Hugo Island Weather

The following plots are updated daily (when available) and show the recent weather data from Hugo Island, Antarctica. See below for additional information about this site, which was installed in early 2024.

A graph of air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction from the last 7 days at Hugo Island, Antarctica.
A graph of air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction from the last 30 days at Hugo Island, Antarctica.
A graph of air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction from the entire record at Hugo Island, Antarctica.
A graph of air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction, as well as the extra variables wind standard deviation, and battery voltage from the last 30 days at Hugo Island, Antarctica.

Station Information

In late January, 2024, the Palmer LTER Physical Oceanography team installed a weather station on Hugo Island (-64.96335°S, -65.66907°W), approximately 27 m above sea level.

The station is mounted on top of a steel tripod and mast anchored directly into the rock and stabilized by 6 steel guy lines.

It includes sensors that record wind speed and direction, air temperature, and barometric pressure. Data is transmitted every 10 minutes utilizing short burst data (SBD) transmissions on the Iridium satellite network.

The station was placed on top of “Hugo3,” which is a small rocky island directly east of Hugo proper, and the large glacier there. This places it in an excellent position to record the oceanic conditions of the western Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf.

In addition to supporting LTER related research, the data are archived with the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the wider Antarctic research community and the public.