Weekly Climate Summary for 15 June 2024 through 21 June 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.6°C / -62.8°F
Maximum temp... -41.4°C / -42.5°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -62.5°C / -80.5°F on day 19

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 16.1 mph or 14.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 36 mph or 31 knots on day 20
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 004 degrees at 12.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 678.8 mb
Highest pressure... 685.9 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 667.7 mb on day 21

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10674 ft/ 3253 m
Highest physio-alt = 11096 ft/ 3382 m on day 21
Lowest physio-alt  = 10406 ft/ 3172 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 5
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..... 6
Average height of soundings.......... 272.7 mb, or 16286 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.1 mb, or 29005 meters on day 19/00Z flight

0 sounding was missed.

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