Weekly Climate Summary for 29 June 2024 through 05 July 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -53.8°C / -64.8°F
Maximum temp... -45.2°C / -49.4°F on day 4
Minimum temp... -65.3°C / -85.5°F on day 2

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.4 mph or 13.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 4
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 018 degrees at 11.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 684.3 mb
Highest pressure... 695.9 mb on day 29
Lowest pressure.... 674.6 mb on day 5

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10466 ft/ 3190 m
Highest physio-alt = 10833 ft/ 3302 m on day 5
Lowest physio-alt  = 10034 ft/ 3058 m on day 29

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2024
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 126.9 mb, or 13315 meters
Highest sounding..................... 91.8 mb, or 14971 meters on day 04/12Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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