Weekly Climate Summary for 25 January 2025 through 31 January 2025 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -29.3°C / -20.7°F
Maximum temp... -24.4°C / -11.9°F on day 27
Minimum temp... -33.2°C / -27.8°F on day 31

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.9 mph or 11.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 28
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 021 degrees at 10.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.0 mb
Highest pressure... 689.7 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 683.9 mb on day 31

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10365 ft/ 3159 m
Highest physio-alt = 10481 ft/ 3195 m on day 31
Lowest physio-alt  = 10264 ft/ 3128 m on day 30

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

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2025
Average hours per day... 18.3
Percent of possible..... 76

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

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 13
Average height of soundings.......... 58.9 mb, or 26220 meters
Highest sounding..................... 3.9 mb, or 38639 meters
                                      on day 29/00Z flight

1 sounding was missed.

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