COMPOSITE CLIMATE

 INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION
2. REGIONS WHERE COMPOSITE CLIMATE IN INDIA
3. ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE CLIMATE
 INTRODUCTION
• COMPOSIT CLIMATE DISPLAYS THE CHARACTERISTICE
OF HOT & DRY, WARM & HUMID AS WELL AS COLD
CLIMATES.
• THEIR CHARACTERISTICE CHANGE FROM SEASON TO
SEASON ALTERNATING BETWEEN LONG HOT, DRY
PERIODS OF CONCENTRATED RAINFALL & HIGH
HUMIDITY.
• THE COMPOSITE ZONE COVERS THE CENTRAL PART
OF INDIA.

COMPOSITE
 REGIONS WHERE COMPOSITE CLIMATE IN INDIA

• NEW DELHI
• PUNJAB
• HARYANA
• UTTAR PRADESH
• MADHYA PRADESH
• CHANDIGARH
• CHHATTISGARH
• BIHAR
• NORTHERN PART OF RAJASTHAN
 ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE CLIMATE

TEMPERATURE
• IN SUMMER: DAY TIME TEMPERATURE 32-47 DEGREE CELSIUS
NIGHT TIME 27-32 DEGREE CELSIUS.
• IN WINTER: DAY TIME TEMPERATURE 10-25 DEGREE CELSIUS
NIGHT TIME 3-10 DEGREE CELSIUS.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
• 20% TO 25% IN DRY PERIDOS
• 55% TO 95% IN WET PERIDOS
 ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE CLIMATE

PRECIPITATION
• VARIES BETWEEN 500 TO 1300 MM PER YEAR.

WIND DIRECTION
• MONSOON SEASON: STRONG WIND ARE RECEIVED FROM SOUTH-EAST
DIRECTION.
• WINTER: DRY COLD WINDS FROM THE NORTH-EAST
• SUMMER: WINDS ARE HOT AND DUSTY.
 ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE CLIMATE

VEGETATION
• DECIDUOUS TREES, CREEPERS AND VINES ARE USED TO SHADE THE
BUILDING DURING SUMMER AND ADMIT AUNLIGHT DURING WINTER
LIKE
• PEEPAL TREE ( FICUS RELIGIOSA )
• JASMIN/INDIAN CORK ( MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS )
• BISMARCK PALM ( BISMARCK NOBILIS)
• SITA ASOKA ( SARACA ASOCA )
• ORCHID TREE ( BAUHINIA VARIEGATA) ETC
 VEGETATION

PEEPAL TREE JASMIN/INDIAN CORK BISMARCK PALM