Weekly Climate Summary for 24 May 2002 through 30 May 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -45.0°C / -49.0°F
Maximum temp... -33.6°C / -28.5°F on day 27
Minimum temp... -57.3°C / -71.1°F on day 24
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 19.4 mph or 16.9 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 39 mph or 34 knots on day 26
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 039 degrees at 15.4 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 695.5 mb
Highest pressure... 706.3 mb on day 27
Lowest pressure.... 683.7 mb on day 24
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10049 ft/ 3063 m
Highest physio-alt = 10489 ft/ 3197 m on day 24
Lowest physio-alt = 9651 ft/ 2942 m on day 27
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 3
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0
Visibility:
4 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.
Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 6
Average height of soundings.......... 95.1 mb
Highest sounding..................... 29.0 mb, or 22183 meters
on day 28/00Z flight
1 sounding was missed due to flight equipment failure.
6 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
Day 26 - The maximum temperature of -33.6C/-28.5F broke the previous record
high of -33.9C/-29.0F set in 1977.
Day 26 - The peak wind speed of 34 kt/39 mph broke the previous record of 30
kt/35 mph set in 1962.
Day 27 - The maximum temperature of -33.6C/-28.5F broke the previous record
high of -38.0C/-36.4F set in 1991.