Meanwhile, the drop in day temperatures with formation of low pressure system since Thursday morning brought cloudy weather with scattered rains in some areas.

The changed weather condition affected almost the entire country except some parts of the eastern region, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) on Thursday.

Subash Rimal, a meteorologist at the MFD, said the weather will be generally cloudy throughout the country with chances of light rain or thunder at some places in the eastern, central and western regions for the next two days.

The cold wave this year has so far claimed 22 lives.