Quetta, Pakistan features a continental and semi-arid climate with significant variations between summer and winter temperatures. The highest temperature recorded in Quetta was 42 °C (108 °F) on 10 July 1998. The lowest temperature in Quetta is −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) which was recorded on 8 January 1970.
Summer starts in late May and continues until early September with average temperatures ranging from 24 °C (75 °F) to 26 °C (79 °F). Autumn starts in late September and continues until mid-November with average temperatures of 12 °C (54 °F) to 18 °C (64 °F). Winter starts from the first week of October and ends in late March, with average temperatures near 4 °C (39 °F) to 5 °C (41 °F). Spring starts in early April and ends in late May, with average temperatures close to 15 °C (59 °F). Unlike most of Pakistan, however, Quetta does not have a monsoon of sustained, heavy rainfall. The highest rainfall during a 24-hour period is 113 millimetres (4.4 in) recorded on 17 December 2000; the highest monthly rainfall is 232.4 millimetres (9.15 in), which was recorded in March, 1982; and the highest annual rainfall recorded is 949.8 millimetres (37.39 in) in 1982. The principle mode of precipitation in winter is snow, falls mostly in December, January, February and sometimes even in March.
The monthly breakup of the weather in Quetta is as follows:
January is the coldest month in Quetta, and Western Disturbances causes rainfall with occasional snowfall in the city. The highest temperature on record 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) on 28 January 1987; and the lowest temperature is −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F), recorded on 8 January 1970. The highest monthly rainfall recorded was 178 millimetres (7.0 in) in 1982; while the most rain in a 24-hours period was 69 millimetres (2.7 in) on 30 January 1982.
January is the most probable month for snow. Western disturbances are at the peak of their season, and the combination of wintriness makes this month most suitable for the season's heavy snow. All the decades of this month are crucial for the snow to fall. During the past years the city have seen some record snowfalls during this month. On 14 and 15 January 2017 Quetta Received Heaviest Snow Of Last 10 Years 4 to 6 feet Recorded in some areas ..
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