26 January 2001 Through 01 February 2001 UTC Temperatures: Average Temp...-32.2 C/-26.0 F Maximum Temp...-27.1 C/-16.8 F on day 29 Minimum Temp...-37.1 C/-34.8 F on day 26 Sky Cover: Average Sky Cover in 8ths... 5 Days clear............. 1 Days partly cloudy..... 1 Days cloudy............ 5 Sunshine Data: Sunset on 21 March Average hours/day......... 13.6 Percent of possible....... 57 Station Pressure in Millibars: Average pressure.... 688.7 mb Highest pressure.... 696.9 mb on day 01 Lowest pressure..... 682.0 mb on day 27 Physio-altitude in Feet and Meters: Average physio-alt = 10302 ft/ 3140 m Highest physio-alt = 10553 ft/ 3217 m on day 27 Lowest physio-alt = 9997 ft/ 3047 m on day 01 Visibility: 0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less. Wind: Average wind speed......... 10.7 mph or 9.3 kts Maximum gust............... 26 mph or 23 kts on day 01 Maximum gust direction..... from Grid North Vectored wind direction.... 026 degrees Vectored wind speed........ 7.6 kts Prevailing direction....... Grid North Balloon Flight Data: Number of soundings for the period.... 14 Average height of soundings...... 11.6 mb Highest sounding................. 6.3 mb, or 35135 Meters on day 29/00Z Flight 0 Soundings were missed. 13 Soundings were terminated due to Balloon Burst. 1 Sounding was terminated due to Flight Equipment Failure. **Records** Day 30 - The peak wind speed of 22 kts/25 mph broke the previous record of 21 kts/24 mph set in 1988.