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

Temperature:
Average temp... -55.6°C / -68.1°F
Maximum temp... -45.5°C / -49.9°F on day 22
Minimum temp... -64.4°C / -83.9°F on day 26

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.1 mph or 11.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 34 mph or 30 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 032 degrees at 9.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 675.1 mb
Highest pressure... 680.3 mb on day 28
Lowest pressure.... 671.5 mb on day 27

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10814 ft/ 3296 m
Highest physio-alt = 10951 ft/ 3338 m on day 27
Lowest physio-alt  = 10617 ft/ 3236 m on day 28

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

Sunshine:
Sunset occurred on 22 March 2025 (Calculated at 1134Z; not observed due to cloud cover)
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 30.6 mb, or 24592 meters
Highest sounding..................... 13.1 mb, or 28276 meters on day 24/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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