Editing Punjab, Pakistan (section)

===Climate===

[[File:Punjab sunset.JPG|thumb|Sunset in Punjab, during summer]]
Most areas in Punjab experience extreme weather with foggy winters, often accompanied by rain. By mid-February the temperature begins to rise; springtime weather continues until mid-April, when the summer heat sets in.
The onset of the southwest [[monsoon]] is anticipated to reach Punjab by May, but since the early 1970s, the weather pattern has been irregular. The spring monsoon has either skipped over the area or has caused it to rain so hard that floods have resulted. June and July are oppressively hot. Although official estimates rarely place the temperature above 46&nbsp;°C, newspaper sources claim that it reaches 51&nbsp;°C and regularly carry reports about people who have succumbed to the heat. Heat records were broken in [[Multan]] in June 1993, when the [[Temperature measurement|mercury]] was reported to have risen to 54&nbsp;°C. In August the oppressive heat is punctuated by the rainy season, referred to as ''barsat'', which brings relief in its wake. The hardest part of the summer is then over, but cooler weather does not come until late October.

In early 2007, the province experienced one of the coldest winters in the last 70 years.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/06/nat47.htm|title= Mercury drops to freezing point – Dawn Pakistan|date= 6 January 2007}}</ref>

Punjab's region temperature ranges from −2° to 45&nbsp;°C, but can reach 50&nbsp;°C (122&nbsp;°F) in summer and can touch down to −10&nbsp;°C in winter.

Climatically, Punjab has three major seasons:<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/punjabataglance/SomeFacts.htm |title=Welcome to Official Web site of Punjab, India |access-date=23 November 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123230402/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/PUNJABATAGLANCE/SomeFacts.htm |archive-date=23 November 2005 }}</ref>

* Hot weather (April to early June) when temperature rises as high as {{convert|123|°F|°C|abbr=on}}.
* Rainy season (late June to September). Average annual rainfall ranges between 950 and 1300&nbsp;mm sub-mountain region and 500–800&nbsp;mm in the plains.
* Cold / Foggy / mild weather (October to March). Temperature goes down as low as {{convert|35.6|°F|°C|abbr=on}}.
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Weather extremes are notable from the hot and barren south to the cool hills of the north. The foothills of the [[Himalayas]] are found in the extreme north as well, and feature a much cooler and wetter climate, with snowfall common at higher altitudes.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}