CLIMATE

OF GILGIT
BALTISTAN
PROVINCE,
PAKISTAN

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 ABSTRAC
T
• CLIMATE CO NDITIONS OF
GILGIT
• DISTRIBUTION OF
WEATHER ELEMENTS:
• PRECIPITATION
• TEMPERATURE
• NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS
• HUMIDITY
• WIND SPEED
• AIR PRESSURE
• SUNSHINE

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 CLIMAT
E
• MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF OUR PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT
• CLIMATE IS AFFECTED BY
AGRICULTURE,POPULATION
GROWTH, INDUSTRIALIZATION
AND TRANSPORTATION
• C LIMATE ALSO LIMITS C HOICE
OF CROPS
• DETERMINE A SITE
FORCULTIVATION OF
FOODSTUFF
• CO NTROLS DIRECTION AS WELL
AS TRADE ROUTES

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GEOLOGY
DISTRIBUTION
• PURPOSE CONSISTS OF
SKARDU, ASTORE, GILGIT,
GUPIS, CHILAS AND BUNJI
• YEAR IS DIVIDED INTO
TWO SEASONS:
• SUMMER
• WINTER
• MONTHS OF THE YEAR WITH
MEAN TEMPERATURE ABOVE 20
DEGREES CELSIUS ARE SUMMER
• OTHERWISE WINTER
•BASED ON MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEANS OF TEMPERATURE AREA
IS DIVIDED INTO
• COOL
• COLD
• UNDEFFERENTIATED HIGHLANDS
• SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL
• SUMMER
• WINTER
S EASONS HAS THE THESE TWO SEASONS
BASIS OF FURTHER DIVIDED
WINTER PRE MONSOON
VARIABILITY IN INTO FOUR RAINY
MEAN MONTHLY SEASONS:
PRECIPITATION

REGINIONAL FURTHER
MONSOON POS T MONSOON WINTER RAINFALL
SUBDIVIDED:

PRE-MONSOON POS T
MONSOON RAINFALL
RAINFALL MONSOON
RAINFALL
BASED ON ANNUAL VARIABILITY CLIMATE
REGIONS: THREE MAC RO
THREE
MESO SIX
MIC RO

BASED ON TEMPERATURE GILGIT HAS BEEN DIVIDED

INTO: MILD CLIMATES
C OOL
C LIMATES
C OLD
MEAN MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE
• JULY IS THE HOTTEST 27.2 DEGREES C
• MAXIMUM TEMP 40 DEGREES C
• JANUARY 1.8 DEGREES C
• MAXIMUM RISES TO 11.1 DEGREES C
• MINIMUM –7.6 DEGREES C
• TILL JULY INCREASES AND TILL DECEMBER
DECREASES
• MEAN MONTHLY TEMP OF AREA IS 15 DEGREES C
• MAXIMUM 27 DEGREES C
• MINIMUM 3.4 DEGREES C
• AREA HAS EIGHT M ONTHS WINTER AND FOUR M ONTHS
SUM M ER
• WARM SUM M ERS
• COOL AND COLD WINTERS
• IN ASTORE MEAN MONTHLY MAXIMUM IS BELOW 34 C WITH
NO SUM M ER M ONTHS
• EXTREM E NORTH IS C OLDER C LIM ATES
• TEM P REM AINS BELOW FREEZING POINT IN JAN AND FEB
 PRECIPITATIO • MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 20.8C M WITH
HIGH 3.5C M IN APRIL AND LOWEST 0.5C M IN
N, RAINY DAYS NOVEMBER
• DUE TO SNOW AND ICE, MAJORITY OF HILL
AND SLOPES FALL IN HIGHLANDS

HUMIDITY