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

Temperature:
Average temp... -53.1°C / -63.6°F
Maximum temp... -38.9°C / -38.0°F on day 14
Minimum temp... -59.3°C / -74.7°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.6 mph or 11.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 39 mph or 34 knots on day 14
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 026 degrees at 8.0 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 679.6 mb
Highest pressure... 686.4 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 675.7 mb on day 10

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10643 ft/ 3244 m
Highest physio-alt = 10791 ft/ 3289 m on day 10
Lowest physio-alt  = 10388 ft/ 3166 m on day 14

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 9.0
Percent of possible..... 37

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 27.2 mb, or 25674 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.8 mb, or 36860 meters on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

3/14: An average highest wind of 20.3 mph breaks the previous daily record set on this day in 1989 (20.1 mph)

3/14: A peak wind of 34 kts (direction 300) breaks the previous daily record of 32 kts (direction 010) set on this day in 1989