3mph set in 1997.