CLIMATE OF INDIA

REASONING QUESTIONS
• Why does Kanyakumari experience an equable
climate
• The northern plains of india has a continental
type of climate
• Mangalore is not cold even in the months of
december
• Kanpur has a higher range of temperature than
chennai
• Jaipur has a higher range of temperature than
mumbai
 DATA TABLE
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
E

10 18 20 30 32 38 37 35 31 30 28 23
THE HOT DRY SEASON
 FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE OF
INDIA [ CYCLONES]
TROPICAL CYCLONES TEMPERATE CYCLONES
• They originate in the • They originate in the
tropical areas [Bay of temperate regions
Bengal] [Mediterranean sea]
• They blow towards the west • Blows towards east
• September-October • December-january
• Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andhra • Punjab, U.P, Haryana,
Pradesh Himanachal
 CYCLONES
TROPICAL CYCLONE TEMPERATE CYCLONE
 REASONING QUESTIONS
• Western coast of India experiences relief rainfall.
OR
• The Konkan coast receives orographic rainfall.
• Even though Pune lies in the western coast of India, still it receives less rainfall.
OR
• The central Maharashtra receives less rainfall as compared to the west Maharashtra.
OR
• When the malabar soast is receiving high rainfall in July, the Tamil Nadu coast is comparatively dry.
• Thar is a desert.
OR
• Western Rajasthan receives no rain from the Arabian sea branch.
OR
• In spite of aravalis Rajasthan receives scanty rainfall
• Between the two the Arabian sea branch is more important
• the Ganga Plain receives rain much later than Maharashtra
• Mangalore experiences more rainfall than mysuru
BAY OF BENGAL BRANCH
 REASONING QUESTIONS
• Patna receives heavier rainfall than Delhi
OR
• Kolkata receives heavier rain than lucknow
• Shillong gets less than 200cm of rainfall in the
year while Cherrapunji receives more than
1250 cm of rainfall.
• Tamil Nadu has to wait till November to gets
its share of monsoon
 DATA TABLE
• Annual range of temperature = max temp-min temp=_____C
• Annual rainfall= sum of rainfall of 12 months _____ cm
• Average annual rainfall= sum of rainfall of 12 months/ 12
• Location of a station=
if annual range of temp is more than 10 degree centigrade- landlocked/interior
if annual range of temp is equal to or less than 10 degree- coastal location
• Winds which bring rainfall=
rain in july-sep=south west monsoon winds
rain in oct- nov= retreating south west monsoon winds/north east monsoon winds
• Hottest month= the month with the highest temperature
• Wettest month= the month with the highest rainfall
• Most dry month= the month with the least amount of rainfall
Windward or leeward location=
if the average rainfall received by the place from June to September is more than 40 cm
then the place is located on the windward side[ add up the rainfall received during July, aug, sept and
october and divide it by 4]
if the average rainfall received by the place from June to September is less than 40 cm then
the place is located on the leeward side