CH 8 INDIA CLIMATE , VEGETATION AND WILD LIFE

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Typically, monsoon season is the months of July, August, and September. That’s when afternoon thunderstorms are most frequent and severe.

Southwest Monsoon season. The period June to September is referred to as the ‘Southwest Monsoon’ period. Southwest Monsoon period is the principal rainy season for the Indian subcontinent. This is the summer monsoon period where the southwest monsoon holds away over the country.

American Monsoon, Eastern North American monsoon – Marine monsoon (with some land assist): Australian, Indian – ITCZ: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean in NH Winter (?).

India actually has two monsoons –- the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon. The southwest monsoon, which is the main monsoon, comes in from the sea and starts making its way up India’s west coast in early June. By mid-July, most of the country is covered in rain.

A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions.

A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation.

 Temperature becomes very high. Hot and dry winds called loo.

Climate Seasons Month Climate Winter December to January Very Cool Spring Feburary to March Sunny and pleasant. Summer April to June Hot Monsoon July to Mid-September Wet, hot and humid

Seasons in India: Spring Season, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn, Pre-winter, Winter – Javatpoint.