India has a large variation in climate from region to region, due to its vast size. India experiences climate from four major climate groups. These can be further subdivided into seven climatic types.

Tropical rainy climatic group

The regions belonging to this group experience persistent high temperatures which normally do not go below 18°C even in the coolest month. There are two climatic types which fall under this group.

Tropical monsoon rain forest

The west coastal lowlands, the Western Ghats and southern parts of Assam have this climate type. It is characterized by high temperatures throughout the year, even in the hills. The rainfall here is seasonal, but heavy and is above 200 cm a year. Most of the rain is received in the period from May to November, and is adequate for the growth of vegetation during the entire year. December to March are the dry months with very little rainfall. The heavy rain is responsible for the tropical wet forests in these regions, which consists of a large number of species of plants. Nelliampathi mountains, Kerala Image:.sanmapjpg A view from Ponmudi The Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains (as they are known in the state of Maharashtra) run along the western edge of Indias Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. ... Assam (অসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... This article is about the month of May. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

===Tropical wet and dry climate=== Most of the plateau of peninsular India enjoys this climate, except a semi-arid tract to the east of the western ghats. Winter and early summer are long dry periods with temperature above 18°C. Summer is very hot and the temperatures in the interior low level areas can go above 45°C during May. The rainy season is from June to September an the annual rainfall is between 75 to 150 cm. Only Tamil Nadu receives rainfall during the winter months of October to December.it is ok This article is about the month of May. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

Dry climate group

This group consists of regions where the rate of evaporation of water is higher than the rate of moisture received through precipitation. It is subdivided into three climate types. Evaporation is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the gaseous state. ... Moisture generally refers to the presence of water in trace amounts. ...

Tropical semi-arid steppe climate

A long stretch of land situated to the south of Tropic of Cancer and east of the western ghats and the Cardamom Hills experiences this climate. It includes Karnataka, interior Tamil Nadu, western Andhra Pradesh and central Maharashtra. This region is a famine prone zone with very unreliable rainfall which varies between 40 to 75 cnm annually. Towards the north of Krishna River the summer monsoon is responsible for most of the rainfall, while to the south of the river rainfall also occurs in the months of October and November. The coldest month is December but even in this month the temperature remains between 20°C and 24°C. The months of March to May are hot and dry with mean monthly temperatures of around 32°C. The vegetation mostly comprises of grasses with a few scattered trees due to the rainfall. Hence this area is not very well suited for permanent agriculture. The Tropic of Cancer (cancer (♋) is Latin for crab), one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth, is the parallel of latitude that lies 23° 26 22 north of the Equator. ... The Cardamom Hills are elevated regions in Kerala, India. ... Karnataka (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra Prādesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the linguistic-cultural region of South India. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र in Devanagari) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). ...

Tropical and sub-tropical desert

Most of western Rajasthan falls under this climate type characterized by scanty rainfall. Cloud bursts are largely responsible for the all the rainfall seen in this region which is less than 30 cm. These happen when the monsoon winds penetrate this region in the months of July, August and September. The rainfall is very erratic and a few regions might not see rainfall for a couple of years. The summer months of May and June are very hot with mean monthly temperatures in the region of 35°C and highs which can sometimes reach 50°C. During winters the temperatures can drop below freezing in some areas due to cold wave. There is a large diurnal range of about 14°C during summer which becomes higher by a few more degreed during winter. This extreme climate makes this a sparsely populated region of India. Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Diel means in the course of the day. Thus a diel variation is a variation that occurs regularly every day or most days. ...

Tropical and sub-tropical steppe

The region towards the east of the tropical desert running from Punjab and Haryana to Kathiawar experiences this climate type. This climate is a transitional climate falling between tropical desert and humid sub-tropical, with temperatures which are less extreme than the desert climate. The annual rainfall is between 30 to 65 cm but is very unreliable and happens mostly during the summer monsoon season. Maximum temperatures during summer can rise to 40°C. The vegetation mostly comprises of short coarse grass. Some crops like jowar and bajra are also cultivated. This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... Haryana (हरयाणा) is a state in north India. ... Kathiawar is a peninsula in western India. ... Jowar - also known as jwari - is a staple grain in large parts of central India. ... Nutrition information for one cup of cooked millet Millet is the collective name of a group of genera of the grass family(Gramineae/Paniceae) widely grown around the world for food or animal feed. ...

Humid sub-tropical climate group

The temperature during the coldest months in regions experiencing this climate falls between 18 and 0°C. It has one climatic subdivision in India.

Humid sub-tropical with dry winters

The foothills of the Himalayas, Punjab-Haryana plain adjacent to the Himalayas, Rajasthan east of the Aravalli range, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and northern part of West Bengal and Assam experience this climate. The rainfall is received mostly in the summer and is about 65 cm in the west and increases to 250cm anually to the east and near the Himalayas. The winters are mainly dry due to the land derived winter winds which bolw down the lowlands of north India towards the Bay of Bengal. The summers are hot and temperatures can reach 46°C in the lowlands. May and June are the hottest months. Winter months are mostly dry with feeble winds. Frost occurs for a few weeks in winter. The differnce in rainfall between the east and the west gives rise to a wide difference in the natural vegetation and crops. The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 300 miles northeast-southwest across Rajasthan state. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Bihar ( िबहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ...

Mountain climate

In the Himalayan mountains the temperaure falls by 0.6°C for every 100 m rise in altitude and this gives rise to a variety of climates from nearly tropical in the foothills to tundra type above the snow line. One can also observe sharp contrast between temperatures of the sunny and shady slopes, high diurnal range of temperature, inversion of temperature and variability of rainfall based on altitude. hi mom ... In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ...

The northern side of the western Himalayas also known as the trans-Himalayan belt is arid, cold and generally wind swept. The vegetation is sparse and stunted as rainfall is scanty and the winters are severly cold. Most of the rainfall is in the form of snow during late winter and spring months. The area to the south of the great Himalayan range is protected from cold winds coming from interior of Asia during winter. The leeward side of the mountains receive less rain while the well exposed slopes get heavy rainfall. The places situated between 1070 and 2290 m altitudes receive the heaviest rainfall and the rainfall decreases rapidly above 2290m. The great Himalayan range witnesses heavy snowfall during winter months of December to February at altitudes above 1500m. The diurnal range of temperature is also high. A dune in the Egyptian desert In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ...