Tibet

=== Climate ===
The climate is severely dry nine months of the year, and average annual snowfall is only {{convert|46|cm|inch|abbr=in}}, due to the [[rain shadow|rain shadow effect]]. Western passes receive small amounts of fresh snow each year but remain traversible all year round. Low temperatures are prevalent throughout these western regions, where bleak desolation is unrelieved by any vegetation bigger than a low bush, and where the wind sweeps unchecked across vast expanses of arid plain. The Indian [[monsoon]] exerts some influence on eastern Tibet. Northern Tibet is subject to high temperatures in the summer and intense cold in the winter.

{{Weather box
|location = Lhasa (1986−2015 normals, extremes 1951−2022)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan high C =  8.4
|Feb high C = 10.1
|Mar high C = 13.3
|Apr high C = 16.3
|May high C = 20.5
|Jun high C = 24.0
|Jul high C = 23.3
|Aug high C = 22.0
|Sep high C = 20.7
|Oct high C = 17.5
|Nov high C = 12.9
|Dec high C =  9.3

| Jan mean C  = −0.3
| Feb mean C  =  2.3
| Mar mean C  =  5.9
| Apr mean C  =  9.0
| May mean C  = 13.1
| Jun mean C  = 16.7
| Jul mean C  = 16.5
| Aug mean C  = 15.4
| Sep mean C  = 13.8
| Oct mean C  =  9.4
| Nov mean C  =  3.8
| Dec mean C  = −0.1

|Jan low C = −7.4
|Feb low C = −4.7
|Mar low C = −0.8
|Apr low C =  2.7
|May low C =  6.8
|Jun low C = 10.9
|Jul low C = 11.4
|Aug low C = 10.7
|Sep low C =  8.9
|Oct low C =  3.1
|Nov low C = −3.0
|Dec low C = −6.8

|Jan record high C = 20.5
|Feb record high C = 21.3
|Mar record high C = 25.1
|Apr record high C = 25.9
|May record high C = 29.4
|Jun record high C = 30.8
|Jul record high C = 30.4
|Aug record high C = 27.2
|Sep record high C = 26.5
|Oct record high C = 24.8
|Nov record high C = 22.8
|Dec record high C = 20.1

|Jan record low C = −16.5
|Feb record low C = −15.4
|Mar record low C = −13.6
|Apr record low C =  −8.1
|May record low C =  −2.7
|Jun record low C =   2.0
|Jul record low C =   4.5
|Aug record low C =   3.3
|Sep record low C =   0.3
|Oct record low C =  −7.2
|Nov record low C = −11.2
|Dec record low C = −16.1

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm =   0.9
|Feb precipitation mm =   1.8
|Mar precipitation mm =   2.9
|Apr precipitation mm =   8.6
|May precipitation mm =  28.4
|Jun precipitation mm =  75.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 129.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 133.5
|Sep precipitation mm =  66.7
|Oct precipitation mm =   8.8
|Nov precipitation mm =   0.9
|Dec precipitation mm =   0.3

|Jan humidity = 26
|Feb humidity = 25
|Mar humidity = 27
|Apr humidity = 36
|May humidity = 41
|Jun humidity = 48
|Jul humidity = 59
|Aug humidity = 63
|Sep humidity = 59
|Oct humidity = 45
|Nov humidity = 34
|Dec humidity = 29
|unit precipitation days =  0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days  =  0.6
|Feb precipitation days  =  1.2
|Mar precipitation days  =  2.1
|Apr precipitation days  =  5.4
|May precipitation days  =  9.0
|Jun precipitation days  = 14.0
|Jul precipitation days  = 19.4
|Aug precipitation days  = 19.9
|Sep precipitation days  = 14.6
|Oct precipitation days  =  4.1
|Nov precipitation days  =  0.6
|Dec precipitation days  =  0.4

