Weekly Climate Summary for 10 February 2024 through 16 February 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -42.5°C / -44.5°F
Maximum temp... -36.5°C / -33.7°F on day 14
Minimum temp... -47.8°C / -54.0°F on day 16

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 6.2 mph or 5.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 18 mph or 16 knots on day 14
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 052 degrees at 4.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.9 mb
Highest pressure... 689.0 mb on day 11
Lowest pressure.... 673.2 mb on day 16

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10594 ft/ 3229 m
Highest physio-alt = 10886 ft/ 3318 m on day 16
Lowest physio-alt  = 10291 ft/ 3137 m on day 11

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 19.4
Percent of possible..... 81

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.......... 17.1 mb, or 28474 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.5 mb, or 36749 meters on day 16/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

2/15: Average wind speed of 2.2kts/ 2.5mph breaks the record low previously set in 1985 of 3.5kts/ 4.0mph