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– Lat/Long: 78.37° S 165.02° E

Mount Discovery
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 11 pm Thu 27 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun afternoon, min -32°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the E by Sun morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Mon night, min -25°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sun night, light winds from the W by Wed morning).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
heavy snow
cloud
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
part cloud
cloud
cloud
heavy snow
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
150
100
400
350
300
300
350
550
100
200
350
400
300
1550
400
km/h
50
SSW
25
SE
65
SE
90
SSE
70
S
65
S
50
SSW
5
E
25
NNE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
25
N
30
NNW
15
NNW
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Snowflake cm
11
2
7
7
4
4
2
3
 mm
max °C
-30
-30
-31
-28
-28
-27
-27
-25
-24
-24
-24
-22
-19
-19
-19
-19
min °C
-31
-30
-32
-30
-28
-28
-28
-26
-24
-25
-24
-22
-20
-19
-19
-21
 chill °C
-53
-44
-54
-53
-49
-48
-46
-33
-37
-40
-38
-34
-33
-31
-31
-30
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
10:26
10:15
10:04
9:55
9:45
Sunset
3:37
3:48
3:57
4:07
4:16

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun afternoon, min -32°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the E by Sun morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Mon night, min -25°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sun night, light winds from the W by Wed morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 2681 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.
1 hour ago
-23°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
8.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-27°C
-
11
Light winds from the E
(11 kph at 90).
ASCATC130E63S
2081 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
64
Gales from the SE
(64 kph at 136).
- km
ASCATC129E63S
2154 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SE
(54 kph at 145).
- km
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-22°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the ESE
(28 kph at 120).
ASCATC128E63S
2171 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the SSE
(52 kph at 148).
- km
ASCATC127E63S
2194 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the SSE
(49 kph at 156).
- km
ASCATC128E62S
2238 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATB126E62S
2250 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the SSW
(34 kph at 202).
- km
ASCATC123E63S
2272 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the WNW
(17 kph at 285).
- 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.