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17 June 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -56.6°C / -69.9°F
Maximum temp... -41.8°C / -43.2°F on day 14
Minimum temp... -77.4°C / -107.3°F on day 8

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 17.2 mph or 15.0 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 38 mph or 33 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 037 degrees at 14.4 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 682.3 mb
Highest pressure... 691.6 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 671.2 mb on day 8

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10542 ft/ 3213 m
Highest physio-alt = 10962 ft/ 3341 m on day 8
Lowest physio-alt= 10194 ft/ 3107 m on day 14

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

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 84.5 mb, or 15846 meters
Highest sounding..................... 34.7 mb, or 20390 meterson day 08/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
Day 8: The temperature of -77.4°C/-107.3°F broke the previous minimum temperature record of -73.6°C/-100.5°F set in 2004.

9 June 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.2°C / -78.2°F
Maximum temp... -30.1°C / -22.2°F on day 2
Minimum temp... -77.7°C / -107.9°F on day 7

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.0 mph or 10.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 37 mph or 32 knots on day 2
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 070 degrees at 7.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 671.4 mb
Highest pressure... 683.0 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 664.5 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10954 ft/ 3339 m
Highest physio-alt = 11218 ft/ 3419 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt= 10515 ft/ 3205 m on day 1

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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.......... 81.8 mb, or 15817 meters
Highest sounding..................... 68.5 mb, or 16821 meterson day 04/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
Day 2: The peak wind speed of 32 knots/37 mph broke the previous peak wind speed record of 31 knots/36 mph set in 1989.

Day 2: The temperature of -30.1°C/-22.2°F broke the previous maximum temperature record of -37.6°C/-35.7°F set in 1987.

The temperature of -30.1°C/-22.2°F broke the previous maximum temperature record for the month of June of -30.9°C/-23.6°F set in June 1st, 1993 and June 14th, 1963.

Day 3: The temperature of -32.1°C/-25.8°F broke the previous maximum temperature record of -34.8°C/-30.6°F set in 1987.

Day 6: The temperature of -75.7°C/-104.3°F broke the previous minimum temperature record of -73.5°C/-100.3°F set in 2004.

Day 7: The temperature of -77.7°C/-107.9°F broke the previous minimum temperature record of -72.9°C/-99.2°F set in 2004.

3 June 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.9°C / -79.4°F
Maximum temp... -46.8°C / -52.2°F on day 30 and 31
Minimum temp... -70.3°C / -94.5°F on day 27

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.9 mph or 11.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 27 and 30
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 092 degrees at 10.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 677.3 mb
Highest pressure... 683.1 mb on day 31
Lowest pressure.... 672.6 mb on day 26

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10730 ft/ 3271 m
Highest physio-alt = 10909 ft/ 3325 m on day 26
Lowest physio-alt= 10512 ft/ 3204 m on day 31

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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.......... 83.0 mb, or 16048 meters
Highest sounding..................... 48.0 mb, or 18979 meters on day 27/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

No records were tied or broken this week.