Editing Quetta (section)

== Climate ==
{{Main|Climate of Quetta}}
Quetta has a [[cold semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'') with a significant variation between summer and winter temperatures. Summer starts from late May and goes on until early September with average temperatures ranging from {{convert|24|–|26|C|F}}. The highest temperature in Quetta is {{convert|42|C|F}} which was recorded on 10 July 1998.<ref name="pakmet.com.pk">{{cite web |url=http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Quetta_Climate_Data.txt |title=Mean FOR THE PERIOD 1961 – 2009 |publisher=Climate Data Processing Centre (CDPC), Pakistan Meteorological Department |location=Karachi |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613053237/http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Quetta_Climate_Data.txt }}</ref> Autumn starts in mid-September and continues until mid-November with average temperatures in the {{convert|12|–|18|C|F}} range. Winter starts in late November and ends in late February with average temperatures near {{convert|4|–|5|C|F}}. The lowest temperature in Quetta is {{convert|-18.3|C|F}} which was recorded on 8 January 1970.<ref name="pakmet.com.pk"/> Spring starts in early March and ends in mid-May with average temperatures close to {{convert|15|°C|°F|abbr=on}}. Unlike more easterly parts of Pakistan, Quetta does not have a [[monsoon]] season of heavy rainfall. Highest rainfall during 24 hours in Quetta is {{convert|113|mm|in}} which was recorded on 17 December 2000,<ref name="pakmet.com.pk"/> Highest monthly rainfall of {{convert|232.4|mm|in}} was recorded in March 1982 which was also the year of the highest annual rainfall, {{convert|949.8|mm|in}}.<ref name="pakmet.com.pk"/> In the winter, snowfall has become quite erratic (December, January and February).

{{Quetta weatherbox}}

The city saw a severe drought from 1999 to 2001 during which the city did not receive snowfall and below normal rains. In 2002, the city received snow after a gap of five years. In 2004 and 2005, the city received normal rains after three years without snowfall while in 2006, 2007 and 2009 the city received no snow. In 2008, it received a snowfall of {{convert|10|cm|in|0}} in four hours on 29 January,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104081930/http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/29/nat4.htm |archive-date=4 January 2009 |url-status=live |url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/29/nat4.htm |title=Cold wave intensifies with heavy snowfall |date=29 January 2008 |website=Dawn }}</ref> followed on 2 February by {{convert|25.4|cm|in|0}} in 10 hours<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C04%5Cstory_4-2-2008_pg7_22 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |work=Daily Times |date=4 February 2008 |access-date=8 May 2012 |archive-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119011506/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C04%5Cstory_4-2-2008_pg7_22 |url-status=live }}</ref> – the city's heaviest snowfall in a decade. During the winter of 2010, it received no snow and saw below normal rains due to the presence of [[El Niño-Southern Oscillation|El-Nino]] over Pakistan.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}