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– Lat/Long: 78.37° S 165.02° E

Mount Discovery
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 5 pm Tue 25 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu night, min -35°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, stormy winds from the S by Thu night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun night, min -33°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Sat night, severe gales from the SSE by Mon morning).

Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
100
350
400
350
1950
500
300
150
1200
1150
1350
km/h
15
WSW
10
W
25
NNW
50
N
20
ENE
50
SE
75
SSE
90
S
45
S
35
SE
65
S
45
SSW
45
SW
35
SSE
65
SSE
60
SSE
30
SSE
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Snowflake cm
1
2
10
1
2
1
2
 mm
max °C
-34
-34
-33
-32
-32
-30
-28
-27
-33
-32
-31
-30
-30
-29
-30
-28
-24
min °C
-34
-35
-34
-33
-34
-32
-28
-31
-33
-32
-33
-30
-32
-30
-30
-29
-26
 chill °C
-46
-46
-49
-53
-48
-52
-49
-50
-52
-49
-55
-48
-51
-44
-51
-49
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-35-34-33-33-31-28-29-33-32-32-30-31-30-30-29-25-33-33-32-31-33-29-26-26-30-30-28-25-27-28-28-26-23-34-32-32-31-33-28-24-22-28-28-23-18-22-26-27-24-21-32-32-33-33-31-23-17-16-23-23-18-15-19-22-21-18-15
Sunrise
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 -27°C on Thu night, min -35°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, stormy winds from the S by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun night, min -33°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Sat night, severe gales from the SSE by Mon 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.
3 hours ago
-29°C
clear
Clear
Wind obs. (17 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-30°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
State of sky unchanged.
20
Moderate winds from the SW
(20 kph at 230).
50 km
Mid: clear
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 230).
hy2c190E63S
1943 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the W
(27 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c189E63S
1944 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the W
(26 kph at 272).
- km
hy2c189E62S
1973 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the WNW
(29 kph at 282).
- km
hy2c191E63S
1980 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NNE
(35 kph at 12).
- km
hy2c190E62S
1980 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the WNW
(27 kph at 282).
- 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.