Weekly Climate Summary for 13 April 2024 through 19 April 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.5°C / -71.5°F
Maximum temp... -49.7°C / -57.5°F on day 17
Minimum temp... -64.7°C / -84.5°F on day 14

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.1 mph or 9.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 13
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 037 degrees at 8.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.9 mb
Highest pressure... 688.5 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 670.8 mb on day 19

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10594 ft/ 3229 m
Highest physio-alt = 10977 ft/ 3346 m on day 19
Lowest physio-alt  = 10309 ft/ 3142 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
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..... 8
Average height of soundings.......... 34.6 mb, or 21869 meters
Highest sounding..................... 18.1 mb, or 25504 meters on day 14/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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