Weekly Climate Summary for 24 May 2025 through 30 May 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.7°C / -73.7°F
Maximum temp... -38.7°C / -37.7°F on day 30
Minimum temp... -72.2°C / -98.0°F on day 24

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.2 mph or 9.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northwest
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 078 degrees at 3.5 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.5 mb
Highest pressure... 696.4 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 672.9 mb on day 24

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10534 ft/ 3211 m
Highest physio-alt = 10897 ft/ 3321 m on day 24
Lowest physio-alt  = 10016 ft/ 3053 m on day 30

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2025
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 83.8 mb, or 17323 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.0 mb, or 29502 meters on day 28/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

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