Seasons of

India
 Summer Season
MARCH TO MAY

IN THE NORTH OF INDIA TEMPERATURES RISE RISE UPTO 30 DEGREE TO 4O

DEGREE CELSIUS BY MAY.

HOT WINDS CALLED LOO START BLOWING FROM RAJASTHAN TO THE

NEIGHBOURING STATES.

LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS LIKE MANGO SHOWERS AND KALBAISAKHI IN

KERALA AND WEST BENGAL RESPECTIVELY.
 Monsoon Season
JUNE TO SEPTEMBER:
THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE AREA ATTRACTS THE COOL WINDS FROM ARABIAN
SEA AND BAY OF BENGAL.,THESE ARE CALLED AS MONSOON WINDS.

SOUTH-WEST MONSOON:
•THE MONSOON WINDS THAT COME TO INDIA ORIGINATE IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE. THEY GET DEFLECTED NEAR THE EQUATOR AND BECOME THE
SOUTH-WEST MONSOON WINDS.

•ARABIAN SEA BRANCH AND BAY OF BENGAL BRANCH

•SOUTH WEST MONSOON WINDS STRIKE THE SOUTHERN PART OF KERALA IN
EARLY JUNE.IT MOVES AHEAD GIVING RAIN IN DECREASING QUANTITY.

•THE BAY OF BENGAL BRANCH GIVES HEAVY RAINS IN MEGHALAYA AND THEN
BRANCHES OFF INTO TWO SECTIONS- ONE INTO ASSAM AND THE OTHER MOVING
WESTWARDS INTO THE GANGA PLAINS.
Direction of wind
Retreating Monsoon

OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER
THE LOW PRESSURE REGION IN
NORTH INDIA SLOWLY BECOMES
A HIGH PRESSURE REGION.
THE WINDS NOW START TO
BLOW FROM LAND TO SEA AND
THEREFORE ARE DRY.
 Winter Season
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY

BY THIS TIME THE PLAINS OF NORTH INDIA AND THAR DESERT GET
EXTREMELY COLD AND AN INTENSE HIGH PRESSURE CENTRE IS FORMED
HERE.

COASTAL AREAS HAVE A MODERATE CLIMATE WHILE THE HIMALAYAN

REGION EXPERIENCES HEAVY SNOWFALL.
 Winter Rains
—JAMMU AND KASHMIR , PUNJAB , HARYANA AND DELHI RECIEVE RAIN IN
JANUARY FROM WESTERN DISTURBANCES.
—
—THE CORMANDEL COAST OF TAMIL NADU RECIEVES RAIN FROM THE
NORTH EAST MONSOONS.
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