Weekly Climate Summary for 16 March 2024 through 22 March 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -46.2°C / -51.2°F
Maximum temp... -33.1°C / -27.6°F on day 19
Minimum temp... -58.0°C / -72.4°F on day 18

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 16.0 mph or 13.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 19
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 016 degrees at 10.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.8 mb
Highest pressure... 689.3 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 676.6 mb on day 17

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10485 ft/ 3196 m
Highest physio-alt = 10757 ft/ 3279 m on day 17
Lowest physio-alt  = 10279 ft/ 3133 m on day 16

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... 0.8
Percent of possible..... 3

Sunset on the 22nd not observed due to cloud cover

Visibility:
1 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 26.8 mb, or 25647 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.5 mb, or 33348 meters  on day 18/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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