I

nter
pret
ati
onofCl
imat
icDat
a
Climati
cDat a-Thi
sisatablet
hatshowsthetemper
atur
eandrai
nfall
measuresofacer
tai
n
0
stati
on,observedorr
ecordeddur
ingayear.Temper
atur
eismeasuredindegr
ees(C)and
rai
nfall
incm.

Mont
h Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul
y Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Temper
atur 23.
1 24.
8 26.
5 29.
3 32 32.
8 33.
1 32.
1 30.
5 29.
3 28.
7 26.
1
0
e(C)

Rai
nfal
l 15.
3 10.
1 0.
3 0.
1 1.
3 4.
5 6.
1 10.
2 10.
5 20.
1 16.
8 19.
0

(
cm)

Forsol
vi
ngacl
i
mat
icdat
a,f
oll
owt
hegi
veni
nst
ruct
ions-

1.AnnualRangeofTemper
atur
e:Thi
siscal
cul
atedas-

Highestt
emperat
ure-l
owesttemperat
ure[
thedi
ff
erencei
ntemper
atur
ebet
weent
hehot
test
andcoldestmont
hinthegiv
ent abl
e]

2.MeanTemper
atur
e-Sum ofal
lmont
hs’
temper
atur
e

Tot
alnumberofmont
hs

3.Tot
alRai
nfal
l:
sum ofal
lmont
hs’
rai
nfal
lmeasur
es

4.Sour
ceofr
ainf
all
-

a.SummerMonsooni
fmax
imum r
aini
sexper
ienceddur
ingJune-Sept
ember

b.West
ernDi
stur
bancei
fthehi
ghestr
aini
sexper
iencedi
nJanuar
y-Febr
uar
y

c.Ret
reat
ingMonsooni
fthemaxi
mum r
ainf
all
recei
vi
ngmont
hsar
eOct
ober
-Nov
ember

d.Nor
th-
EastMonsooni
fthehi
ghestr
ainf
all
isr
ecei
vedi
nDecember
-Januar
y

5.Locat
ionoft
hegi
venst
ati
on-Toi
dent
if
ythel
ocat
ionoft
hest
ati
onornami
ngt
hegi
ven
stat
ion-

Obser
vet
hesour
ceofr
ainf
all
:

a.I
fsummermonsoon,
anyst
ateexper
ienci
ngsummermonsoon[
e.g.westBengal
/Del
hi]

b.I
fWest
ernDi
stur
bance,
NW par
tofI
ndi
a[e.
g.Punj
ab/Har
yana]

c.Ret
reat
ingMonsoon,
anyst
ateal
ongt
hesout
heastcoastofI
ndi
a[e.
g.Tami
lNadu]

d.Nor
thEastMonsoon,
anyst
ateal
ongt
hesout
heastcoastofI
ndi
a[e.
g.Tami
lNadu]
Obser
vetheannualr
angeoftemperat
ure:Lowerther
angeoftemperat
ure,
thest
ati
oni
s
cl
osert
othecoastandhighert
herange,t
hestati
onisawayfr
om thecoast
.

6.Tof
indwhetherthegivenst
ationl
iescl
osetothesea[experi
enci
ngmari
ne/equabl
e
cl
imat
e]orawayfrom thesea[exper
ienci
ngcont
inent
al/Extr
emeclimat
e]

a.Obser
vetheannual
rangeoftemper
atur
e.Ifi
tismorethan100Ctheni
tisqui
teawayf
rom
theshor
e.Thel
essthedif
fer
ence,t
hestat
ionisneart
othecoast.

b.Obser
vet
hesour
ceofr
ainf
all
int
hegi
venst
ati
on

7.Whethert
hegiv
enstati
onliesclosetothesea[
exper
ienci
ngmarine/equablecl
imat
e]or
awayfrom t
hesea[exper
iencingconti
nental
/Ext
remecli
mate]
,i
fitisnearthecoastt
hen
whichcoast
-

a.Obser
vet
heannual
rangeoft
emper
atur
e

b.Obser
vethesourceofrai
nfal
l[e.g.Ret
reat
ingorNEMonsoonisexperi
encedi
nthe
east
erncoastonl
y/WesternDist
urbanceisexper
iencedi
nNW I
ndiaonly
]]