What's the climate like on Mount Everest?

The climate of Mount Everest and its nearby peaks is complex and changeable, with obvious monsoon characteristics. Winter is dry and windy, which is dry season and windy season, and summer is rainy season. There is a great difference in climate between the north and south slopes of Mount Everest, and the south slope is rich in precipitation, which has the characteristics of maritime monsoon climate. There is little precipitation on the northern slope, which is the climate characteristic of the continental plateau. Often even within a day, the weather is unpredictable, let alone having sex all year round.

Generally speaking, the rainy season is from early June to mid-September every year, and the strong southeast monsoon leads to frequent rainstorms, fog, ice and snow, and unpredictable. 165438+1From mid-October to mid-February of the following year, due to the strong cold current in the northwest, the temperature can reach -60℃, with an average temperature of -40℃-50℃. The maximum wind speed can reach 90 meters per second. Every year from the beginning of March to the end of May is the spring from windy season to rainy season, and from the beginning of September to the end of 10 is the autumn from rainy season to windy season. From the beginning of June to the end of August, Everest may have good weather, which is the best season for climbing.

The Himalayan region where Mount Everest is located used to be a part of Wang Yang. In the long geological age, a large number of gravels and sediments washed down from the land accumulated in the Himalayan region, forming a marine sedimentary rock layer with a thickness of more than 30 thousand meters. Later, due to the strong orogeny, the Himalayan region was squeezed and lifted violently. According to estimates, the average increase is about 20-30 meters every 1 10,000 years. Until now, the Himalayas are still rising.

Prospect of Mount Everest