Climate of kerala

With around 120140 rainy days per year, Kerala has a wet and maritime tropical climate influenced by the seasonal heavy rains of the southwest summer monsoon and northeast winter [116] monsoon. Around 65% of the rainfall occurs from June to August corresponding to the southwest [116] monsoon, and the rest from September to December corresponding to northeast monsoon. Southwest monsoon; The moisture-laden winds, on reaching the southernmost point of the Indian Peninsula, because of its topography, become divided into two parts: the "Arabian Sea Branch" and the "Bay of [117] Bengal Branch". The "Arabian Sea Branch" of the Southwest Monsoon first hits the Western Ghats in [118] Kerala, thus making the area the first state in Indiato receive rain from the Southwest [119][120] Monsoon. Northeast monsoon: The distribution of pressure patterns is reversed during this season and the cold winds from North India pick up moisture from the Bay of Bengal and precipitate it in the east [121][122] coast of peninsular India. In Kerala, the influence of the northeast monsoon is seen in southern [123] districts only. Kerala's rainfall averages 3,107 mm (122 in) annually. Some of Kerala's drier lowland regions average only 1,250 mm (49 in); the mountains of eastern Idukki district receive more than 5,000 mm (197 in) of orographic precipitation: the highest in the state. In eastern Kerala, a drier tropical wet and dry climate prevails. During summer, the state is prone to gale force winds, storm [124]:26, 46, 52 surges, cyclone-related torrential downpours, occasional droughts, and rises in sea level. The [125] mean daily temperatures range from 19.8 C to 36.7 C. Mean annual temperatures range from 25.0 27.5 C in the coastal lowlands to 20.022.5 C in the eastern highlands
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