Gangkhar Puensum weather
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Gangkhar Puensum Weather Forecast

Bhutan Himalaya · Bhutan
Issued: 5 am Tue 06 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -18°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Fri morning, min -18°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
mod snow
part cloud
clear
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
mod snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
mod. snow
some clouds
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
mod. snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
6550
5950
5600
5650
5700
5550
5650
5550
5700
5550
5550
5550
5550
5550
5600
5550
5600
km/h
10
W
10
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
0
NNW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
35
WSW
30
W
25
W
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Snowflake cm
1
5
—
1
9
—
—
3
—
1
11
8
3
10
6
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-17
-16
-16
-16
-15
-15
-15
-14
-15
-16
-16
-17
-18
-17
-17
-17
-16
-16
min °C
-18
-16
-17
-16
-15
-16
-15
-15
-16
-16
-16
-18
-18
-17
-18
-17
-16
-17
 chill °C
-24
-23
-24
-23
-21
-22
-22
-22
-16
-23
-25
-29
-29
-28
-31
-29
-27
-28
Freezing level m
4550
4750
4300
4550
4800
4350
4450
4650
4150
4450
4700
4250
4300
4500
4100
4150
4450
3800
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Sunrise
5:52
—
—
5:52
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:56
—
—
Sunset
—
5:38
—
—
5:37
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—
5:36
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—
5:35
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—
5:34
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—
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 Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -18°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Fri morning, min -18°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat 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
Paro International Airport
123 km SSW
2235m alt.
1 hour ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 70).
5.0 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
-
11
Light winds from the E
(11 kph at 100).
30 km
Pakyong Airport- Pakyong
205 km SW
1399m alt.
1 hour ago
clear
Fog -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
0.1 km
244 km SSE
72m alt.
1 hour ago
25°C
Mist -.
6
Light winds from the SSE
(6 kph at 150).
2.5 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Baghdogra (in-af
258 km SSW
126m alt.
1 hour ago
27°C
clear
Mist -.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
5.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
297 km S
44m alt.
48 minutes ago
31°C
clear
Haze
5 km
Tingri
336 km W
4300m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (14 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
30 km
369 km S
19m alt.
2 hours ago
27°C
cloudy
State of sky unchanged.
2
Calm
(2 kph at 120).
7 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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