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Summer is India's hottest season. Summer season starts in March with day times temperatures exceeding 30°C. Coastal India as well as the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala experience high humidity. By May, most of interior India experience highs in excess 40°C. Coastal India the temperature hovers around 36°C, but it is extremely humid here. The land gets parched and many people die due to the high heat. Only the Himalayan and Nilgiri hill stations offer some respite from the heat with a temperate high of 25°C. North eastern India however, has a much milder climate rarely exceeding 32°C.
The monsoons come as a relief from the heat and parched landscape. The rains bring down the temperature, and make the surroundings lush and green. It is the best season to go hiking and trekking. The monsoons are intricately linked to the economy as a good monsoon results in a booming economy. The rains fill the ground water tables and reinvigorate rivers and lakes.
The southwest monsoons supplies over 80% of India's annual rainfall. It consists of two arms, the Bay of Bengal arm, and the Arabian Sea arm. Both arms are attracted to the low pressure area over the Thar desert in RajasthanDate of formation 1948 Capital Jaipur Governor Pratibha Patil Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia Area 342,239 km² Rajasthan ( is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. It borders Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya.
The monsoon makes its presence felt by the end of May. It starts around the 29 May, hitting the Andaman and Nicobar IslandsThe Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a union territory of India. They lie in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal. The Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north, a in the Bay of BengalThe Bay of Bengal is a sea that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered on the east by the Malay Peninsula, and on the west by the Indian subcontinent. On the northern tip of the "bay" lie the Ind. It strikes the mainland of Kerala on 1 June. By 9 June, it makes hits MumbaiThis article is about the city formerly known as Bombay. For other uses of this word, see Bombay (disambiguation Mumbai (renamed from Bombay in 1995) is the world's most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world., and DelhiDelhi historically known as Dilli along with a few other neighbouring districts forms the 'National Capital Territory' of the Republic of India. It contains the newer city of New Delhi which is no longer a distinguishable urban area, but contains many of by 29 June. The Bay of Bengal moves in a northwest direction whereas the Arabian Sea arm moves in a north by northeast direction. By first week of July, the entire country experiences rain. Predictably, southern India receives more rainfall than northern India.
During this season, cyclones occur, causing widespread devastation to coastal regions. Cherapunji , Meghalaya, the world's wettest place, received 2.647 m of rainfall. The monsoons start withdrawing by the last week of August. By mid September, it has withdrawn from Mumbai and by October, the southwest monsoons have completely withdrawn from India.