Weekly Climate Summary for 03 May 2025 through 09 May 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -54.7°C / -66.5°F
Maximum temp... -47.1°C / -52.8°F on day 9
Minimum temp... -64.2°C / -83.6°F on day 7

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.1 mph or 9.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 36 mph or 31 knots on day 6
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 018 degrees at 8.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.2 mb
Highest pressure... 688.7 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 676.0 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10508 ft/ 3203 m
Highest physio-alt = 10780 ft/ 3286 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt  = 10302 ft/ 3140 m on day 9

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 7
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2025
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..... 11
Average height of soundings.......... 57.0 mb, or 18483 meters
Highest sounding..................... 38.0 mb, or 20843 meters on day 03/00Z flight

1 sounding was missed.

**RECORDS**
5/6: A peak wind of 31 knots/36 mph ties the previous daily record of 31 knots set on this day in 1982