CLIMATE – Std.
Formulas for Temperature and Rainfall Sums:
1. Range of Temperature = Maximum temperature – Minimum temperature
2. Mean Temperature = Maximum temperature + Minimum temperature
2
3. Mean Annual Temperature = Add the Temperature of all the months
12
4. Annual Rainfall = Add Rainfall of all the months
5. Average Annual Rainfall = Add Rainfall of all the months
12
6. Hottest Month = The month having the maximum temperature
7. Coldest Month = The month having the minimum temperature
8. Wettest Month = The month having maximum rainfall
9. Driest Month = The month having minimum rainfall
10.Name the winds that bring rainfall to the place (You will see for)
(i) If maximum rainfall is in October and November
= North-East Monsoon Winds
Place = Chennai/ Visakhapatnam
Coast = Coromandel Coast
State = Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh
(ii) If maximum rainfall is in December and January
= Westerly Depressions / Western Disturbances
Place = Chandigarh
State = Jammu& Kashmir / Punjab / Haryana
(iii) If the range of temperature is high and maximum rainfall is in
the months from June to September
= South-West Monsoon Winds – Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal Branch
Place = Delhi/Agra/Lucknow
State = Uttar Pradesh/Bihar/Punjab/Haryana
(enjoys Continental Climate)
(iv) If the range of temperature is low and maximum rainfall is in
the months from June to September
= South-West Monsoon Winds – Arabian Sea Branch
Place = Mumbai/Panaji/Mangalore/Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram/
Chennai/Visakhapatnam
State = Maharashtra/Goa/Karnataka/Kerala/Tamil Nadu/Andhra
Pradesh
(enjoys Maritime Climate)
11.Punjab & Haryana receives rainfall from:
➢ Summer:
(i) South-West Monsoon Winds – Arabian Sea Branch
(ii) South-West Monsoon Winds – Bay of Bengal Branch
➢ Winter:
(iii) Westerly Depressions OR Western Disturbances in Winter
12.Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh receive rainfall from:
➢ Summer:
(i) South-West Monsoon Winds –Arabian Sea Branch
➢ Winter:
(ii) North-East Monsoon Winds in Winter
13.Rajasthan/Thar Desert receives rainfall from:
South-West Monsoon Winds – Bay of Bengal Branch in Summer
RAINWATER HARVESTING METHODS IN
INDIA: AREA
1. BHANDARA DECCAN PLATEAU /
MAHARASHTRA
2. TEMPLE PONDS DECCAN PLATEAU
/TAMIL NADU
3. KERE DECCAN PLATEAU /KARNATAKA
4. PAAR WESTERN RAJASTHAN
5. JOHAD RAJASTHAN
6. TANKA RAJASTHAN/ DECCAN
PLATEAU
7. KUND RAJASTHAN / CENTRAL INDIA
8. PUKUR /KHAL WEST BENGAL
9. KHATRI / KULHS /WESTERN
HIMALAYAS
10. ZING / ZONG HIMACHAL PRADESH /
JAMMU & KASHMIR, LADAKH
11. BAOLIS / DIGHI GANGETIC PLAIN
12. KORAMBU EASTERN GHATS
13. CHERUVA TELANGANA /
SEEMANDHRA /
ANDHRA PRADESH
14. DONGS ASSAM / NORTH EAST
15. KHADIN / TANKA GUJARAT
RAJASTHAN
16. TAL/S MAHARASHTRA
17. AHARS/ PYNES BIHAR
18. ERIS / TANKS TAMIL NADU
19. SURANGAMS KERALA
20. KATTAS - KARNATAKA
21. BUNDS UTTAR PRADESH MADHYA
PRADESH
22. KUIS /BERIS WESTERN RAJASTHAN
23. VIRDAS WESTERN COAST/GUJARAT
24. STEPWELL RAJASTHAN
