FORMULAS FOR TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL

1. Range of Temperature = Maximum Temperature – Minimum

Temperature
2. Mean Temperatures = Maximum Temperature + Minimum Temperature
2
3. Mean Annual Temperature = Add the Temperature of all the Months
12
4. Annual Rainfall = Add the rainfall of all the Months
5. Average Annual Rainfall = Add the rainfall of all the Months
12
6. Hottest Month = The Month that has the Highest / Maximum
Temperature.
7. Coldest Month = The Month that has the Lowest / Minimum
Temperature.
8. Wettest Month = The Month that has the Highest / Maximum Amount
of Rainfall.
9. Driest Month = The Month that has the Lowest / Minimum Amount of
Rainfall.
10.Name the winds that bring rainfall to the place (Look for)
(i) If Maximum Rainfall is in October and November
NORTH EAST MONSOON WINDS / RETREATING MONSOONS
Place : Chennai / Visakhapatnam
Coast : Coromandel Coast
State : Tamil Nadu / Andhra Pradesh

(ii) If Maximum Rainfall is in December and January

WESTERLY DEPRESSIONS / WESTERN DISTURBANCES / NORTH
EAST MONSOON
Place : Chandigarh
State : Jammu & Kashmir / Punjab / Haryana

(iii) If the range of temperature is low and maximum rainfall is in the

months from June to September
SOUTH WEST MONSOON WINDS – ARABIAN SEA BRANCH
Place : Mumbai / Panaji / Mangalore / Kochi /
Thiruvananthapuram / Chennai / Visakhapatnam
 State : Maharashtra / Goa / Karnataka / Kerala / Tamil Nadu /
Andhra Pradesh
(enjoys Maritime Climate)
11.Punjab and Haryana receives rainfall from
SUMMER
South West Monsoon Winds – Arabian Sea Branch
South West Monsoon Winds – Bay of Bengal Branch
WINTER
Westerly Depressions / Western Disturbances in Winter
12.Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh receives rainfall from
SUMMER
South West Monsoon Winds - Arabian Sea Branch
WINTER
North East Monsoon Winds
13.Rajasthan / Thar Desert receives rainfall from
SUMMER
South West Monsoon Winds – Bay of Bengal Branch