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

Temperature:
Average temp... -42.9°C / -45.1°F
Maximum temp... -37.4°C / -35.3°F on day 13
Minimum temp... -47.2°C / -53.0°F on day 8

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 8.7 mph or 7.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 13
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 050 degrees at 6.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.1 mb
Highest pressure... 690.6 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 677.6 mb on day 13

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10512 ft/ 3204 m
Highest physio-alt = 10719 ft/ 3267 m on day 13
Lowest physio-alt  = 10231 ft/ 3118 m on day 14

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2026
Average hours per day... 23.8
Percent of possible..... 99

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.......... 20.2 mb, or 26449 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.3 mb, or 37011 meters on day 12/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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