Okhaldhunga
Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal
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Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households.[1]
Okhaldhunga
ओखलढुङ्गा | |
|---|---|
Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality | |
  Okhaldhunga Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
| District | Okhaldhunga District |
| Elevation | 1,561 m (5,121 ft) |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 3,761 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal code | +977 |
Climate
| Climate data for Okhaldhunga, elevation 1,731 m (5,679 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1983–2017) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.0 (0.47) |
14.9 (0.59) |
25.8 (1.02) |
66.5 (2.62) |
153.0 (6.02) |
292.9 (11.53) |
417.8 (16.45) |
416.0 (16.38) |
265.0 (10.43) |
61.2 (2.41) |
8.0 (0.31) |
8.2 (0.32) |
1,741.3 (68.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 7.9 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 16.3 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 115.1 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Media
To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations.[5][6][7]
Gallery
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Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
