Weekly Climate Summary for 27 January 2024 through 02 February 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -35.6°C / -32.1°F
Maximum temp... -30.7°C / -23.3°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -39.4°C / -38.9°F on day 1

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.2 mph or 8.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 21 mph or 18 knots on day 30
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 029 degrees at 5.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 690.5 mb
Highest pressure... 698.1 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 684.4 mb on day 1

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10235 ft/ 3120 m
Highest physio-alt = 10463 ft/ 3189 m on day 1
Lowest physio-alt  =  9953 ft/ 3034 m on day 30

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear..................... 1
Days partly cloudy........ 4
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2024
Average hours per day... 16.8
Percent of possible..... 70

Visibility:
0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 23.1 mb, or 26,741 meters
Highest sounding........................... 4.5 mb, or 37,429 meters
                                                               on day 27/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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