Weekly Climate Summary for 14 September 2024 through 20 September 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -64.6°C / -84.3°F
Maximum temp... -55.1°C / -67.2°F on day 15
Minimum temp... -71.8°C / -97.2°F on day 19

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.7 mph or 7.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 18
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 081 degrees at 6.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 674.2 mb
Highest pressure... 678.6 mb on day 18
Lowest pressure.... 670.7 mb on day 14

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10848 ft/ 3306 m
Highest physio-alt = 10981 ft/ 3347 m on day 14
Lowest physio-alt  = 10681 ft/ 3256 m on day 18

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 1
Days cloudy.................. 2

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..... 11
Average height of soundings.......... 113.7 mb, or 15297 meters
Highest sounding..................... 8.8 mb, or 28046 meters on day 15/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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