Weekly Climate Summary for 08 June 2001 through 14 June 2001 UTC South Pole Station, Antarctica Temperature: Average Temp... -58.1 C / -72.6 F Maximum Temp... -47.2 C / -53.0 F on day 14 Minimum Temp... -68.0 C / -90.4 F on day 9 Wind: Average wind speed.......... 12.1 mph or 10.5 knots Prevailing wind direction... Grid North Maximum wind speed.......... 25 mph or 22 knots on day 12 Maximum wind direction...... Grid North Average vectored wind....... 051 degrees at 8.6 knots Station Pressure: Average pressure... 687.4 mbs Highest pressure... 693.6 mbs on day 13 Lowest pressure.... 682.0 mbs on day 12 Physio-altitude: Average physio-alt = 10350 ft/ 3155 m Highest physio-alt = 10553 ft/ 3217 m on day 12 Lowest physio-alt = 10119 ft/ 3084 m on day 13 Sky Cover: Average cloud cover (8ths)... 1 Days clear................... 5 Days partly cloudy........... 2 Days cloudy.................. 0 Sunshine: Sunrise on 22 September 2001 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 period... 7 Average height of soundings.......... 106.2 mb, or 17107 meters Highest sounding..................... 3.8 mb, or 32872 meters on day 11/00Z flight 0 soundings were missed. 6 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst. 1 sounding was terminated due to floating balloon. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken.