Weekly Climate Summary for 17 May 2002 through 23 May 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -57.2°C / -71.0°F
Maximum temp... -49.8°C / -57.6°F on day 21
Minimum temp... -62.7°C / -80.9°F on day 21
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 15.2 mph or 13.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 23
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 040 degrees at 11.7 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.0 mb
Highest pressure... 689.0 mb on day 17
Lowest pressure.... 675.4 mb on day 22
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10591 ft/ 3228 m
Highest physio-alt = 10802 ft/ 3292 m on day 22
Lowest physio-alt = 10291 ft/ 3137 m on day 17
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0
Visibility:
1 day with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.
Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 88.7 mb, or 15990 meters
Highest sounding..................... 23.6 mb, or 23373 meters
on day 19/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.