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

Temperature:
Average temp... -62.4°C / -80.2°F
Maximum temp... -55.8°C / -68.4°F on day 21
Minimum temp... -72.3°C / -98.1°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.6 mph or 8.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 055 degrees at 7.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 673.3 mb
Highest pressure... 681.7 mb on day 24
Lowest pressure.... 660.8 mb on day 25

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10882 ft/ 3317 m
Highest physio-alt = 11361 ft/ 3463 m on day 25
Lowest physio-alt  = 10564 ft/ 3220 m on day 24

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
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:
0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 48.4 mb, or 20392 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.4 mb, or 31217 meters on day 23/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
04/26: Minimum temperature of -72.3C/ -98.1F breaks the previous record minimum temperature of -72.2C/ -98.0F set in 1974.