Climate Information of
BHUBANESWAR

        The center receives an average annual rainfall of 1487 mm in 72 rainy days. The rainy season starts during 3rd week of June and ends in 1st week of November with duration of 20 weeks. The average monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) is 1105 mm and can vary from 360 mm to 1835 mm. Peak rainfall occurs during 3rd week of August. Daytime temperature varies from 27.2o C (1st week of January) to 37.7o C (4th week of May), while the nighttime temperature varies from 14.2o C (1st week of January) to 27.0o C (4th week of May).

 

Average Weekly Weather Data

WEEK MAXT (°C)  MINT (°C)  RH-I   (%)  RH-II (%)  WS (kmph)  RF (mm/week)  SSH   (hrs)  EVP (mm/week)
1 27.2 14.2 88 42 3.1 2.4 8.7 22.6
2 27.8 15.3 90 44 3.5 1.4 8.3 23.0
3 28.2 15.7 91 45 3.2 4.6 8.6 24.3
4 28.7 15.9 91 43 3.6 1.2 9.0 25.9
5 29.7 17.2 92 45 4.3 1.4 9.0 27.8
6 29.6 17.8 92 47 4.7 5.3 8.8 29.2
7 30.8 18.7 93 44 4.9 6.7 8.8 30.4
8 31.6 19.5 91 44 4.8 7.9 9.1 34.9
9 32.3 20.2 92 42 5.5 9.0 9.0 37.2
10 33.7 21.1 91 44 6.4 4.8 8.9 38.9
11 34.5 22.1 92 43 6.2 4.4 8.9 41.4
12 35.5 23.4 92 46 8.2 4.9 8.8 44.4
13 35.1 23.6 91 47 9.0 6.4 8.6 46.0
14 35.9 24.3 89 48 10.0 8.0 8.8 48.3
15 36.7 25.0 89 50 11.5 3.5 8.9 53.0
16 36.6 25.3 87 51 12.6 5.8 8.7 52.8
17 37.2 25.5 85 51 12.5 9.0 8.9 58.3
18 37.0 26.1 86 52 13.4 14.1 9.0 58.3
19 37.0 26.3 86 53 14.0 27.3 8.8 59.7
20 37.0 26.4 86 53 13.4 23.8 9.1 59.5
21 37.5 26.7 85 55 12.7 21.1 8.8 58.1
22 37.7 27.0 86 55 11.8 14.4 8.3 58.6
23 36.7 26.7 85 59 9.7 28.2 6.7 53.5
24 35.1 26.4 87 64 8.6 56.8 5.6 45.9
25 34.0 25.9 89 70 7.7 68.9 4.3 35.5
26 33.0 25.8 90 74 7.1 57.2 4.2 34.7
27 32.6 25.7 91 75 6.5 57.4 3.8 30.5
28 32.1 25.6 92 77 6.2 68.8 4.1 30.2
29 31.8 25.6 92 78 6.5 79.3 4.1 30.9
30 32.3 25.7 91 76 6.3 82.1 4.8 31.8
31 31.9 25.6 92 78 6.3 78.8 4.4 29.6
32 31.6 25.5 92 79 5.9 79.5 4.4 29.6
33 31.6 25.5 92 79 6.4 86.5 4.6 29.7
34 32.1 25.6 92 78 5.5 84.4 5.4 29.3
35 31.5 25.3 92 80 4.9 66.2 4.6 26.0
36 31.9 25.3 93 78 4.4 56.1 4.6 28.0
37 32.1 25.1 93 77 4.7 49.1 5.9 28.8
38 32.5 25.2 93 74 4.4 48.0 6.5 26.6
39 32.5 24.9 93 73 4.1 47.8 6.8 25.6
40 32.5 24.6 93 72 3.6 48.5 7.0 26.0
41 32.6 23.9 93 69 3.1 31.5 7.5 24.2
42 31.9 23.0 92 66 3.2 42.8 7.6 25.9
43 31.9 21.8 90 58 2.6 9.1 8.6 25.2
44 30.9 21.2 90 60 3.5 32.0 7.5 28.4
45 30.8 20.4 90 55 3.6 16.3 7.7 24.7
46 30.6 19.0 90 49 3.4 6.5 8.4 24.0
47 30.0 17.7 89 46 3.1 3.8 8.3 24.9
48 29.4 16.4 87 44 3.6 1.6 8.6 27.9
49 28.9 15.3 87 42 3.5 2.2 8.7 24.7
50 28.5 15.0 88 43 3.6 2.0 8.6 22.5
51 28.4 14.4 90 40 3.0 0.2 8.9 22.7
52 28.0 14.3 89 42 3.1 0.3 8.6 23.6

