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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 am Thu 02 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Thu afternoon, min -15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun afternoon, min -18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun night, strong winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
light snow
mod snow
clear
clear
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
clear
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
snow showers
clear
light snow
mod. snow
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
snow shwrs
km/h
65
WSW
60
WNW
125
W
140
WSW
95
WSW
70
WSW
90
W
85
W
60
W
70
WNW
90
WNW
115
WNW
75
NW
90
W
70
W
55
WNW
50
NW
60
WNW
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Snowflake cm
3
8
4
3
3
3
9
4
9
2
1
7
 mm
max °C
-8
-6
-10
-13
-11
-8
-9
-11
-11
-7
-5
-5
-11
-17
-16
-15
-13
-12
min °C
-8
-7
-15
-14
-12
-10
-9
-13
-13
-8
-6
-11
-15
-17
-18
-15
-14
-13
 chill °C
-20
-18
-34
-33
-28
-24
-23
-29
-28
-21
-19
-25
-30
-35
-35
-29
-27
-27
Freezing level m
100
150
0
0
0
100
100
0
0
50
350
600
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
50
50
350
250
150
450
300
300
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-8-7-13-14-12-9-9-12-12-8-6-8-13-17-17-15-14-13-5-4-8-10-8-6-5-8-9-4-2-5-9-12-12-10-9-801-1-3-3-11-1-3121-3-4-4-2-1-1
Sunrise
10:30
10:30
10:29
10:27
10:26
10:26
Sunset
3:36
3:37
3:38
3:41
3:41
3:44

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Thu afternoon, min -15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun afternoon, min -18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun night, strong winds from the NW by Tue morning).

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.
2 hours ago
-4° C
No report.
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Fog freezing -.
43
Strong winds from the WSW
(43 kph at 250).
0.5 km
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3° C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the NW
(20 kph at 310).
0.0 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
10° C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 220 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
9° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
13
Light winds from the N
(13 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Snow grains.
30
Fresh winds from the WNW
(30 kph at 290).
0.0 km
Low: no significant cloud
Mid: broken
Sea Lion Island
1142 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Mount Alice
1172 km N
361m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.

* 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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