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

Temperature:
Average temp... -50.0°C / -58.0°F
Maximum temp... -33.5°C / -28.3°F on day 21
Minimum temp... -69.9°C / -93.8°F on day 25

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.6 mph or 13.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 40 mph or 35 knots on day 21
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 039 degrees at 11.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 690.8 mb
Highest pressure... 703.4 mb on day 22
Lowest pressure.... 682.2 mb on day 24

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10223 ft/ 3116 m
Highest physio-alt = 10545 ft/ 3214 m on day 24
Lowest physio-alt  =  9758 ft/ 2974 m on day 22

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 1

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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 96.7 mb, or 16290 meters
Highest sounding..................... 6.8 mb, or 28983 meters on day 24/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
07/21: Maximum temperature of -33.5℃/-28.3℉ breaks the previous record of -34.3℃/ -29.7℉ set in 1982.