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

BtGangkhar Puensum
Weather Forecast, Bhutan

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Issued: 11 am Thu 21 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sun night, min -23°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Sun night, strong winds from the W by Tue night).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Wed morning, min -27°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, near gales from the NW by Fri night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sat afternoon, min -21°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun night, strong winds from the WNW by Tue morning).

Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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night
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night
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PM
night
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night
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night
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PM
night
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night
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night
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night
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night
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night
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PM
night
clear
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
 km/h
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
55
WNW
60
WNW
80
WNW
75
WNW
95
WNW
115
WNW
90
WNW
100
WNW
90
W
80
W
65
W
95
W
85
W
95
W
65
W
40
WNW
50
W
35
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
55
NW
60
WNW
70
WNW
70
WNW
85
WNW
70
WNW
95
WNW
85
WNW
55
WNW
70
WNW
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T india.wind.30.cc23
T india.wind.54.cc23
T india.wind.78.cc23
T india.wind.102.cc23
T india.wind.126.cc23
T india.wind.150.cc23
T india.wind.174.cc23
T india.wind.198.cc23
T india.wind.222.cc23
T india.wind.246.cc23
T india.wind.270.cc23
 cm 
2.0
1.0
 mm 
max°C
-27
-27
-26
-24
-24
-22
-22
-22
-20
-22
-21
-19
-19
-19
-19
-20
-21
-21
-22
-22
-22
-23
-24
-24
-27
-25
-23
-20
-18
-18
-18
-18
-19
-19
-19
-20
min°C
-27
-27
-27
-25
-24
-24
-23
-22
-22
-23
-21
-21
-19
-19
-20
-21
-21
-22
-22
-23
-23
-25
-24
-26
-27
-26
-25
-21
-19
-19
-18
-18
-19
-19
-19
-21
chill°C 
-44
-42
-41
-43
-42
-44
-42
-42
-43
-43
-41
-41
-37
-36
-39
-42
-41
-40
-36
-37
-36
-37
-36
-39
-42
-40
-42
-38
-36
-36
-36
-34
-38
-37
-35
-39
Freezing level (m
3750
3900
3200
3700
3950
3150
3750
4100
3500
3950
4350
3850
4100
4350
3450
3900
4100
3400
3800
4150
3400
3850
4150
3400
3850
4100
3550
4100
4500
3800
4300
4600
3900
4200
4450
3500
Cloud base (m)
5700
5550
5700
5550
5650
5550
5650
5550
5850
5550
5600
Sea lvl2000m4000m6000m8000m
-27-27-27-25-24-23-23-22-21-23-21-20-19-19-20-21-21-22-22-23-23-24-24-25-27-26-24-21-19-19-18-18-19-19-19-21-23-23-23-21-21-20-19-19-19-19-18-17-16-16-17-17-18-19-19-20-20-21-20-22-23-22-21-17-16-16-15-15-16-16-16-18-16-16-17-14-14-15-13-13-14-13-12-12-10-10-12-12-13-14-13-13-14-14-14-16-15-15-15-11-10-11-9-9-11-10-11-13-9-9-11-8-8-10-7-7-8-6-6-7-4-5-8-6-7-9-6-7-9-7-8-10-8-8-9-4-4-6-3-4-6-4-5-8-1-2-5-1-2-5-1-1-311-221-31-1-41-1-40-1-40-1-321-142-121-3
Sunrise
6:24
6:24
6:26
6:26
6:28
6:28
6:28
6:30
6:31
6:31
6:31
6:33
Sunset
5:02
5:02
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01
5:01

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Sat night).

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sun night, min -23°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Sun night, strong winds from the W by Tue night).

Gangkhar Puensum Weather (Days 6-9):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Wed morning, min -27°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, near gales from the NW by Fri night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Gangkhar Puensum at the specific elevation of 7570 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 5 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Paro International Airport
123 km SSW
2235m alt.
2 hours ago
16° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
24
Moderate winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 130 to 200 degs)
(24 kph at 160).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
139 km SW
4490m alt.
2 hours ago
10° C
No report.
14
Light winds from the SE
(14 kph at 130).
30 km
190 km NNE
3661m alt.
2 hours ago
-
7
Light winds from the WNW
(7 kph at 290).
30 km
203 km WNW
3862m alt.
2 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
18° C
clear
Haze -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
5.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
244 km SSE
54m alt.
2 hours ago
28° C
clear
Haze -.
13
Light winds from the ENE
(13 kph at 60).
5.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
284 km S
106m alt.
1 hour ago
31° C
cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 130).
5 km
293 km NE
5041m alt.
33 minutes ago
-
2
Calm
(2 kph at 34).
8
297 km S
44m alt.
1 hour ago
31° C
clear
Haze
5 km
Shillong Airport
302 km SSE
887m alt.
2 hours ago
24° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
13
Light winds from the WNW
(13 kph at 300).
6.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered

* 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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