Weekly Climate Summary for 19 April 2002 through 25 April 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -54.2°C / -65.6°F
Maximum temp... -41.2°C / -42.2°F on day 19
Minimum temp... -67.0°C / -88.6°F on day 23
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.3 mph or 11.6 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 22
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 046 degrees at 9.7 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.2 mb
Highest pressure... 689.8 mb on day 19
Lowest pressure.... 668.9 mb on day 23
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10734 ft/ 3272 m
Highest physio-alt = 11050 ft/ 3368 m on day 23
Lowest physio-alt = 10261 ft/ 3128 m on day 19
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 0
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
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.......... 57.9 mb, or 18663 meters
Highest sounding..................... 29.0 mb, or 22569 meters
on day 22/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.