You Can Now Check the Weather on Mars Every Day

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Instruments aboard NASA’s InSight lander are now gathering meteorological data from the Martian surface, allowing for daily weather reports that are being made available to the public.

The daily weather reports from Elysium Planitia began on February 11, and contain information about air temperature, wind speed, and air pressure, reports NASA.

On Valentine’s day, February 14, the InSight lander detected a high of 4 degrees Fahrenheit (-16 degrees Celsius), a low of -138 degrees Fahrenheit (-95 degrees Celsius), a top wind speed of 36.4 mph, and an average air pressure of 721.7 pascals.

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