Weekly Climate Summary for 24 August 2024 through 30 August 2024 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average temp... -54.2°C / -65.5°F Maximum temp... -45.7°C / -50.3°F on day 27 Minimum temp... -63.0°C / -81.4°F on day 24 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 16.3 mph or 14.2 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid North Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 26 Maximum wind direction...... Grid North Average vectored wind....... 025 degrees at 13.7 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 679.3 mb Highest pressure... 687.0 mb on day 30 Lowest pressure.... 670.9 mb on day 24 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10655 ft/ 3248 m Highest physio-alt = 10973 ft/ 3345 m on day 24 Lowest physio-alt = 10365 ft/ 3159 m on day 30 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4 Days clear................... 0 Days partly cloudy........... 7 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..... 9 Average height of soundings.......... 128.2 mb, or 14110 meters Highest sounding..................... 10.3 mb, or 26855 meters on day 28/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken this week.