Weekly Climate Summary for 30 March 2024 through 05 April 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -60.7°C / -77.3°F
Maximum temp... -52.8°C / -63.0°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -69.6°C / -93.3°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.9 mph or 8.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 31
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 056 degrees at 7.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 672.7 mb
Highest pressure... 675.9 mb on day 4
Lowest pressure.... 667.9 mb on day 31

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10905 ft/ 3324 m
Highest physio-alt = 11088 ft/ 3380 m on day 31
Lowest physio-alt  = 10783 ft/ 3287 m on day 4

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 2

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.......... 19.2 mb, or 25948 meters
Highest sounding..................... 12.2 mb, or 28329 meters on day 03/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
04/05: Minimum temperature of -69.6C/ -93.3F breaks the previous daily minimum temperature of -68.9C/ -92.0F set in 1982.