|Jan sun = 250.9 |Jan percentsun  = 78
|Feb sun = 231.2 |Feb percentsun  = 72
|Mar sun = 253.2 |Mar percentsun  = 66
|Apr sun = 248.8 |Apr percentsun  = 65
|May sun = 280.4 |May percentsun  = 66
|Jun sun = 260.7 |Jun percentsun  = 61
|Jul sun = 227.0 |Jul percentsun  = 53
|Aug sun = 214.3 |Aug percentsun  = 54
|Sep sun = 232.7 |Sep percentsun  = 62
|Oct sun = 280.3 |Oct percentsun  = 80
|Nov sun = 267.1 |Nov percentsun  = 84
|Dec sun = 257.2 |Dec percentsun  = 82
                 |year percentsun = 67<!--automatically calculated value of 68.6 gives maximum possible daily sun hrs less than 12-->
|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration,<ref name= CMA >{{cite web | url = http://old-cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3 | script-title = zh:中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年） | access-date = 2010-05-04 | publisher = [[China Meteorological Administration]] | language = zh | archive-date = October 16, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016192548/http://old-cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3 | url-status = dead }}</ref> all-time extreme temperature<ref name = Mherrera>{{cite web
|url= http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm
|title= Extreme Temperatures Around the World
|access-date= 2013-02-21
|archive-date= June 22, 2013
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130622141215/http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm
|url-status= live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=55591&ano=2022&mes=3&day=29&hora=18&min=0&ndays=30|title= 55591: Lhasa (China)|author= <!--Not stated-->|date= 28 March 2022|website= ogimet.com|publisher= OGIMET|access-date= 29 March 2022|quote= |archive-date= March 29, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220329195147/https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=55591&ano=2022&mes=3&day=29&hora=18&min=0&ndays=30|url-status= live}}</ref>
|source 2 =[http://cdc.cma.gov.cn/dataSetLogger.do?changeFlag=pageid=3 China Meteorological Administration National Meteorological Information Center]
}}
{{Weather box
|location=Leh (1951–1980)
|metric first=Yes
|single line=Yes
|Jan record high C=8.3
|Feb record high C=12.8
|Mar record high C=19.4
|Apr record high C=23.9
|May record high C=28.9
|Jun record high C=34.8
|Jul record high C=34.0
|Aug record high C=34.2
|Sep record high C=30.6
|Oct record high C=25.6
|Nov record high C=20.0
|Dec record high C=12.8
|year record high C=34.8
|Jan high C=-2.0
|Feb high C=1.5
|Mar high C=6.5
|Apr high C=12.3
|May high C=16.2
|Jun high C=21.8
|Jul high C=25.0
|Aug high C=25.3
|Sep high C=21.7
|Oct high C=14.6
|Nov high C=7.9
|Dec high C=2.3
|year high C=12.8
|Jan low C=-14.4
|Feb low C=-11.0
|Mar low C=-5.9
|Apr low C=-1.1
|May low C=3.2
|Jun low C=7.4
|Jul low C=10.5
|Aug low C=10.0
|Sep low C=5.8
|Oct low C=-1.0
|Nov low C=-6.7
|Dec low C=-11.8
|year low C=-1.3
|Jan record low C=-28.3
|Feb record low C=-26.4
|Mar record low C=-19.4
|Apr record low C=-12.8
|May record low C=-4.4
|Jun record low C=-1.1
|Jul record low C=0.6
|Aug record low C=1.5
|Sep record low C=-4.4
|Oct record low C=-8.5
|Nov record low C=-17.5
|Dec record low C=-25.6
|year record low C=-28.3
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=9.5
|Feb rain mm=8.1
|Mar rain mm=11.0
|Apr rain mm=9.1
|May rain mm=9.0
|Jun rain mm=3.5
|Jul rain mm=15.2
|Aug rain mm=15.4
|Sep rain mm=9.0
|Oct rain mm=7.5
|Nov rain mm=3.6
|Dec rain mm=4.6
|year rain mm=105.5
|Jan rain days=1.3
|Feb rain days=1.1
|Mar rain days=1.3
|Apr rain days=1.0
|May rain days=1.1
|Jun rain days=0.4
|Jul rain days=2.1
|Aug rain days=1.9
|Sep rain days=1.2
|Oct rain days=0.4
|Nov rain days=0.5
|Dec rain days=0.7
|year rain days=13.0
|time day=17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|Jan humidity=51
|Feb humidity=51
|Mar humidity=46
|Apr humidity=36
|May humidity=30
|Jun humidity=26
|Jul humidity=33
|Aug humidity=34
|Sep humidity=31
|Oct humidity=27
|Nov humidity=40
|Dec humidity=46
|year humidity=
|source 1=[[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMD >{{cite web |url=http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/leh2.htm |title=Leh Climatological Table Period: 1951–1980 |publisher=[[India Meteorological Department]] |access-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225132218/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/leh2.htm |archive-date=25 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=IMD2>{{cite web |url=http://www.mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1&param=2&station=Leh |title=Leh Climatological Table Period: 1951–1980 |publisher=India Meteorological Department |access-date=April 4, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172646/http://www.mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1&param=2&station=Leh |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>
}}