India's Climate

The word ‘India’ means ‘body of water’, it is a vast country which spans thousands of miles in all four directions (North,West,South,East). Geographers have emphasised that like the terrain the climate is highly diverse, that is to say the countries size and difference in altitude can have an influence over the impact of weather in a particular place.

When studying the Indian climate rather than making generalisations it is easier to divide the country into different regions: the tropical wet, tropical dry and the subtropical humid and montane, inasmuch these regions can be further divided into four climate zones:

1. Alpine zones the Himalayas that is subject to frequent climatic changes, they also act as barriers to the frigid winds flowing down from South Asia.

2. Subtropical zones are found within the Northern parts of India which experience heavy rainfalls and dry and cold winters.

3. Tropical zones are found in the middle of India, experiences wet monsoon or dry and cold monsoon, although the whole country is considered to be tropical.

4. Arid Zone are experienced in the western parts of India with lower than average rainfalls and scorching summers (particularly within Rajasthan) as high as 50 degrees Celsius.

The Indian year passes through four seasons: the relatively dry cool winter (December – February), the dry hot summer (March – May), the southwest monsoon which delivers much of the countries rain falls (June – September), travelling towards the Northwest of India and than retreating back from the same path (October – November).

Hence the diversity in weather all but adds to the colourful picture of India’s natural beauty.

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