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– Lat/Long: 78.37° S 165.02° E

Mount Discovery
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 11 am Tue 25 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Thu night, min -34°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, gales from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat morning. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Sat afternoon, min -29°C on Fri morning). Mainly gales.

Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
100
1350
250
950
1300
1150
350
200
100
300
600
km/h
20
SSW
20
SSW
5
SW
10
N
10
N
30
SSW
65
SW
70
SW
50
SW
50
SSW
60
SW
60
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
55
SW
60
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
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Snowflake cm
1
2
9
3
3
1
1
 mm
max °C
-34
-34
-32
-33
-32
-30
-25
-20
-15
-29
-26
-17
-17
-16
-26
-27
-26
-22
min °C
-34
-34
-33
-33
-32
-34
-27
-23
-28
-29
-28
-24
-17
-20
-28
-28
-26
-24
 chill °C
-48
-48
-46
-44
-41
-51
-47
-42
-47
-48
-48
-42
-30
-32
-47
-48
-44
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-35-34-35-34-33-33-31-28-29-36-32-31-30-30-29-28-29-29-34-33-33-33-32-32-28-25-26-33-30-27-25-26-28-28-28-26-34-34-33-33-32-32-26-22-22-29-27-21-17-18-27-28-26-23-32-33-33-34-34-30-21-15-16-25-22-16-14-15-24-24-21-17
Sunrise
11:04
10:51
10:38
10:26
10:15
10:04
Sunset
3:00
3:14
3:26
3:37
3:48
3:57

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Thu night, min -34°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, gales from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat morning. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Sat afternoon, min -29°C on Fri morning). Mainly gales.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 1000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Discovery. 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-30°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (17 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-17°C
State of sky unchanged.
20
Moderate winds from the SSE
(20 kph at 150).
40 km
Mid: clear
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
54
Near gales from the ENE
(54 kph at 60).
0.2 km
Mid: sky obscured
2674 km N
475m alt.
1 hour ago
-1°C
snow showers
Light snow showers.
70
Gales from the WSW
(70 kph at 250).
1.0 km
Davis
2683 km SW
23m alt.
3 hours ago
-16°C
State of sky unchanged.
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 100).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
hy2c252E68S
2784 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the SW
(34 kph at 228).
- km
hy2c251E67S
2796 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
25
Moderate winds from the SW
(25 kph at 220).
- km
hy2c252E67S
2801 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the SW
(33 kph at 222).
- km
BaseBelgranoII
2809 km S
256m alt.
3 hours ago
-38°C
-
17
Light winds from the N
(17 kph at 0).
40 km
Mid: scattered
hy2c254E68S
2811 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SW
(41 kph at 218).
- 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.