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

Temperature:
Average temp... -52.2°C / -62.0°F
Maximum temp... -41.9°C / -43.4°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -57.1°C / -70.8°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.6 mph or 7.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 1
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 101 degrees at 6.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.7 mb
Highest pressure... 681.7 mb on day 4
Lowest pressure.... 673.6 mb on day 5

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10715 ft/ 3266 m
Highest physio-alt = 10871 ft/ 3313 m on day 5
Lowest physio-alt  = 10564 ft/ 3220 m on day 4

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 18.6
Percent of possible..... 78

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.......... 50.8 mb, or 22764 meters
Highest sounding..................... 8.9 mb, or 31714 meters on day 05/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed. Balloon launches are now occurring only at 0000Z.  1200Z launches will be added 48 hours prior to scheduled flight operations.

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