Editing Skardu (section)

===Climate===
[[File:MoonRise in Skardu City.jpg|thumb|Skardu at dusk]]
[[File:Unexpected Snow in Katpana Skardu.jpg|thumb|Sand dunes in the [[Cold Desert, Skardu|Cold Desert of Skardu]] are  often covered in snow during winter.]] 
Skardu features a [[cold semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BSk''). The climate of Skardu during the summer is moderated by its mountain setting; the intense heat of lowland Pakistan does not reach it. The mountains block out the summer [[monsoon]], and summer rainfall is thus quite low. However, these mountains result in very severe winter weather. During the April-to-October tourist season, temperatures vary between a maximum of {{convert|27|°C|0}} and a minimum (in October) {{convert|8|°C|0}}.

Temperatures can drop to below {{convert|−10|°C|0}} in the December-to-January midwinter period. The lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|−24.1|°C|0}} on 7 January 1995.<ref name=PMD>{{cite web |url= http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Skardu_Climate_Data.txt |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100613053345/http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Skardu_Climate_Data.txt |archive-date= 13 June 2010 |title=Skardu Climate Data, Mean for the Period 1961 - 2009 |work=Climate Data Processing Centre (CDPC), [[Pakistan Meteorological Department]], Karachi |year=2010 |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Skardu
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 13.9
|Feb record high C = 16.7
|Mar record high C = 24.0
|Apr record high C = 29.6
|May record high C = 34.4
|Jun record high C = 40.0
|Jul record high C = 41.0
|Aug record high C = 41.0
|Sep record high C = 38.2
|Oct record high C = 31.2
|Nov record high C = 22.9
|Dec record high C = 16.2
|year record high C = 41.0
|Jan high C = 3.2
|Feb high C = 6.1
|Mar high C = 12.4
|Apr high C = 18.8
|May high C = 23.4
|Jun high C = 28.7
|Jul high C = 31.6
|Aug high C = 31.2
|Sep high C = 27.2
|Oct high C = 20.4
|Nov high C = 13.2
|Dec high C = 6.5
|year high C = 14.9
|Jan low C = -8.0
|Feb low C = -4.4
|Mar low C = 1.5
|Apr low C = 6.6
|May low C = 9.7
|Jun low C = 13.4
|Jul low C = 16.4
|Aug low C = 16.0
|Sep low C = 11.4
|Oct low C = 4.3
|Nov low C = -1.9
|Dec low C = -5.6
|year low C = 4.1
|Jan record low C = -24.1
|Feb record low C = -20.0
|Mar record low C = -13.5
|Apr record low C = −1.1
|May record low C = 0.4
|Jun record low C = 4.0
|Jul record low C = 7.5
|Aug record low C = 7.0
|Sep record low C = 2.6
|Oct record low C = -4.2
|Nov record low C = -9.5
|Dec record low C = -17.2
|year record low C = −24.1
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 27.5
|Feb rain mm = 25.9
|Mar rain mm = 36.9
|Apr rain mm = 31.3
|May rain mm = 25.3
|Jun rain mm = 9.0
|Jul rain mm = 9.8
|Aug rain mm = 12.2
|Sep rain mm = 9.3
|Oct rain mm = 7.3
|Nov rain mm = 5.6
|Dec rain mm = 16.3
|year rain mm = 172.7
|time day = 17:00 [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]]
|Jan humidity = 64.3
|Feb humidity = 52.0
|Mar humidity = 34.9
|Apr humidity = 25.6
|May humidity = 24.6
|Jun humidity = 22.3
|Jul humidity = 27.3
|Aug humidity = 30.7
|Sep humidity = 29.9
|Oct humidity = 31.2
|Nov humidity = 36.6
|Dec humidity = 56.2
|year humidity = 29.6
|source 1 = Pakistan Meteorological Department<ref name=PMD/>
|date=August 2012
}}