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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Fri 24 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -19°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Fri morning, moderate winds from the S by Sun night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue night, min -21°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon night, stormy winds from the SW by Tue night).

Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
light snow
Cloud base (m)
200
200
50
1700
0
50
150
100
100
50
200
km/h
90
SW
95
SW
85
WSW
90
WSW
95
WSW
50
SW
75
WSW
65
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
25
ESE
35
SW
40
WSW
70
WSW
95
SW
60
SW
75
SW
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Snowflake cm
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
 mm
max °C
-8
-9
-11
-13
-15
-12
-14
-18
-17
-16
-16
-19
-19
-16
-13
-15
-17
-17
min °C
-8
-10
-14
-13
-15
-14
-16
-19
-19
-17
-17
-21
-21
-17
-16
-17
-17
-19
 chill °C
-22
-25
-30
-29
-32
-28
-32
-31
-30
-31
-31
-33
-35
-30
-31
-34
-32
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-8-10-13-13-15-13-15-19-18-17-17-20-20-17-15-16-17-18-5-7-10-10-13-11-13-14-14-14-14-16-17-15-13-12-12-15-3-4-4-3-5-6-5-7-8-7-8-9-11-8-5-4-4-7
Sunrise
9:52
9:49
9:47
9:45
9:41
9:40
Sunset
4:21
4:22
4:25
4:28
4:30
4:32

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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 Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -19°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Fri morning, moderate winds from the S by Sun night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue night, min -21°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon night, stormy winds from the SW 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
ASCATC300E62S
76 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
73
Gales from the SW
(73 kph at 235).
- km
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
-2° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
48
Strong winds from the WSW
(48 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3° C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC299E63S
88 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
78
Severe gales from the WSW
(78 kph at 240).
- km
ASCATC298E63S
92 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
79
Severe gales from the WSW
(79 kph at 242).
- km
ASCATB299E62S
92 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
76
Severe gales from the WSW
(76 kph at 242).
- km
ASCATC299E62S
93 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
71
Gales from the WSW
(71 kph at 241).
- km
ASCATB298E63S
111 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
66
Gales from the WSW
(66 kph at 240).
- km
ASCATB298E62S
118 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the WSW
(65 kph at 237).
- 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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