Editing Gulmit (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Retreating Attabad lake.JPG|thumb|Retreating [[Attabad lake]] at Gulmit]]
With virtually no rainfall during the year, Gulmit features a [[cool arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWk''). The average temperature in summer is {{convert|18|to|24|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}, while the annual precipitation averages {{convert|113|mm|in|sigfig=2|disp=or}}. November is the driest month with {{convert|2|mm|in|sigfig=2|disp=or}} of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of {{convert|24|mm|in|sigfig=2|disp=or}}.

July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of {{convert|21.8|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}. The coldest month January has an average temperature of {{convert|&minus;5.5|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}.

{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Gulmit
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = -1.0
| Feb high C =  1.5
| Mar high C =  7.6
| Apr high C = 14.7
| May high C = 19.9
| Jun high C = 25.4
| Jul high C = 28.5
| Aug high C = 28.0
| Sep high C = 23.0
| Oct high C = 16.3
| Nov high C =  9.1
| Dec high C =  1.9
| Jan mean C = -5.5
| Feb mean C = -3.2
| Mar mean C =  2.9
| Apr mean C =  9.4
| May mean C = 13.9
| Jun mean C = 18.8
| Jul mean C = 21.8
| Aug mean C = 21.5
| Sep mean C = 16.6
| Oct mean C = 10.0
| Nov mean C =  3.5
| Dec mean C = -2.5

| Jan low C = -10.0
| Feb low C =  -7.9
| Mar low C =  -1.7
| Apr low C =  4.1
| May low C =  7.9
| Jun low C = 12.3
| Jul low C = 15.2
| Aug low C = 15.1
| Sep low C = 10.2
| Oct low C =  3.8
| Nov low C = -2.1
| Dec low C = -6.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm =  7
| Feb precipitation mm =  8
| Mar precipitation mm = 16
| Apr precipitation mm = 18
| May precipitation mm = 24
| Jun precipitation mm =  5
| Jul precipitation mm =  8
| Aug precipitation mm =  9
| Sep precipitation mm =  7
| Oct precipitation mm =  5
| Nov precipitation mm =  2
| Dec precipitation mm =  4
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web|url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/194295/|title = Climate: Gulmit |publisher=Climate-Data.org|accessdate = 9 September 2016}}</ref>
}}