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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 pm Fri 03 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Sun night, min -17°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (gales from the W on Sat night, extremely windy from the WNW by Sun night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed morning, min -18°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue morning, extremely windy from the W by Wed night).

Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
clear
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
km/h
80
WSW
90
W
90
W
60
W
75
WNW
100
WNW
125
WNW
110
W
85
W
75
W
40
NW
45
NW
70
WSW
80
WNW
75
WNW
105
W
90
WSW
80
WSW
70
W
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Snowflake cm
2
2
3
3
9
10
2
4
2
6
5
6
4
3
6
 mm
max °C
-8
-8
-11
-11
-8
-5
-4
-15
-16
-13
-13
-11
-12
-10
-15
-16
-18
-16
-11
min °C
-10
-9
-13
-14
-9
-5
-10
-17
-17
-15
-13
-12
-15
-10
-15
-17
-18
-17
-13
 chill °C
-24
-23
-28
-29
-22
-18
-26
-34
-34
-31
-24
-24
-32
-24
-31
-36
-36
-34
-28
Freezing level m
100
150
50
0
0
400
500
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
0
250
50
50
50
0
150
500
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-9-9-12-13-9-5-7-16-17-14-13-12-14-10-15-17-18-17-12-6-5-9-9-5-2-4-11-11-9-8-8-9-6-10-11-14-13-801-1-3022-3-3-2-1-1-20-2-4-5-4-1
Sunrise
10:29
10:27
10:26
10:26
10:23
10:22
Sunset
3:38
3:41
3:41
3:44
3:45
3:48

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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 Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Sun night, min -17°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (gales from the W on Sat night, extremely windy from the WNW by Sun night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed morning, min -18°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue morning, extremely windy from the W 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
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.
39
Strong winds from the W
(39 kph at 270).
10.0 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).
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (24 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
1 hour ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
1° C
Dry and partly cloudy.
7
Light winds from the SSW
(7 kph at 210).
10.0 km
Low: no cloud
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
13
Light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 320 to 020 degs)
(13 kph at 350).
0.0 km
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Snow grains.
7
Light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 240 to 330 degs)
(7 kph at 280).
0.0 km
Low: no significant cloud
Mid: broken
Sea Lion Island
1142 km N
15m alt.
1 hour ago
1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Mount Alice
1172 km N
361m alt.
1 hour ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 200 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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