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Tropical Savanna Climate (Aw)

• While the temperature sores upto 40 degrees celsius during the hottest month of the year in May, however, the temperature remains above 18 degrees celsius in the cold months.
• The diurnal and annual ranges of temperature are high.
• This type of climate can be found in the Peninsular part of India like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, WestBengal, and Maharashtra.
• The region receives rainfall during the southwest monsoon.

Tropical Monsoon Climate (Amw)

• The climate displays a short and dry winter season.
• The vegetation is marked by ever-green rain forests owing to heavy rainfall during the southwest monsoon.
• This type of climate can generally be found in parts of Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast, and areas joining the western ghats, Tamil Nadu plateau, and areas of Tripura and Mizoram

Tropical Moist Climate (As)

• The mean annual temperature remains around 18 degrees Celsius and the region coming under this type of climatic region covers a narrow zone along the Coromandal Coast.
• The average rainfall varies between 75 and 100 cm.

Semi-Arid Steppe Climate (BShw):

• The mean annual temperature remains above 18 degrees celsius and experiences summer rainfall.
• The semi-arid climate stretches over the parts of Eastern Rajasthan and rain shadow regions of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, and parts of southwest Haryana.

Hot Desert Climate (BWhw)

• The mean annual rainfall is less than 25cm.
• The mean maximum summer temperature sores upto 45-degree Celsius while the winter temperatures drop to 0 degrees celsius.
• The vegetation prevailing is mostly thorny bushes.
• This type of climate lies to the west of the Aravallis, Thar Desert

Mesothermal Climate-Gangetic Plain Type (Cwg):

•  The climate is marked by dry winter.
• While the summers are hot the average temperature in cold months is 15 degrees celsius.

Cold Humid Winter Climate (Dfc)

• While the average summer temperature is around 17 degrees Celsius the winter average temperature lies within 8 degrees Celsius.
• The climate is marked by cold humid winters and short summers.
• The climate is mostly found in the hilly states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Polar Type (E)

• This type of climate is displayed in the higher reaches of the mountainous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
• The temperature of the warmest month in this region is less than 10 degrees celsius.

Tundra Type (ET)

• The region spreads in the higher latitudes of Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh.
•  The average temperature in the warmest month lies between 0 to 10 degrees celsius.

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