Weekly Climate Summary for 08 February 2025 through 14 February 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -35.7°C / -32.3°F
Maximum temp... -27.3°C / -17.1°F on day 8
Minimum temp... -43.2°C / -45.8°F on day 13

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.7 mph or 10.1 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 29 mph or 25 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 354 degrees at 8.7 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.0 mb
Highest pressure... 686.6 mb on day 12
Lowest pressure.... 677.4 mb on day 10

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10515 ft/ 3205 m
Highest physio-alt = 10726 ft/ 3269 m on day 10
Lowest physio-alt  = 10380 ft/ 3164 m on day 12

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 7
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 1
Days cloudy.................. 6

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 11.7
Percent of possible..... 49

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 17.2 mb, or 27959 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.8 mb, or 34894 meters on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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