Weekly Climate Summary for 08 June 2024 through 14 June 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -59.4°C / -74.8°F
Maximum temp... -48.1°C / -54.6°F on day 10
Minimum temp... -68.4°C / -91.1°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.8 mph or 11.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 36 mph or 31 knots on day 13
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 060 degrees at 7.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 678.5 mb
Highest pressure... 687.2 mb on day 11
Lowest pressure.... 669.2 mb on day 8

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10685 ft/ 3257 m
Highest physio-alt = 11038 ft/ 3364 m on day 8
Lowest physio-alt  = 10358 ft/ 3157 m on day 11

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

Visibility:
1 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 112.9 mb, or 14074 meters
Highest sounding..................... 93.1 mb, or 15049 meters on day 08/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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