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

Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Sun 13 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Mon night, min -19°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the SW by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -17°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Sun
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
650
200
100
100
0
250
200
150
150
km/h
20
SSW
30
SW
45
SW
15
SSW
105
SW
120
SW
110
SW
105
WSW
75
WSW
75
WSW
55
SW
95
SW
60
SW
90
WSW
90
WSW
70
W
55
W
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Snowflake cm
2
3
 mm
max °C
-18
-11
-6
-2
-1
-3
-8
-11
-15
-17
-14
-13
-11
-9
-8
-11
-12
min °C
-19
-17
-12
-3
-4
-5
-10
-16
-16
-17
-17
-14
-12
-10
-11
-11
-13
 chill °C
-30
-29
-24
-8
-17
-19
-25
-34
-32
-34
-32
-31
-27
-24
-25
-25
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-19-14-9-3-3-4-9-14-16-17-16-14-12-10-10-11-13-15-13-9-10-2-7-11-14-15-15-13-10-8-8-10-9-8-8-6-4-1-1-2-4-6-7-7-5-4-3-2-2-2
Sunrise
7:13
7:11
7:07
7:03
7:01
Sunset
6:35
6:37
6:40
6:43
6:45
6:47

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Mon night, min -19°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the SW by Tue morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -17°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat 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.
1 hour 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
-10°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
44
Strong winds from the ESE
(44 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 90).
30 km
Mid: overcast
hy2c299E62S
91 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the ENE
(22 kph at 78).
- km
hy2c300E62S
117 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the ESE
(24 kph at 110).
- km
hy2c300E61S
152 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the ESE
(29 kph at 115).
- km
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
-
6
Light winds from the E
(6 kph at 90).
30 km
Mid: few
hy2c301E61S
202 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the SE
(38 kph at 125).
- km
hy2c302E61S
206 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SE
(39 kph at 140).
- 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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