     

    Rainfall Statistics (Database 1969-2002)

Monthly and Annual Rainfall Normals (mm)

Parameter

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Annual

Average

10.8 22.8 26.4 32.9 91.8 211.3 322.7 357.2 213.3 150.6 42.0 5.0 1486.7

Lowest

0 0 0 0 4 83 131 0 0 0 0 0 408

Highest

68 110 166 137 706 482 800 564 402 746 247 47 2220

SD

18.7 24.8 38.5 35.8 123.1 100.9 139.9 134.3 80.6 135.3 62.1 10.5 373.7

CV (%)

172.9 108.9 146.0 108.8 134.2 47.7 43.4 37.6 37.8 89.8 147.7 210.3 25.1

Seasonal Rainfall Normals (mm)

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

Average

1104.5 197.6 33.5 151.0

Lowest

360 0 0 7

Highest

1835 765 110 739

SD

284.2 157.9 28.5 131.8

CV (%)

25.7 79.9 84.9 87.3

Normal Rainy Days

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

ANNUAL (Jan-Dec)

Average

52.0 9.0 2.2 8.0 72.0

Lowest

22 0 0 1 25

Highest

68 19 6 20 99

SD

9.1 4.6 1.8 4 13.6

CV

17.5 50.8 80.6 49.5 18.9

 

 Weekly Rainfall Probability (%) for different amounts

WEEK Upto 10mm 20mm 30mm 40mm 50mm 75mm 100mm >100mm
1 9 9 6 3 3 3 0 0
2 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 18 12 12 6 3 3 0 0
4 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 39 18 12 3 0 0 0 0
7 33 24 21 3 0 0 0 0
8 27 21 15 12 12 6 0 0
9 39 21 15 12 9 9 0 0
10 30 18 6 3 0 0 0 0
11 27 18 12 3 0 0 0 0
12 33 9 6 6 6 6 0 0
13 18 12 12 6 6 3 3 0
14 33 21 12 12 12 3 3 0
15 27 12 3 3 3 0 0 0
16 24 21 15 6 3 0 0 0
17 48 30 15 9 6 6 0 0
18 54 33 27 21 18 9 0 0
19 51 48 39 21 15 9 3 3
20 57 45 36 21 21 18 6 3
21 72 54 30 24 15 9 6 3
22 75 51 36 12 6 0 0 0
23 81 60 39 36 18 18 12 3
24 90 75 66 54 51 39 30 21
25 100 93 87 75 63 54 30 18
26 93 90 84 66 54 48 27 9
27 96 90 84 69 54 45 24 6
28 96 87 81 75 63 60 36 15
29 100 90 87 78 63 57 39 24
30 96 90 87 75 66 63 45 27
31 100 96 84 75 66 63 48 36
32 93 90 90 84 78 69 51 27
33 96 96 96 78 69 66 51 42
34 96 90 84 72 66 63 45 33
35 96 90 87 78 75 66 45 18
36 93 84 75 75 63 60 36 6
37 87 81 78 57 48 42 27 12
38 87 78 72 69 51 39 15 12
39 87 72 63 51 45 39 21 18
40 81 75 60 48 48 42 27 18
41 72 63 48 33 18 9 9 6
42 72 66 48 45 30 27 21 15
43 36 21 9 6 3 3 3 3
44 48 33 21 21 18 15 9 6
45 33 30 15 15 12 9 9 6
46 27 15 15 6 6 3 0 0
47 18 6 6 6 3 3 0 0
48 12 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
49 6 6 6 3 3 0 0 0
50 18 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 Weekly Rainfall values at different Probability levels

