Temperature drops across the country

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that the country now has an impact of westerly winds and the hilly belt of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces have slight impacts of local winds too. 

The Department said that the temperatures across the country including in the Kathmandu Valley have dropped with the end of the monsoon season.

The minimum temperature of Kathmandu was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius today while the maximum temperature is predicted to remain in between 26 to 28 degrees Celsius. 

According to the Department, the weather is expected to remain partly to generally cloudy in the hilly areas and partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the country. Light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places in the hilly region of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places in the hilly region of the rest of the country.

Likewise, it is predicted that the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in the hilly areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the country.

Light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places in the hilly region of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.