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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 am Fri 03 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun afternoon, min -15°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the W by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed afternoon, min -16°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Mon morning, fresh winds from the W by Tue night).

Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
clear
snow showers
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
snow shwrs
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
km/h
125
WSW
80
WSW
80
WSW
90
W
90
W
55
W
75
WNW
100
WNW
100
WNW
85
W
75
W
60
W
30
W
40
W
60
NW
50
W
65
NW
70
NW
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Snowflake cm
4
2
2
2
7
9
1
2
3
1
1
7
 mm
max °C
-14
-11
-8
-8
-11
-12
-8
-5
-5
-15
-15
-14
-16
-14
-13
-13
-10
-10
min °C
-15
-11
-10
-9
-13
-14
-9
-6
-14
-16
-15
-16
-16
-15
-15
-15
-11
-15
 chill °C
-34
-25
-24
-23
-28
-29
-22
-19
-30
-33
-31
-30
-28
-28
-29
-29
-24
-29
Freezing level m
0
0
100
150
0
0
0
350
550
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
Cloud base (m)
150
1250
200
400
50
100
200
350
150
500
100
100
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-11-9-9-12-13-9-6-10-16-15-15-16-15-14-14-11-13-11-8-6-5-8-9-5-2-6-11-10-10-11-10-9-10-7-8-3-201-1-3020-3-2-3-6-4-3-30-1
Sunrise
10:30
10:29
10:27
10:26
10:26
10:23
Sunset
3:37
3:38
3:41
3:41
3:44
3:45

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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 Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun afternoon, min -15°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the W by Sat night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed afternoon, min -16°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Mon morning, fresh winds from the W by Tue 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
-4° C
No report.
115
Extremely windy from the W
(115 kph at 270).
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
1 hour ago
-1° C
clear
Haze -.
98
Stormy winds from the WSW
(98 kph at 250).
3.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour 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
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
67
Gales from the SW
(67 kph at 230).
0.1 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
1 hour ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
5° C
No report.
17
Light winds from the W
(17 kph at 260).
10.0 km
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (28 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Snow grains.
28
Moderate winds from the W
(28 kph at 260).
0.0 km
Low: no significant cloud
Mid: broken
Sea Lion Island
1142 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
1° C
No report.
19
Light winds from the SW
(19 kph at 230).
Mount Alice
1172 km N
361m alt.
1 hour ago
-
22
Moderate winds from the SSW
(22 kph at 200).
28

* 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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