Lhasa Uprising

Tuesday, March 10, 1959Lhasa District, People's Republic of China

clear and cold25°F

Clear and cold in the small hours, the air falling toward 4°F below zero by first light under a sky with nothing in it. Once the sun cleared the ridges the air warmed quickly for how thin it was, near 28° by late afternoon, the light hard and bright and the shade still cold. Not a cloud in any direction. It cooled just as fast when the sun dropped, the cold coming back within the hour and the stars out thick.

Humidity
44%
Wind
4 mph
Daylight
11.8 hrs
Day's character
clear sky
High / Low
31° / 5°F
Felt like
28° / −4°F
Rain
0.00"
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.11 inHg
Gusting to
13 mph
Wind from
north
Sunrise / Sunset
8:12 am / 8:00 pm

Pre-satellite record — solid, not exact. The Lhasa station, 1 mi away, put the high at 53°F, 22° from the model; put the low at 21°F, 16° from the model. Where they differ, trust the station.

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