The country received no winter rainfall this year. However, in the first 27 days of the pre-monsoon period, most of the areas received rainfall exceeding the normal pre-monsoon precipitation. In the winter season, spanning from December to February, Nepal received only 12.1 mm of rainfall, which was below the average, typically, the average winter rainfall should be 60.1 mm, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM). Most of the Tarai region remained dry throughout winter in a lack of rainfall for almost six months. However, during the pre-mons