# Festive weather series .. Makar Sankranti
21st century averages (2000 to 2019)
Western India 


The festival is during the core winter season over India ..

Western India has sunny , clear , dry days and cool nights ..
Diurnal temp range can be high over western India during this season, even along the coast..

1. Coastal Maharashtra 
Fine and sunny weather prevails over Konkan and Goa ..
Nights become cooler as we move away from the coast ..

2. Gujarat plains
Fine , sunny and very dry weather prevails over Gujarat.
Nights can get cold at times ..

	MUMBAI	RATNAGIRI	RAJKOT
2000 - 2009	32.2 / 17.6	32.4 / 19.5	30.4 / 12.8
2010 - 2019	31.1 / 16.6	32.5 / 17.4	29.1 / 13.1
AVERAGE TEMP	31.6 / 17.1	32.4 / 18.5	29.7 / 13
AVERAGE RAIN PER RAINY DAY	0	0	0
RAINY DAYS OUT OF 20	0	0	0
HIGHEST MAX	35.1	35.5	34.8
LOWEST MAX	27.8	28	25.4
max below 30 c (out of 20 days)	3 days	2 days	11 days
max above 35 c (out of 20 days)	1 day	3 days	0 days
HIGHEST MIN	21.8	23	18.5
LOWEST MIN	13.8	14.9	8.4
min below 10 c (out of 20 days)	0 days	0 days	2 days
min below 15 c (out of 20 days)	5 days	1 day	15 days
min above 20 c (out of 20 days)	3 days	4 days	0 days
HIGHEST TEMP RANGE	34 / 15.2 = 18.8 c	35.4 / 15.3 = 20.1 c	31.3 / 11 = 20.3 c

3. Deccan plateau (Maharashtra)
Fine , sunny and dry weather prevails over the Deccan plateau. 
North Deccan plateau is cooler than South Deccan plateau.

Nights can get cold  ..
Diurnal temp range can be very high and go upto 25 c ..

	NASIK*	PUNE	SOLAPUR	NAGPUR
2000 - 2009		31.1 / 11.3	32.1 / 16.9	30.9 / 13.4
2010 -2019	29.3 / 9.9	30.5 / 11.4	32.1 / 15.7	28.8 / 11.4
AVERAGE TEMP	29.5 / 10.8	30.8 / 11.3	32.1 / 16.3	29.9 / 12.4
AVERAGE RAIN PER DAY	0	0	0	0
RAINY DAYS OUT OF 20	0	0	0	0
HIGHEST MAX	33.1	34.2	35.9	32.3
LOWEST MAX	26.7	28.6	29.1	26.1
max below 30 c (out of 20 days)	8 days (out of 14)	5 days	1 day	7 days
max above 35 c	0 days	0 days	2 days	0 days
HIGHEST MIN	14.3	15.6	20.9	16.7
LOWEST MIN	7.4	7.4	9.7	6.6
min below 10 c (out of 20 days)	6 days (out of 14)	7 days	1 day	6 days
min above 20 c (out of 20 days)	0 days	0 days	3 days	0 days
HIGHEST TEMP RANGE	33.1 / 9.4 = 23.7 c	34.2 / 9.1 = 25.1 c	35.9 / 13.4 = 22.5 c	32.3 / 9.6 = 22.7 c

(*Nasik data is for past 14 years)