Know your Kathmandu: 3

Identify this temple!

Q. for "Know your Kathmandu" for the month of Asar.

Check yourself how well you know of the valley and share unique information that only you know about this place with others!


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The temple is located in outskirt of Patan.

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Earthquake in Nepal! M4.2 at Northern Khotang on June 9

Kathmandu, June 10 National Seismological Center (NSC) web portal reported a minor earthquake measuring M4.2 on Richter scale in Eastern Nepal on late night of June 9^th at 9:56m local time (16:11 UTC). According to the NSC the quake was epicentered at Northern Khotang, Sagarmatha Zone in Eastern Development Region of Nepal.

This is the 15th M4+ scale earthquake in the country this year, 2013.



Aerial distance and direction to the epicenter from major cities:
92km NW of Biratnagar
100km NE of Janakpur
139km ESE of Kathmandu
286km ESE of Pokhara
507km East of Nepalgunj
666km East of Mahendranagar

Click here for more on recent earthquakes in Nepal.

Related topics:

M.4.5 hit Northern Bajura (May 31)
M4.2 hit Sindhupalchok (May 26)
Triple quake M4.3, M4.4 and M4.5 at Mugu (May 14)
M4.9 hit Northern Bajhang (April 28)
M4.2 hit Dhanusa (March 17)
M5.4 hit Rukum (March 6)
M4.1 hit Baglung (February 22)
M4 hit Bajhang (February 7)
M4.5 hit Bajhang (January 18)
M4 hits Siraha (January 13)
M5.5 hits Northern part of Bajura (January 9)
M4.7 hits Bajhang - Doti border (January 2)
M4.5 at Rolpa - Pyuthan Border (December 22)
M4 hit North East Jajarkot (December 4)
M5.6 and M4 hit Bajhang in far west (November 12)
M4.4 at Southern Rukum (September 17)
M4.3 at Northern Rolpa (August 30)
M4.4 at Southern Dailekh (August 28)
Series of earthquakes hit Western Nepal, Rolpa, Rolpa-Rukum border (August 23)
Triple quake measuring M5 to M4.2 jolts Rukum (July 31)
M4.9 earthquake hits Southern Bajhang in Western Nepal (July 11)
M4.5 earthquake at Panchthar - Sikkim border (June 11)
M4.8 earthquake hit Pokhara (June 9)

June weather trend in Kathmandu in recent years

June is the second hottest month in Kathmandu after the month of May. This is also the month in which most of the people in Nepal, especially those who work in agriculture field anxiously wait for the rain of fortune - the Monsoon. Early /or delayed or too much /or less monsoon rain change the fate of farmers, and in turn very much affect the economy of Nepal as well as many countries in sub-Indian continent. Fortunately, this year, the monsoon is expected to become active timely and that too is expect to be a normal monsoon. Predicting timing and intensity of Asian monsoon is still a challenge to science due to lack of proper model for complex geo-structure of the region and insufficient data.

This year, the month started with slightly cooler than average temperature for the first half of June. The average maximum temperature till date is almost in par with the monthly average for the month for last 30 years (viz. 29°C). With entry of monsoon rain, it is expected to get lowered, thus, June 2013 could be cooler than average June. Past six years' average maximum monthly temperature was 1.2°C higher than the 30 years average. Whereas, the average monthly minimum temperature for past 30 years and past 6 years are 19°C and 19.4°C respectively.

The month of June in year 2010 and 2012 were the hottest Junes in recent years, with average maximum temperature at 31.1° and 31.2°C respectively. In terms of hot days, June 2010 registered 24days and June 2012 - 21days with daily maximum temperature above 30°C. Whereas June 2008 saw only 9 days with temperature above 30°C and average max temperature was 29.3°C, which was still above the 30 years average monthly max. June 13^th 2012 is the record hottest June day with maximum temperature of 35.2°, whereas June 10^th 2009 registered the lowest temperature of 15.8°C. Similarly, June 19^th was the coolest day, on which the mercury did not cross 23°C mark.

Average monthly rainfall in Kathmandu in June is 236.3mm. The maximum 24 hours rainfall recorded in May was 100.5mm in June 29, 1980. However, the average rainfall in past 6 years is slightly below the 30 years' average, which stands at just above 200mm. 2009 June received only about 50% of the monthly rainfall, with just 121.7mm, similarly, 2010 and 2012 Junes also received less rainfalls (145.1mm and 137.8mm respectively). Whereas, June 2011 received maximum amount of rainfall amounting to 289.2mm. Looking at the amount and rainfall pattern, so far, this month as well as the monsoon forecast by Nepali and Indian meteorological agencies, June 2013 rainfall amount is expected to stand at average at least.

Below comparison of June 2013 weather trend to past six years trend.

Daily averages

Daily Max

Daily Min

Averages and extremes

Number of warm and cold days

data: Meteorological Forecasting Division, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, World Meteorological Organization, yalamandu.com

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Earthquake in Nepal! M4.5 at Northern Bajura on May 31

Kathmandu, May 31 National Seismological Center (NSC) web portal reported a moderate earthquake measuring M4.5 on Richter scale in Western Nepal in the mid-day of May 31^st at 11:49am local time (06:04 UTC). According to the NSC the quake was epicentered at Northern Bajura in Far Western Development Region of Nepal.

This is the 10th M4+ scale earthquake in the region. Earlier triple earthquake above M4 hit Mugu in this region on May 14^th.



Aerial distance and direction to the epicenter from major cities:
653km WNW of Biratnagar
540km NW of Janakpur
431km WNW of Kathmandu
288km NW of Pokhara
185km North of Nepalgunj
167km ENE of Mahendranagar

Click here for more on recent earthquakes in Nepal.

Related topics:

M4.2 hit Sindhupalchok (May 26)
Triple quake M4.3, M4.4 and M4.5 at Mugu (May 14)
M4.9 hit Northern Bajhang (April 28)
M4.2 hit Dhanusa (March 17)
M5.4 hit Rukum (March 6)
M4.1 hit Baglung (February 22)
M4 hit Bajhang (February 7)
M4.5 hit Bajhang (January 18)
M4 hits Siraha (January 13)
M5.5 hits Northern part of Bajura (January 9)
M4.7 hits Bajhang - Doti border (January 2)
M4.5 at Rolpa - Pyuthan Border (December 22)
M4 hit North East Jajarkot (December 4)
M5.6 and M4 hit Bajhang in far west (November 12)
M4.4 at Southern Rukum (September 17)
M4.3 at Northern Rolpa (August 30)
M4.4 at Southern Dailekh (August 28)
Series of earthquakes hit Western Nepal, Rolpa, Rolpa-Rukum border (August 23)
Triple quake measuring M5 to M4.2 jolts Rukum (July 31)
M4.9 earthquake hits Southern Bajhang in Western Nepal (July 11)
M4.5 earthquake at Panchthar - Sikkim border (June 11)
M4.8 earthquake hit Pokhara (June 9)