owing to its extreme altitude, pagri has an alpine climate (köppen "eth") that is too cold to permit the growth of trees, even though the altitude is still marginally too low for the formation of permafrost. example mount fuji in japan, uelen in russia and longyearbyen in svalbard norway. the winter is severe in spite of the fact that no month has daytime maxima below , and also very dry and long, extending as late as may. snowfall, however, is rare because of the dryness. summers, during which the great majority of precipitation occurs, are cool even at their warmest and consistently damp, even though the himalayas prevent falls from ever being heavy.