Weekly Climate Summary for 11 January 2025 through 17 January 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -26.4°C / -15.5°F
Maximum temp... -22.7°C / -8.9°F on day 12
Minimum temp... -29.7°C / -21.5°F on day 12

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.9 mph or 11.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 26 mph or 23 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 014 degrees at 9.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 691.9 mb
Highest pressure... 697.2 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 685.0 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10183 ft/ 3104 m
Highest physio-alt = 10440 ft/ 3182 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt  =  9986 ft/ 3044 m on day 16

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 2

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 19.3
Percent of possible..... 81

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.......... 28.2 mb, or 25687 meters
Highest sounding..................... 15.6 mb, or 28615 meters on day (11/12Z flight)

0 soundings were missed.

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