Weekly Climate Summary for 01 February 2025 through 07 February 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -34.3°C / -29.7°F
Maximum temp... -29.6°C / -21.3°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -38.8°C / -37.8°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.8 mph or 10.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 023 degrees at 8.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.8 mb
Highest pressure... 691.8 mb on day 2
Lowest pressure.... 677.1 mb on day 7

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10373 ft/ 3162 m
Highest physio-alt = 10738 ft/ 3273 m on day 7
Lowest physio-alt  = 10186 ft/ 3105 m on day 2

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 17.0
Percent of possible..... 71

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 19.3 mb, or 27613 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.4 mb, or 39249 meters
                                      on day 06/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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