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

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.0°C / -77.8°F
Maximum temp... -48.6°C / -55.5°F on day 11
Minimum temp... -70.1°C / -94.2°F on day 16

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.8 mph or 10.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 13
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 100 degrees at 9.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 689.3 mb
Highest pressure... 700.9 mb on day 10
Lowest pressure.... 680.4 mb on day 15

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10279 ft/ 3133 m
Highest physio-alt = 10613 ft/ 3235 m on day 15
Lowest physio-alt  =  9850 ft/ 3002 m on day 10

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 1
Days clear................... 6
Days partly cloudy........... 1
Days cloudy.................. 0

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..... 12
Average height of soundings.......... 123.0 mb, or 13552 meters
Highest sounding..................... 100.0 mb, or 14527 meters on day 15/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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