Maximum daytime temperatures in Thimphu valley soared to 30.5 degrees Celsius last Wednesday, the first time the mercury has climbed this high in the month of May, say weather officials.
Northwest Bhutan in the past week was drier than normal, weather forecasting officials with the meteorological unit said. There had been light showers late in the evenings, but not enough to cool down temperatures; besides there was very less cloud cover. Southern and eastern Bhutan also recorded higher temperatures than normal.
“Unless Thimphu valley experiences the coming monsoon, the temperature will keep on fluctuating,” a weather forecasting official, Sonam Tashi, said last Friday.
The Indian meteorological department has predicted the monsoon to start from June 10 in Bhutan, and the Indian state of Kerala. But the Bay of Bengal has already started experiencing monsoon showers from May 29.
After recording a high of 30.5 degree Celsius on May 25, maximum temperatures in Thimphu valley on May 28 and 29 dropped to 28 degree Celsius, as measured by the station within the economic affairs ministry complex. The station is at an altitude of 2,380m. In May last year the hottest day measured a maximum temperature of 28 degree Celsius.
Thimphu valley’s hottest day in the past 16 years was recorded on August 22, 2006, when temperatures touched 33.5 degree Celsius.
“When you have to sit under a fan after walking home from office is a sign that things are getting warm,” Cheten Lhamo, a civil servant in Thimphu, said.
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