Weekly Climate Summary for 20 January 2024 through 26 January 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp...... -34.2°C / -29.6°F
Maximum temp... -29.5°C / -21.1°F on day 21
Minimum temp... -38.3°C / -36.9°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 6.6 mph or 5.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 17 mph or 15 knots on day 23
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 042 degrees at 3.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.1 mb
Highest pressure... 690.8 mb on day 20
Lowest pressure.... 679.5 mb on day 23

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10436 ft/ 3181 m
Highest physio-alt = 10647 ft/ 3245 m on day 23
Lowest physio-alt  = 10223 ft/ 3116 m on day 20

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy...... 6
Days cloudy................ 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 20.8
Percent of possible......... 87

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.......... 16.0 mb, or 28,412 meters
Highest sounding..................... 10.3 mb, or 31,384 meters on day 23/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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