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

Temperature:
Average temp... -41.6°C / -42.9°F
Maximum temp... -35.0°C / -31.0°F on day 4
Minimum temp... -47.2°C / -53.0°F on day 6

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.3 mph or 9.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 4
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 048 degrees at 9.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.8 mb
Highest pressure... 687.2 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 678.1 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10523 ft/ 3207 m
Highest physio-alt = 10700 ft/ 3261 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10358 ft/ 3157 m on day 3

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 5
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2026
Average hours per day... 23.7
Percent of possible..... 99

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 13
Average height of soundings.......... 19.8 mb, or 26132 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.2 mb, or 36902 meters on day 05/00Z flight

1 sounding was missed.

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