Weekly Climate Summary for 31 August 2024 through 06 September 2024 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -50.2°C / -58.4°F
Maximum temp... -34.9°C / -30.8°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -64.3°C / -83.7°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 17.0 mph or 14.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 43 mph or 37 knots on day 31
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 024 degrees at 13.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.0 mb
Highest pressure... 696.3 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 669.1 mb on day 4

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10591 ft/ 3228 m
Highest physio-alt = 11042 ft/ 3366 m on day 4
Lowest physio-alt  = 10019 ft/ 3054 m on day 1

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 88.8 mb, or 17881 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.2 mb, or 29003 meters on day 02/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
08/31: Daily Maximum temp of -35.5℃/-31.9℉ breaks the previous record of -39.8℃/ -39.6℉ set in 1970.