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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Fri 04 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sat morning, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri morning, extremely windy from the SW by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Wed night, min -23°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, gales from the WSW by Wed night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
light snow
cloud
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
300
200
0
0
0
50
0
350
50
150
100
100
300
100
200
250
km/h
35
SSW
45
SW
90
W
100
SW
90
SW
55
WSW
70
WSW
65
WSW
55
WSW
30
SW
15
SE
15
SSW
25
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
20
WSW
10
SSW
40
WSW
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Snowflake cm
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
 mm
max °C
-10
-7
-7
-5
-6
-9
-11
-11
-15
-20
-21
-22
-21
-20
-19
-20
-19
-16
min °C
-12
-8
-10
-7
-7
-10
-11
-13
-19
-20
-21
-23
-21
-20
-20
-21
-20
-17
 chill °C
-23
-20
-25
-21
-20
-22
-25
-28
-34
-33
-30
-34
-33
-35
-35
-31
-27
-29
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-11-8-9-6-7-10-11-12-17-20-21-23-21-20-20-21-20-17-9-7-6-3-4-6-7-9-13-17-18-20-18-17-17-17-17-16-8-8-3-2-2-2-1-1-6-9-10-13-9-8-9-9-9-9
Sunrise
7:47
7:43
7:41
7:37
7:33
7:31
Sunset
6:10
6:14
6:16
6:19
6:22
6:24

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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 Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sat morning, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri morning, extremely windy from the SW by Fri night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Wed night, min -23°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, gales from the WSW by Wed 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
Captain Arturo Prat Base
27 km NE
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-7°C
State of sky unchanged.
28
Moderate winds from the W
(28 kph at 270).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
1 hour ago
-7°C
State of sky unchanged.
28
Moderate winds from the WSW
(28 kph at 240).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
1 hour ago
-7°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
28
Moderate winds from the WSW
(28 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: few
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).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
1 hour ago
-7°C
-
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 270).
30 km
Mid: overcast
hy2b298E62S
119 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the SW
(47 kph at 228).
- km
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
1 hour ago
-15°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
30 km
Mid: clear
hy2b297E64S
190 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SW
(54 kph at 232).
- km
hy2b296E64S
224 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the SW
(56 kph at 232).
- km
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
7
Light winds from the SSW
(7 kph at 200).
0.0 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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