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

Great Needle Peak
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Sat 25 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat morning, min -20°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue night, min -22°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Wed morning, moderate winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
cloud
snow showers
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
clear
Cloud base (m)
0
250
200
0
300
200
50
100
200
0
100
300
0
150
150
km/h
100
WSW
80
SW
40
SSW
75
SW
110
SW
75
SW
80
SW
15
SSW
15
WSW
35
SW
55
SW
60
SW
95
SW
85
SW
90
SW
45
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
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Snowflake cm
1
2
4
1
1
1
1
2
 mm
max °C
-12
-15
-13
-13
-14
-14
-15
-18
-18
-16
-16
-14
-15
-17
-17
-21
-22
-16
min °C
-15
-16
-14
-13
-15
-15
-16
-20
-20
-18
-16
-15
-17
-18
-20
-22
-22
-21
 chill °C
-33
-33
-27
-28
-31
-30
-31
-27
-29
-30
-31
-29
-35
-36
-36
-35
-36
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
9:49
9:47
9:45
9:41
9:40
9:37
Sunset
4:22
4:25
4:28
4:30
4:32
4:36

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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 Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat morning, min -20°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Mon night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue night, min -22°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Wed morning, moderate winds from the SSW by Thu 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
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.
2 hours ago
-3° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
56
Near gales from the WSW
(56 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 hours ago
-3° C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 270).
0.0 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1° C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
0° C
Dry and partly cloudy.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
1° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 300).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Dry and partly cloudy.
9
Light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 160 to 220 degs)
(9 kph at 190).
0.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Mount Pleasant Airport
1213 km N
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the NNE
(20 kph at 30).
9.0 km
Punta Arenas Unidad Aeropolicial
1237 km WNW
61m alt.
3 hours ago
-4° C
No report.
Wind obs. (40 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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