Weekly Climate Summary for 28 September 2024 through 04 October 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.9°C / -63.2°F
Maximum temp... -41.7°C / -43.1°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -63.4°C / -82.1°F on day 28

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.7 mph or 11.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 36 mph or 31 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 006 degrees at 9.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 679.8 mb
Highest pressure... 688.1 mb on day 29
Lowest pressure.... 670.1 mb on day 3

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10636 ft/ 3242 m
Highest physio-alt = 11004 ft/ 3354 m on day 3
Lowest physio-alt  = 10324 ft/ 3147 m on day 29

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 7.5
Percent of possible..... 31

SUNSHINE ESTIMATED

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 12
Average height of soundings.......... 94.9 mb, or 16205 meters
Highest sounding..................... 9.2 mb, or 28536 meters on day 03/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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