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.
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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.
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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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