Friday, September 16, 2011

4. Climate

Indore has a transitional climate between a tropical wet and dry climate and a humid subtropical climate. Three distinct seasons are observed: summer, monsoon and winter.
Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in April and May. The daytime temperatures can touch 40°C on more than one occasion. Average summer temperature may go as high as 36–39 °C (100.4 °F) but humidity is very low.
Winters are moderate and usually dry. Lower temperatures can go as low as 4°C-6°C on some nights. Usually the temperature ranges between 26°C-30°C during winters.
Rains are due to southwest monsoons. The typical monsoon season goes from June 15 till mid-September, contributing 32-35 inches of annual rains. 95% of rains occur during monsoon season.
Overall, the climate of Indore is quite pleasant. As the temperature of the evening and night is quite soothing, irrespective of the temperature of the day.
Indore gets moderate rainfall of 35 to 38 inches (890 to 970 mm) during July–September due to the southwest monsoon.
[hide]Climate data for Indore
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7) 28.8
(83.8) 34.3
(93.7) 38.7
(101.7) 40.4
(104.7) 36.2
(97.2) 30.3
(86.5) 28.2
(82.8) 30.9
(87.6) 32.4
(90.3) 29.7
(85.5) 26.9
(80.4) 31.94
(89.5)
Average low °C (°F) 9.8
(49.6) 11.4
(52.5) 16.2
(61.2) 21.2
(70.2) 24.4
(75.9) 24.1
(75.4) 22.6
(72.7) 21.9
(71.4) 21.1
(70) 18.1
(64.6) 13.9
(57) 10.6
(51.1) 17.94
(64.3)
Precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.16) 3
(0.12) 1
(0.04) 3
(0.12) 11
(0.43) 136
(5.35) 279
(10.98) 360
(14.17) 185
(7.28) 52
(2.05) 21
(0.83) 7
(0.28) 1,062
(41.81)
Avg. precipitation days 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.8 8.6 15.9 18.3 8.6 3.1 1.4 0.6 60.5
Sunshine hours 288.3 274.4 288.3 306.0 325.5 210.0 105.4 80.6 180.0 269.7 273.0 282.1 2,883.3
Source: HKO

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