Table 3.

2 Mean weekly meteorological parameters during the crop growth period (kharif 2012)

Standard Duration Temperature Relative humidity Sun- Rainfall Evaporation Wind

week (Year,2012) (0C) (%) shine (mm) (mm day-1) velocity
number hrs.day-1 (km h-1)
Max. Min. Max. Min.
27 2 July-8 July, 2012 35.4 23.7 73.1 44.7 3.9 27.7 8.1 7.3
28 9 July-15 July, 2012 31.0 22.8 81.4 56.1 3.3 104.6 5.7 7.1
29 16 July-22 July, 2012 31.8 23.6 76.1 54.7 2.8 4.3 5.7 6.8
30 23 July-29July, 2012 31.2 23.4 76.1 58.3 2.4 4.0 5.8 8.4
31 30 July-5Aug., 2012 29.0 22.2 78.0 62.7 1.3 10.6 4.2 7.3
32 6 Aug.-12 Aug., 2012 30.1 22.2 83.4 75.9 1.2 65.9 2.8 4.2
33 13Aug.-19 Aug., 2012 27.4 21.2 86.1 69.9 1.3 57.4 1.9 4.9
34 20 Aug.-26 Aug., 2012 30.0 22.0 82.7 68.3 3.3 16.4 3.3 4.6
35 27 Aug.-2 Sept., 2012 31.5 22.1 90.7 70.0 2.9 72.4 2.7 2.0
36 3 Sept.-9 Sept., 2012 29.3 22.0 93.6 76.0 2.2 162.6 1.9 3.1
37 10 Sept.-16 Sept., 2012 28.9 22.4 89.0 76.1 2.1 86.4 1.8 3.0
38 17 Sept.-23 Sept., 2012 31.0 21.4 87.3 59.7 5.1 0.4 3.4 1.9
39 24 Sept.-30 Sept., 2012 31.8 19.6 81.7 44.1 7.8 34.0 4.4 2.2

Source-Agromet Observatory, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT,Udaipur