Weekly Climate Summary for 26 April 2002 through 02 May 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -55.9°C / -68.6°F
Maximum temp... -45.2°C / -49.4°F on day 28
Minimum temp... -66.9°C / -88.4°F on day 26
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.8 mph or 11.1 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 26
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 038 degrees at 8.8 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 688.8 mb
Highest pressure... 695.4 mb on day 27
Lowest pressure.... 678.6 mb on day 26
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10298 ft/ 3139 m
Highest physio-alt = 10681 ft/ 3256 m on day 26
Lowest physio-alt = 10053 ft/ 3064 m on day 27
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 3
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
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.......... 75.1 mb, or 17250 meters
Highest sounding..................... 29.3 mb, or 22482 meters
on day 29/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.