Weekly Climate Summary for 17 February 2024 through 23 February 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -45.5°C / -49.8°F
Maximum temp... -35.1°C / -31.2°F on day 23
Minimum temp... -52.0°C / -61.6°F on day 18

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.2 mph or 6.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 040 degrees at 4.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.6 mb
Highest pressure... 683.8 mb on day 23
Lowest pressure.... 671.7 mb on day 17

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10719 ft/ 3267 m
Highest physio-alt = 10943 ft/ 3335 m on day 17
Lowest physio-alt  = 10485 ft/ 3196 m on day 23

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 14.9
Percent of possible..... 62

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 21.7 mb, or 26358 meters
Highest sounding..................... 13.6 mb, or 28974 meters on day 22/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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