CLIMATE. 



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and cloudless skies. About the end of the year, however, clouds 

 begin to gather on mountain peaks, warmer breezes from the 

 south set in, the skies become overcast, followed by a fall of rain, 

 or snow on the hills. These winter rains are most frequent in 

 the Punjab and the north-western Himalayas, but occasionally 

 they extend also to Rajputana, Central India and Bengal. They 

 become more frequent in January, February and March. And 

 then a new round of seasons sets in. 



It is not possible to give, in a limited space, an adequate idea of 

 the endless differences in the climate and rainfall. By way of 

 illustration, the table below is added in which a series of main 

 groups have been formed. More detailed data must be looked for 

 in the Reports of the Meteorological Reporter to the Government 

 of India, from which the table has been compiled. 



To illustrate further the distribution of the rainfall, a map of it 

 is attached. The first of these maps was prepared by Sir Dietrich 

 Brandis in 1872 ; it has been further elaborated by subsequent 

 observations. The map now given is the latest edition of the 

 Meteorological Department. 



Abstract showing the Climate and Rainfall of the 



DIFFERENT PARTS OF InDIA. 



