Weekly Climate Summary for 27 July 2024 through 02 August 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -46.9°C / -52.4°F
Maximum temp... -36.5°C / -33.7°F on day 27
Minimum temp... -60.4°C / -76.7°F on day 31

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.7 mph or 11.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 37 mph or 32 knots on day 27
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 029 degrees at 10.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 691.1 mb
Highest pressure... 705.2 mb on day 2
Lowest pressure.... 677.3 mb on day 30

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10212 ft/ 3113 m
Highest physio-alt = 10730 ft/ 3271 m on day 30
Lowest physio-alt  =  9692 ft/ 2954 m on day 2

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
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.......... 109.9 mb, or 14243 meters
Highest sounding..................... 80.5 mb, or 15885 meters on day 30/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
07/27: Maximum temperature of -36.5℃/-33.7℉ breaks the previous record of -38.1℃/-36.6℉ set in 1958.