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

Gangkhar Puensum Weather Forecast

Bhutan Himalaya · Bhutan
Issued: 5 am Tue 03 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Wed afternoon, min -19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri morning, min -21°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri night, near gales from the WSW by Sun morning).

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
6600
5600
6300
5600
6550
5550
6700
km/h
25
W
55
W
55
WSW
75
WSW
80
WSW
70
WSW
60
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
W
20
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
55
WSW
55
WSW
45
WSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
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1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-16
-15
-15
-15
-14
-15
-16
-16
-17
-18
-18
-19
-19
-18
-19
-19
-19
-20
min °C
-16
-15
-16
-15
-15
-17
-16
-16
-19
-18
-18
-20
-19
-19
-20
-19
-19
-21
 chill °C
-26
-29
-28
-31
-30
-33
-31
-29
-34
-31
-32
-34
-32
-32
-35
-34
-34
-36
Freezing level m
4400
4750
4000
4550
4750
3950
4350
4600
3800
4150
4350
3600
4050
4350
3550
4000
4300
3350
Sea lvl2000m4000m6000m8000m
-20-19-19-18-18-19-20-20-21-22-22-23-23-23-23-23-23-24-16-15-16-15-15-16-16-16-18-18-18-20-19-19-20-19-19-21-10-9-10-9-9-11-10-11-12-12-12-14-13-12-14-13-13-15-3-3-5-2-3-6-4-4-7-5-6-9-6-6-9-6-7-1043043-132-221-311-310-4
Sunrise
6:09
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—
6:11
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—
6:11
—
—
6:11
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—
6:13
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6:13
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Sunset
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5:12
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5:10
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5:10
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5:09
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5:08
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5:08
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Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Wed afternoon, min -19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Thu night).

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri morning, min -21°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri night, near gales from the WSW by Sun morning).

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
Paro International Airport
123 km SSW
2235m alt.
50 minutes ago
10°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
7
Light winds from the NNW.(Wind varies from 310 to 030 degs)
(7 kph at 340).
7.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
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
26°C
Mist
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
2 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
244 km SSE
72m alt.
2 hours ago
23°C
clear
Mist -.
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 150).
3.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Baghdogra (in-af
258 km SSW
126m alt.
2 hours ago
21°C
clear
Mist -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
5.0 km
Low: few
280 km SE
208m alt.
3 hours ago
25°C
Mist
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
2 km
Mid: scattered
284 km S
106m alt.
1 hour ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 130).
5 km
297 km S
44m alt.
1 hour ago
-
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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