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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 am Tue 14 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue night, min -20°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Fri night, min -18°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the W on Sat afternoon, moderate winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
km/h
85
WSW
70
WSW
95
NNW
55
SW
50
WSW
30
SW
10
SSW
15
NNW
25
NW
40
W
50
W
55
W
60
W
65
W
55
W
25
WSW
30
SW
50
WSW
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Snowflake cm
12
2
5
3
2
1
 mm
max °C
-16
-14
-8
-19
-20
-17
-15
-15
-13
-13
-11
-7
-7
-7
-9
-17
-18
-14
min °C
-16
-15
-14
-20
-20
-19
-16
-15
-14
-14
-13
-10
-7
-7
-16
-17
-18
-17
 chill °C
-33
-30
-26
-36
-35
-33
-23
-23
-23
-27
-26
-22
-19
-19
-28
-28
-30
-31
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
150
300
200
50
200
200
350
50
350
150
250
350
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-21-21-16-22-24-23-21-19-18-18-16-12-11-12-16-21-21-18-16-15-11-20-20-18-16-15-14-14-12-9-7-7-13-17-18-16-7-7-4-13-12-14-13-11-6-6-5-2-1-1-5-9-10-7
Sunrise
10:14
10:11
10:10
10:07
10:06
10:03
Sunset
3:57
4:00
4:01
4:04
4:06
4:08

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue night, min -20°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Fri night, min -18°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the W on Sat afternoon, moderate winds from the WSW 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.
3 hours ago
-4° C
No report.
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
hy2c301E63S
78 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
65
Gales from the WSW
(65 kph at 250).
- km
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
3 hours ago
-5° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
57
Near gales from the WSW
(57 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 hours ago
-3° C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
hy2c299E62S
105 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the WSW
(60 kph at 238).
- km
hy2c302E63S
124 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
68
Gales from the WSW
(68 kph at 252).
- km
hy2c300E62S
131 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the WSW
(62 kph at 240).
- km
hy2c301E62S
135 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the WSW
(62 kph at 240).
- km
hy2c298E62S
155 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the SW
(58 kph at 232).
- km
hy2c300E61S
159 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the WSW
(58 kph at 238).
- km

* 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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