Weekly Climate Summary for 18 October 2025 through 24 October 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -48.2°C / -54.8°F
Maximum temp... -40.7°C / -41.3°F on day 24
Minimum temp... -53.9°C / -65.0°F on day 21

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.3 mph or 10.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 24
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 053 degrees at 9.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 676.9 mb
Highest pressure... 679.5 mb on day 18
Lowest pressure.... 674.9 mb on day 20

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10745 ft/ 3275 m
Highest physio-alt = 10821 ft/ 3298 m on day 20
Lowest physio-alt  = 10647 ft/ 3245 m on day 18

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 7
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2026
Average hours per day... 18.6
Percent of possible..... 78

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.......... 17.9 mb, or 25323 meters
Highest sounding..................... 12.2 mb, or 27584 meters on day 18/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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