Weekly Climate Summary for 23 March 2024 through 29 March 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.8°C / -79.3°F
Maximum temp... -51.4°C / -60.5°F on day 23
Minimum temp... -68.4°C / -91.1°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.0 mph or 7.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 27
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 086 degrees at 6.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 673.3 mb
Highest pressure... 683.8 mb on day 26
Lowest pressure.... 665.2 mb on day 28

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10882 ft/ 3317 m
Highest physio-alt = 11192 ft/ 3411 m on day 28
Lowest physio-alt  = 10485 ft/ 3196 m on day 26

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..... 10
Average height of soundings.......... 23.5 mb, or 25340 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.7 mb, or 29067 meters on day 23/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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