Sunday, January 12, 2020

# 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)


3 comments:

Rajesh said...

Very good analysis.. And yes , as mentioned Nagpur showing and Ratnagiri by 2c. Nagpur days also.
Nagpur still showing low temperatures.
Good and your favourite.. Day and night difference.
Good creativity and Pride of Vagaries.

Rajesh said...

Suresh.. Please put up your comments again..

Rawat said...

Please provide same data for North india as well.

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