December 22: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology under the Meteorological Forecasting Division has urged people to take necessary precaution against cold as the temperature has been plummeting across the country.    
Cold has increased with the drop in mercury throughout the country, including in the Kathmandu Valley. The minimum temperature in Kathmandu today has been measured at 4.5 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 19 degrees Celsius.    
The minimum temperature in Kathmandu is between 4 to 5 degrees Celsius and the maximum in the range of around 17 to 19 degrees Celsius since the last three to four days.    
Extreme cold has intensified in Kathmandu due to the fall in temperature. Although the days are sunny, the morning and evening tends to be quite chilly.    
The lowest temperature of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius has been recorded in Jomsom and minus 2.8 degrees Celsius in Jumla, the division said.    
The Westerly wind is having partial impact in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy to generally fair due to this weather system. The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and partly cloudy to generally fair in the rest of the provinces tonight.    
There are chances of light rain in one or two places of the hill regions of Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces.    
The Division stated that there is possibility of light snowfall in one or two places of the high-hills and mountainous region of Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. -- RSS