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

Temperature:
Average temp... -56.6°C / -69.9°F
Maximum temp... -42.0°C / -43.6°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -69.6°C / -93.3°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.7 mph or 11.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 38 mph or 33 knots on day 20
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 061 degrees at 10.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 676.6 mb
Highest pressure... 684.0 mb on day 17
Lowest pressure.... 668.6 mb on day 19

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10757 ft/ 3279 m
Highest physio-alt = 11061 ft/ 3371 m on day 19
Lowest physio-alt  = 10478 ft/ 3194 m on day 17

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 4
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..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 124.5 mb, or 14177 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.1 mb, or 29004 meters on day 19/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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