Gangkhar Puensum weather
– Lat/Long: 28.05° N 90.45° E

Gangkhar Puensum Weather Forecast

Bhutan Himalaya · Bhutan
Issued: 5 pm Tue 06 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Mon morning, min -18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Sun morning, light winds from the W by Sun night).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
5950
5650
6000
5550
5550
5550
5600
5600
5550
5550
5550
5550
5550
5600
5650
5600
km/h
10
W
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
20
W
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Snowflake cm
5
—
1
4
1
—
5
—
2
4
4
3
6
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-15
-16
-15
-15
-15
-15
-14
-15
-16
-16
-17
-17
-17
-17
-17
-17
-16
min °C
-16
-16
-16
-15
-16
-15
-15
-17
-16
-16
-18
-18
-17
-18
-17
-17
-17
 chill °C
-16
-16
-24
-22
-23
-22
-23
-17
-24
-26
-29
-29
-28
-32
-32
-30
-27
Freezing level m
4800
4350
4600
4750
4400
4500
4700
4200
4450
4600
4300
4300
4500
3900
4300
4550
3850
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Sunrise
—
—
5:52
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:56
—
—
Sunset
5:38
—
—
5:37
—
—
5:36
—
—
5:35
—
—
5:34
—
—
5:32
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Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Mon morning, min -18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Sun morning, light winds from the W by Sun night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum at the specific elevation of 7000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Gangkhar Puensum. 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 Bhutan.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Tsampa
29 km SE
3708m alt.
1 hour ago
3°C
No report.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 350).
139 km SW
4490m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (14 kph from 130 degs) was rejected.
30 km
190 km NNE
3661m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
30 km
203 km WNW
3862m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
30 km
231 km S
35m alt.
3 hours ago
28°C
Mist
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
2 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
244 km SSE
72m alt.
2 hours ago
25°C
Mist -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
3.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Baghdogra (in-af
258 km SSW
126m alt.
2 hours ago
26°C
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
6.0 km
Low: few
280 km SE
208m alt.
3 hours ago
26°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
4 km
Mid: clear
284 km S
106m alt.
2 hours ago
31°C
cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 130).
5 km
297 km S
44m alt.
2 hours ago
31°C
clear
Haze
5 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.

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