Great Needle Peak weather
– Lat/Long: 62.67° S 60.05° W

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Tue 05 May Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sat morning, min -10°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri afternoon, stormy winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
km/h
20
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
W
55
WNW
55
NW
75
NW
65
WSW
90
SW
75
SW
40
SW
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3
3
max °C
-7
-7
-8
-8
-7
-5
-5
-5
-3
-2
-1
-1
0
-1
-2
-9
-8
-7
min °C
-8
-8
-9
-9
-8
-6
-5
-5
-4
-2
-2
-1
-2
-1
-7
-10
-10
-8
-15
-18
-20
-19
-18
-15
-11
-9
-11
-10
-10
-10
-12
-11
-20
-24
-24
-18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
450
400
800
600
250
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
200
250
200
300
150
350
250
200
250
300
300
150
100
150
150
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Sunrise
9:04
9:07
9:11
9:14
9:15
9:18
Sunset
4:45
4:44
4:40
4:37
4:35
4:31

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sat morning, min -10°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri afternoon, stormy winds from the SW by Sun morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Great Needle Peak at the specific elevation of 1000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Great Needle Peak. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
1 hour ago
-4° C
No report.
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
77 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-3° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
19
Light winds from the WSW
(19 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-3° C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
3 hours ago
-3° C
-
20
Moderate winds from the WNW
(20 kph at 290).
30 km
Mid: few
BaseEsperanza
174 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
-13° C
-
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 160).
30 km
Mid: scattered
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
9
Light winds from the NNE
(9 kph at 30).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
-17° C
-
15
Light winds from the N
(15 kph at 0).
35 km
Mid: few
SHIP7897
657 km S
3m alt.
3 hours ago
SHIP1960
657 km S
3m alt.
3 hours ago
SHIP5299
657 km S
3m alt.
3 hours ago

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.

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