Weekly Climate Summary for 22 February 2025 through 28 February 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -45.0°C / -49.0°F
Maximum temp... -37.8°C / -36.0°F on day 23
Minimum temp... -50.6°C / -59.1°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.3 mph or 8.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 23
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 046 degrees at 7.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.4 mb
Highest pressure... 687.2 mb on day 23
Lowest pressure.... 675.6 mb on day 28

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10538 ft/ 3212 m
Highest physio-alt = 10795 ft/ 3290 m on day 28
Lowest physio-alt  = 10358 ft/ 3157 m on day 23

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 14.0
Percent of possible..... 59

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 13
Average height of soundings.......... 20.3 mb, or 27008 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.4 mb, or 36686 meters on day 26/00Z flight

1 sounding was missed due to station power outage

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