Sunday, November 10, 2019

HAPPY DIWALI ..
  • Vagaries exclusive .. Festive weather series..Part 3..

    Past 20 years Diwali days (Narak Chaturdashi / Lakshmi Poojan / Balipratipada /Bhaubij )  weather averages of 16 cities..

    (period .. 17 Oct to 16 Nov )

    Part 3  ..Delhi , Dehradun , Kolkata , Bhubaneshwar , Guwahati..

    Diwali marks the transition season on the way to cooler weather over most parts of the country.

1. North India  :

North India temps decrease progressively during this period.

If Diwali is in November , North India is the driest and coolest part of the country during Diwali.

Dehradun is crisp,cool and dry during this season.

Diwali days weather averages (past 20 years .. Diwali 1999 to 2018)
As Diwali is a multi day festival , average of each city is for 3 days of 
Narak Chaturdashi / Laxmi poojan / Bali Pratipada /  Bhaubij

Average of each city is for 60 days .. (20 years x 3 days of Diwali per year = 60 days)

DELHI SFDDEHRADUN
IF DIWALI IS IN OCTOBER32.2 / 17.628.3 / 14.8
IF DIWALI IS IN NOVEMBER29.2 / 14.126.6 / 12.1
AVERAGE TEMP30.5 / 15.727.3 / 13.3
AVERAGE RAIN PER DAYtrace0.2 mms
RAINY DAYS OUT OF 600 days2 days
HIGHEST MAX36.3 c34.5 c 
LOWEST MAX25.4 c21.5 c
max below 30 c
(out of 60 days)
22 days57 days

max above 35 c
(out of 60 days)
1 day0 days
HIGHEST MIN20.2 c18 c
LOWEST MIN10.5 c10 c 
min below 20 c
(out of 60 days)
59 days60 days
min above 25 c
(out of 60 days)
0 days0 days
HIGHEST RAINFALL ON 
A DIWALI DAY
0.5 mms9 mms

2. East India  :

Thunderstorms / Cyclones may occur during this period over Eastern India.
East/North-East India has milder and drier Diwali days in November as compared to October .

Diwali days weather averages (past 20 years .. Diwali 1999 to 2018)
As Diwali is a multi day festival , average of each city is for 3 days of 
Narak Chaturdashi / Laxmi poojan / Bali Pratipada /  Bhaubij

Average of each city is for 60 days .. (20 years x 3 days of Diwali per year = 60 days)

KOLKATA APBHUBANESHWAR GUWAHATI
IF DIWALI IS IN OCTOBER30.8 / 2331.7 / 22.330 / 21
IF DIWALI IS IN NOVEMBER31 / 20.731.5 / 20.929.4 / 18.2
AVERAGE TEMP30.9 / 21.731.6 / 21.529.7 / 19.5
AVERAGE RAIN PER DAY2.4 mms3.5 mms2 mms
RAINY DAYS OUT OF 606 days7 days8 days
HIGHEST MAX34.2 c34.2 c34.5 c
LOWEST MAX24.3 c26.4 c21.3 c
max below 30 c
(out of 60 days)
12 days8 days28 days
max above 35 c
(out of 60 days)
0 days0 days0 days
HIGHEST MIN27.2 c25 c24.6 c
LOWEST MIN17.4 c15.4 c 13.2 c  
min below 20 c
(out of 60 days)
16 days11 days30 days
min above 25 c
(out of 60 days)
2 days0 days0 days
HIGHEST RAINFALL ON 
A DIWALI DAY
70 mms82 mms55 mms

2 comments:

Rawat said...

Thanks for This wonderful information about Various part of the country. This one of it's kind information.

Rajesh said...

Commendable efforts. First of its kind article in any blog or publication. Kudos

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