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

Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Wed 16 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Thu afternoon, min -16°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Wed night, strong winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Mon morning, min -16°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
300
250
0
0
200
200
300
100
200
150
50
50
0
km/h
80
WSW
80
WSW
105
SW
80
WSW
80
WSW
60
WSW
60
W
50
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
WSW
75
WSW
60
SW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
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Snowflake cm
2
2
1
 mm
max °C
-15
-11
-7
-5
-9
-9
-10
-12
-15
-15
-15
-14
-12
-8
-7
-7
-8
min °C
-16
-16
-8
-10
-10
-9
-11
-14
-15
-15
-16
-15
-13
-10
-7
-7
-9
 chill °C
-32
-32
-22
-24
-24
-21
-24
-27
-28
-27
-29
-28
-28
-23
-17
-17
-20
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
7:03
7:01
6:56
6:54
6:50
Sunset
6:43
6:45
6:47
6:51
6:53
6:55

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Thu afternoon, min -16°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Wed night, strong winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Mon morning, min -16°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Tue 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.
115
Extremely windy from the W
(115 kph at 270).
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-6°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
70
Gales from the WSW
(70 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the WNW
(20 kph at 290).
0.0 km
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
Dry and cloudy.
6
Light winds from the WNW.(Wind varies from 270 to 360 degs)
(6 kph at 300).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: overcast
UshuaiaAero
993 km NW
57m alt.
3 hours ago
3°C
moderate rain
Rain
4
Calm
(4 kph at 90).
50 km
Mid: overcast
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
3°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 70 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
5°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
hy2c315E57S
1094 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the W
(49 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c316E57S
1097 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
-
47
Strong winds from the W
(47 kph at 265).
- 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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