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

Gangkhar Puensum Weather Forecast

Bhutan Himalaya · Bhutan
Issued: 11 am Sun 08 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun morning, min -25°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri night, min -26°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, severe gales from the NNW by Thu night).

Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
6100
5600
6500
5600
6350
5550
5550
5700
5550
6400
8500
km/h
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
20
SW
30
W
25
WSW
25
SW
5
SW
10
N
30
NNW
40
NNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-23
-24
-24
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-24
-21
-19
-19
-18
min °C
-22
-22
-23
-22
-22
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
-25
-25
-24
-19
-19
-19
 chill °C
-34
-32
-36
-35
-35
-38
-39
-36
-37
-39
-38
-26
-34
-40
-38
-34
-32
-31
Freezing level m
3700
3950
3050
3650
4000
2950
3450
3750
2900
3350
3550
3000
3450
3900
3200
4050
4300
3400
Sea lvl2000m4000m6000m8000m
-26-26-26-26-27-27-29-29-28-29-29-29-29-28-26-23-23-22-22-22-23-22-22-24-25-25-25-25-25-26-25-25-23-19-19-19-15-15-17-15-16-18-18-18-19-18-18-20-18-17-17-13-13-14-9-9-12-8-9-12-11-11-13-11-11-13-10-11-11-6-7-8-1-1-6-1-2-6-3-4-7-4-4-8-3-3-510-3
Sunrise
6:13
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—
6:13
—
—
6:15
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:16
—
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Sunset
—
5:08
—
—
5:07
—
—
5:07
—
—
5:07
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5:07
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5:06
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Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun morning, min -25°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri night, min -26°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, severe gales from the NNW by Thu 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.
2 hours ago
20°C
clear
-
15
Light winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 110 to 200 degs)
(15 kph at 160).
10.0 km
Low: few
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
Gangtok
198 km SW
1764m alt.
3 hours ago
17°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 250).
10 km
Mid: few
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.
2 hours ago
21°C
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 120).
7.0 km
Low: few
241 km SSW
83m alt.
3 hours ago
32°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 140).
4 km
Mid: clear
244 km SSE
72m alt.
2 hours ago
31°C
Haze -.
17
Light winds from the N
(17 kph at 10).
3.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
Baghdogra (in-af
258 km SSW
126m alt.
2 hours ago
33°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 130 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Low: few
284 km S
106m alt.
2 hours ago
31°C
cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 130).
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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