Weekly Climate Summary for 25 May 2024 through 31 May 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -62.6°C / -80.7°F
Maximum temp... -50.7°C / -59.3°F on day 31
Minimum temp... -72.0°C / -97.6°F on day 25

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.4 mph or 10.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 069 degrees at 8.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 678.3 mb
Highest pressure... 697.1 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 667.9 mb on day 27

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10692 ft/ 3259 m
Highest physio-alt = 11088 ft/ 3380 m on day 27
Lowest physio-alt  =  9990 ft/ 3045 m on day 30

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 84.1 mb, or 15897 meters
Highest sounding..................... 67.4 mb, or 17086 meters on day 28/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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