Weekly Climate Summary for 18 May 2024 through 24 May 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -63.9°C / -83.0°F
Maximum temp... -55.2°C / -67.4°F on day 20
Minimum temp... -69.8°C / -93.6°F on day 24

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.3 mph or 6.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 24
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 070 degrees at 5.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 670.3 mb
Highest pressure... 674.9 mb on day 23
Lowest pressure.... 666.4 mb on day 18

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10996 ft/ 3352 m
Highest physio-alt = 11145 ft/ 3397 m on day 18
Lowest physio-alt  = 10821 ft/ 3298 m on day 23

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 5
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 0

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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 82.1 mb, or 15874 meters
Highest sounding..................... 63.0 mb, or 17284 meters on day 21/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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