Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Given below is the climatic data of a station. Study the table and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| Temperature °C | 24.5 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 20-4 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 31.0 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 28.0 | 25.9 | 24.7 |
| Rainfall cm | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 30.6 | 35.0 | 13.9 |
- Calculate the annual rainfall experienced by the station.
- What is the annual range of temperature?
- Name the wettest month.
Advertisements
Solution
- Annual rainfall experienced by the station is 128.7 cm.
- The annual range of temperature = 32.5 max. temp. − 20.4 min. temp.
= 12.1 ° C. - The wettest month is November with the highest rainfall 35.0 cm.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give a reason for each of the following:
Central Maharashtra gets less rainfall than the coastal area of Maharashtra.
Give geographical reasons for each of the following:
Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India.
What is the most important feature of the tropical monsoon type of climate?
What is meant by a ‘Rain Shadow’ area?
Mention why does sub-continent have Tropical Monsoon climate.
Chennai has a lower annual range of temperature than Lucknow.
Why does the Tamil Nadu coast get rainfall in October?
Seventy-five percentage of Indian rainfall is from this wind.
The highest rainfall region in India is located in this state.
Now find out
Why is July rainier in Mumbai than in Thiruvananthapuram?
