Weekly Climate Summary for 04 January 2025 through 10 January 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -25.5°C / -13.9°F
Maximum temp... -20.6°C / -5.1°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -31.6°C / -24.9°F on day 4

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.2 mph or 8.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northwest
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 4
Maximum wind direction...... Grid West
Average vectored wind....... 338 degrees at 6.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.6 mb
Highest pressure... 695.7 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 676.3 mb on day 4

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10380 ft/ 3164 m
Highest physio-alt = 10768 ft/ 3282 m on day 4
Lowest physio-alt  = 10041 ft/ 3061 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 5

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 15.2
Percent of possible..... 64

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.......... 25.0 mb, or 26659 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.6 mb, or 39589 meters on day 08/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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