Weekly Climate Summary for 27 April 2024 through 03 May 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -54.2°C / -65.5°F
Maximum temp... -41.4°C / -42.5°F on day 3
Minimum temp... -64.6°C / -84.3°F on day 28

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.1 mph or 11.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 025 degrees at 10.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 672.9 mb
Highest pressure... 680.1 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 663.0 mb on day 30

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10897 ft/ 3321 m
Highest physio-alt = 11276 ft/ 3437 m on day 30
Lowest physio-alt  = 10624 ft/ 3238 m on day 1

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
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:
1 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 6
Average height of soundings.......... 63.3 mb, or 18018 meters
Highest sounding..................... 43.3 mb, or 19898 meters on day 03/12Z flight

0 soundings was missed.

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