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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Thu 25 Jun Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Thu night, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the NW by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sun morning, min -20°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the NW on Sun morning, moderate winds from the S by Tue morning).

Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
km/h
50
W
35
NW
80
NW
85
WNW
80
WNW
75
W
70
NW
60
WSW
75
WNW
120
NW
95
WNW
75
WNW
75
W
60
WSW
70
SW
25
S
40
S
45
SSW
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Snowflake cm
1
12
1
4
1
5
3
1
1
 mm
max °C
-7
-7
-5
-8
-11
-12
-11
-11
-8
-7
-13
-14
-17
-18
-19
-18
-14
-7
min °C
-7
-8
-6
-10
-14
-15
-11
-12
-10
-12
-15
-17
-18
-20
-20
-18
-16
-12
 chill °C
-18
-17
-18
-24
-31
-31
-25
-25
-24
-28
-32
-34
-34
-37
-37
-29
-29
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
250
200
50
0
0
0
0
250
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
150
50
50
200
300
400
350
600
550
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-7-8-6-9-13-14-11-12-9-10-14-16-18-19-20-18-15-10-5-5-3-6-9-9-7-8-6-6-9-11-13-14-15-15-13-8-2-121-1-20-101-1-3-4-5-7-9-11-6
Sunrise
10:36
10:34
10:34
10:33
10:33
10:33
Sunset
3:29
3:30
3:30
3:32
3:33
3:33

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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 below freezing (max -5°C on Thu night, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the NW by Sat night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sun morning, min -20°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the NW on Sun morning, moderate winds from the S 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
hy2c301E63S
73 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the W
(31 kph at 270).
- km
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
-1° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
7
Light winds from the WNW
(7 kph at 300).
8.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-3° C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
hy2c300E62S
85 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
11
Light winds from the NW
(11 kph at 320).
- km
hy2c299E62S
86 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 318).
- km
hy2c302E63S
104 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the WNW
(28 kph at 282).
- km
hy2c298E62S
116 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
11
Light winds from the WSW
(11 kph at 248).
- km
hy2c301E62S
127 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the NW
(19 kph at 325).
- km
hy2c300E61S
134 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the NNW
(21 kph at 328).
- 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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