Weekly Climate Summary for 15 June 2001 through 21 June 2001 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica 

Temperature:
Average Temp... -56.8 C / -70.2 F
Maximum Temp... -48.0 C / -54.4 F on day 19 
Minimum Temp... -70.0 C / -94.0 F on day 21 

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 16.3 mph or 14.2 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 43 mph or 37 knots on day 19 
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 041 degrees at 13.6 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.1 mbs
Highest pressure... 689.8 mbs on day 15 
Lowest pressure.... 668.8 mbs on day 19 

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10587 ft/ 3227 m
Highest physio-alt = 11054 ft/ 3369 m on day 19 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10261 ft/ 3128 m on day 15 

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 1 
Days clear................... 6 
Days partly cloudy........... 1 
Days cloudy.................. 0 

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 22 September 2001
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0

Visibility:
4 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.
Weather: blowing snow

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the period... 7 
Average height of soundings.......... 141.0 mb, or 13575 meters
Highest sounding..................... 24.6 mb, or 22326 meters
                                      on day 20/00Z flight

 0 soundings were missed.
 7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.

**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.