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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 am Mon 06 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue morning, min -17°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Thu morning). Mainly severe gales.

Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
clear
part cloud
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
km/h
100
WNW
90
W
40
WNW
30
N
60
NW
85
W
75
W
90
WNW
80
WNW
60
W
65
WSW
40
WSW
75
SW
70
WSW
60
WSW
55
WSW
60
W
65
W
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Snowflake cm
3
6
2
1
8
9
3
1
 mm
max °C
-11
-15
-11
-9
-11
-14
-12
-9
-11
-15
-14
-13
-11
-10
-9
-10
-10
-10
min °C
-15
-16
-14
-10
-13
-17
-16
-9
-15
-16
-15
-13
-13
-11
-10
-10
-10
-10
 chill °C
-33
-33
-28
-20
-28
-34
-32
-23
-31
-31
-31
-27
-28
-25
-23
-22
-23
-23
Freezing level m
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
0
300
350
50
1300
0
150
0
0
50
100
300
50
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-13-16-13-10-12-16-14-9-13-16-15-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-9-11-9-7-8-11-10-5-8-11-11-9-8-7-7-7-7-7-1-3-3-3-2-3-31-1-3-3-3-2-1-1-100
Sunrise
10:26
10:26
10:23
10:22
10:21
10:19
Sunset
3:41
3:44
3:45
3:48
3:48
3:51

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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 Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue morning, min -17°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Thu morning). Mainly severe gales.

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.
3 hours ago
-4° C
No report.
115
Extremely windy from the W
(115 kph at 270).
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
43 minutes ago
1° C
clear
Mist -.
59
Near gales from the WNW
(59 kph at 300).
3.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 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
-1° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
74
Gales from the NW
(74 kph at 320).
10.0 km
Low: broken
hy2c315E59S
948 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the NW
(50 kph at 312).
- km
hy2c316E59S
949 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the NW
(50 kph at 315).
- km
hy2c315E58S
950 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NW
(52 kph at 312).
- km
hy2c316E60S
955 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the NW
(49 kph at 315).
- km
hy2c314E58S
962 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NW
(46 kph at 312).
- km
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 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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