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– Lat/Long: 78.37° S 165.02° E

Mount Discovery
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 11 am Sun 17 May Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Mon afternoon, min -33°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri night, min -34°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Wed night, gales from the S by Thu night).

Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
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
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
cloudy
km/h
10
N
15
NNW
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
N
15
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
40
S
60
SSW
55
S
60
S
65
S
Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
2
1
1
max °C
-26
-26
-26
-26
-25
-26
-31
-32
-33
-33
-32
-30
-30
-29
-28
-28
-29
-26
min °C
-26
-26
-27
-26
-26
-29
-31
-33
-33
-34
-33
-32
-30
-30
-29
-29
-30
-28
-34
-36
-33
-33
-33
-35
-37
-33
-41
-51
-49
-49
-45
-47
-49
-50
-50
-47
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
1600
8050
4800
1400
1700
450
400
500
500
250
450
500
450
1150
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-28-28-27-27-29-33-35-35-37-37-35-34-34-33-33-34-32-26-26-27-26-26-28-31-33-33-34-33-31-30-30-29-29-30-27-24-25-25-25-25-28-30-31-30-29-27-24-23-23-23-23-23-22-25-25-26-26-26-28-29-30-29-26-24-21-20-20-17-17-18-16
Sunrise
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
Sunset
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Mon afternoon, min -33°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri night, min -34°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Wed night, gales from the S by Thu night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 2000 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
-23° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-11° C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
76
Severe gales from the ESE
(76 kph at 120).
0.1 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-17° C
State of sky unchanged.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
50 km
Mid: few
hy2c232E67S
2394 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the ENE
(27 kph at 72).
- km
hy2c231E67S
2415 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the ENE
(27 kph at 78).
- km
hy2c231E66S
2428 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the ENE
(29 kph at 72).
- km
hy2c230E66S
2442 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the ENE
(32 kph at 65).
- km
hy2c233E67S
2446 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 92).
- km
hy2c229E66S
2457 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the ENE
(36 kph at 58).
- 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.