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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 pm Wed 02 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Fri night, min -24°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed afternoon, extremely windy from the W by Fri night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat afternoon, min -21°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the W by Mon night).

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
200
250
250
400
250
350
250
50
0
50
100
km/h
15
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SW
85
W
100
SW
85
WSW
75
WSW
60
WSW
50
W
20
NW
25
SSW
30
SSE
30
WNW
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Snowflake cm
1
4
6
3
2
5
2
2
 mm
max °C
-23
-24
-23
-23
-17
-9
-7
-4
-6
-6
-9
-11
-12
-15
-19
-18
-18
min °C
-24
-24
-23
-23
-22
-13
-7
-8
-7
-8
-11
-12
-13
-18
-19
-19
-20
 chill °C
-34
-39
-38
-36
-34
-24
-17
-21
-21
-21
-25
-25
-27
-28
-30
-31
-32
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-24-23-23-20-11-7-6-7-7-10-12-13-17-19-19-19-21-21-20-20-17-10-6-5-4-4-6-8-8-12-16-15-16-15-13-14-13-12-8-8-4-1-2-1-1-1-6-10-9-10
Sunrise
7:50
7:47
7:43
7:41
7:37
Sunset
6:06
6:08
6:10
6:14
6:16
6:19

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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 Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Fri night, min -24°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed afternoon, extremely windy from the W by Fri night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat afternoon, min -21°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the W by Mon night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Great Needle Peak at the specific elevation of 1690 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
-
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
moderate snow
Moderate snow.
24
Moderate winds from the N
(24 kph at 350).
2.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
Mist
26
Moderate winds from the NNW
(26 kph at 340).
26 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
hy2c301E61S
140 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the NNE
(20 kph at 20).
- km
hy2c302E61S
168 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
18
Light winds from the ENE
(18 kph at 75).
- km
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
-
44
Strong winds from the S
(44 kph at 180).
30 km
Mid: scattered
hy2c304E62S
200 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
17
Light winds from the SSE
(17 kph at 148).
- km
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
50
Strong winds from the SW
(50 kph at 220).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
-
52
Near gales from the SW
(52 kph at 230).
35 km
Mid: few

* 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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