 WEEK

PRECIPITATION (mm) FOR THE PROBABILITIES(%)

90 75 50 25 10
1 0.1 0.7 2.2 5.6 10.5
2 0.2 0.7 1.8 3.9 6.6
3 0.2 0.6 1.9 4.3 7.7
4 0.1 0.6 2.1 5.2 9.8
5 0.1 0.8 3.2 9.2 18.5
6 0.0 0.0 6.9 19.4 29.7
7 0.0 0.0 7.2 18.8 28.4
8 0.0 0.0 7.4 20.0 30.5
9 0.2 0.8 2.6 6.4 12.0
10 0.2 0.8 3.3 9.0 17.7
11 0.2 0.8 2.8 7.1 13.4
12 0.2 0.9 3.1 7.9 14.9
13 0.2 0.9 3.8 10.6 21.2
14 0.2 1.0 4.0 10.8 21.3
15 0.3 1.0 3.1 7.2 13.0
16 0.2 1.1 4.2 11.2 22.0
17 0.3 1.4 5.4 14.1 27.2
18 0.3 1.6 6.0 16.1 31.4
19 0.4 2.4 10.3 29.1 58.5
20 0.6 2.8 9.8 24.7 46.8
21 1.0 3.9 12.6 30.2 55.7
22 1.6 5.3 14.5 31.5 54.7
23 2.4 8.0 22.5 49.6 87.3
24 5.2 14.8 36.6 74.4 125.0
25 12.8 26.8 52.8 92.2 140.8
26 11.2 24.9 51.5 93.0 145.1
27 12.5 27.4 55.6 99.2 153.6
28 16.1 32.5 62.2 106.5 160.5
29 16.3 31.3 57.5 95.7 141.6
30 16.5 34.8 68.5 119.8 183.2
31 18.1 36.7 70.2 120.1 181.1
32 19.7 37.9 69.7 116.0 171.8
33 13.0 28.9 59.3 106.9 166.4
34 17.8 35.3 66.2 111.9 167.3
35 20.9 36.1 60.5 94.4 133.7
36 15.2 30.6 58.2 99.3 149.4
37 12.6 26.0 50.6 87.5 133.0
38 6.2 15.5 35.3 67.8 110.1
39 5.6 15.0 35.9 71.3 118.0
40 3.0 10.7 31.7 72.2 129.3
41 1.3 5.9 20.3 50.7 95.5
42 0.7 4.0 16.3 44.9 89.3
43 0.2 1.8 8.9 27.4 57.4
44 0.1 1.4 9.4 33.7 76.4
45 0.1 0.8 3.8 11.4 23.7
46 0.1 0.8 4.7 15.9 35.1
47 0.1 0.7 3.9 12.6 27.4
48 0.2 0.6 1.8 4.1 7.1
49 0.2 0.6 1.5 3.2 5.5
50 0.2 0.7 1.6 3.2 5.4
51 0.2 0.6 1.7 3.6 6.2
52 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.4
ANN 1149.6 1315.5 1518.0 1740.4 1958.0

  

Crop Season Rainfall Characteristics

Mean start, end, duration and rainfall during the season

 MEAN START = 25*

As Early As = 23*

As Late As = 27*

 STD.DEV = 1.0

 MEAN END = 45*

As Early As = 31*

As Late As = 52 *

STD.DEV = 3.7

 MEAN DUR = 20*

MIN DUR = 5*

MAX DUR = 27*

STD.DEV = 3.8

MEAN CSR** = 1264mm

MIN CSR** = 343mm

MAX CSR** = 2047mm

STD.DEV = 331.2mm

                    * Standard Meteorological Week          

                    ** Crop Season Rainfall (SRF)

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