Climate Information of  
Jabalpur 

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        The center receives an average annual rainfall of 1331 mm in 62 rainy days. The rainy season starts during 3rd week of June and ends in 4th week of October with duration of 18 weeks. The average monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) is 1182 mm and can vary from 468 mm to 2057 mm. Peak rainfall occurs during 2nd week of August. Daytime temperature varies from 23.5° C (1st week of January) to 41.7° C (3rd week of May), while the nighttime temperature varies from 8.0° C (1st week of January) to 27.6° C (last 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 23.5 8.0 90 40 2.0 5.1 7.2 16.2
2 24.4 9.4 90 43 2.4 5.4 7.1 17.2
3 24.4 9.4 88 42 2.4 4.7 7.6 18.1
4 25.1 9.3 88 38 2.2 1.0 8.2 20.2
5 25.8 9.8 86 37 2.5 8.1 8.4 23.1
6 26.0 10.2 85 37 2.7 11.0 8.1 23.1
7 27.3 11.6 82 36 2.9 6.1 8.4 25.6
8 28.4 12.0 79 31 2.7 1.3 8.7 29.0
9 29.6 12.9 76 31 3.0 6.5 8.8 34.0
10 31.4 14.3 75 29 3.0 4.1 8.6 35.1
11 32.6 15.5 71 25 3.2 3.8 8.4 39.6
12 33.8 16.1 65 21 3.2 0.5 8.0 45.1
13 34.6 17.3 62 20 3.5 2.3 8.1 50.0
14 36.3 18.7 58 18 3.7 1.2 8.3 57.1
15 37.9 20.0 50 16 3.9 1.3 8.7 63.3
16 39.0 21.6 45 15 4.3 0.9 8.8 71.3
17 40.1 23.7 40 15 4.9 1.3 8.3 74.9
18 40.6 24.6 40 16 5.4 0.7 8.3 77.9
19 41.1 25.8 40 17 5.8 1.1 9.4 83.6
20 41.5 26.6 40 17 6.3 3.3 8.9 86.2
21 41.7 27.1 39 18 6.2 2.1 8.6 88.4
22 41.4 27.6 44 22 6.5 6.8 8.1 87.6
23 40.4 27.4 53 29 7.2 20.2 7.2 82.8
24 38.5 27.0 64 37 7.3 26.8 6.1 69.1
25 35.2 25.7 76 53 7.8 59.0 4.6 52.5
26 33.1 25.3 82 60 7.8 73.5 4.2 37.3
27 32.3 25.0 85 66 7.1 65.3 4.0 33.6
28 31.1 24.6 88 72 6.8 103.8 3.0 26.7
29 30.0 24.4 90 75 6.6 89.5 2.6 27.6
30 30.0 24.3 90 75 6.7 79.9 3.3 27.9
31 30.2 24.4 91 76 6.0 94.9 3.3 26.3
32 28.9 24.0 93 80 6.1 112.6 2.7 25.0
33 29.4 24.1 92 79 6.1 102.0 3.0 24.4
34 29.4 24.1 93 77 5.5 85.9 3.4 23.0
35 29.8 23.9 92 75 5.2 101.5 4.4 24.1
36 29.8 23.7 91 73 5.2 62.3 4.4 26.5
37 30.5 23.7 91 70 4.3 53.2 5.7 28.2
38 31.2 23.4 90 65 3.4 38.2 6.8 29.0
39 31.7 22.8 90 59 2.6 18.1 7.4 28.1
40 31.7 21.5 90 54 2.4 19.8 7.7 27.5
41 31.8 20.4 88 49 2.3 9.2 7.9 27.4
42 31.7 18.5 88 44 2.2 9.9 8.2 27.9
43 30.8 16.8 87 41 2.0 4.1 8.4 25.8
44 30.1 15.3 89 37 2.1 3.6 8.5 25.4
45 29.8 13.7 89 34 2.0 0.4 8.7 24.2
46 29.3 13.1 88 34 1.9 0.8 8.6 23.9
47 28.1 12.2 88 35 2.0 5.0 8.3 22.9
48 26.8 10.9 89 37 1.8 9.7 7.9 20.4
49 26.0 9.7 90 36 1.7 3.8 7.4 18.0
50 25.7 9.0 90 35 1.8 1.7 7.5 18.0
51 25.0 8.5 91 38 1.8 2.0 7.3 16.8
52 24.5 8.9 90 40 2.0 5.4 6.7 17.7

 

    Rainfall Statistics (Database 1974-2001)

Monthly and Annual Rainfall Normals (mm)

Parameter

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

Annual

Average

17.7 24.8 14.4 4.8  10.9 187.7 376.0 432.1  186.0 48.3 12.9 15.4 1331.1

Lowest

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0  122.0  169.0  24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 623

Highest

99.0 127.0  105.0 20.0 45.0 518.0  1041.0 843.0  584.0  231.0 114.0  165.0 2090.0

SD

25.7 31.1 23.3 6.3 11.8 129.6  187.4 183.1 144.6 63.9 27.1 36.4 403.0

CV (%)

145.1 125.2 161.5 131.8 107.6 69.1 49.8 42.4 77.7 132.2 210.1 236.3 30.3

Seasonal Rainfall Normals (mm)

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

Average

1181.9 76.6 42.5 30.1

Lowest

468.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Highest

2057.0 364.0 200.0 107.0

SD

393.0 89.0 49.4 23.6

CV (%)

33.2 116.1 116.1 78.2

Normal Rainy Days

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

ANNUAL (Jan-Dec)

Average

50.0 5.0 3.6 3.0 62.0

Lowest

26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0

Highest

66.0 29.0 10.0 9.0 86.0

SD

9.5 6.9 3.3 2.4 13.3

CV

18.9 137.7 93.2 79.3 21.5

 

Weekly Rainfall Probability (%) for different amounts

WEEK Upto 10mm 20mm 30mm 40mm 50mm 75mm 100mm >100mm
1 23 20 16 8 0 0 0 0
2 28 16 8 8 8 4 0 0
3 28 16 8 4 0 0 0 0
4 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 31 20 8 8 4 4 0 0
6 31 23 19 20 8 0 0 0
7 36 16 4 4 0 0 0 0
8 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 24 24 16 16 8 0 0 0
10 24 8 4 4 4 4 0 0
11 32 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 28 16 12 0 0 0 0 0
21 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 31 20 12 4 4 4 4 0
23 56 36 32 28 16 12 8 4
24 72 60 44 32 31 20 12 0
25 96 84 68 68 64 44 20 20
26 88 72 64 64 60 56 24 20
27 96 84 80 80 80 72 28 8
28 100 96 88 80 80 72 60 44
29 99 91 91 80 71 59 52 36
30 96 96 92 88 72 72 48 32
31 100 96 84 80 72 68 40 40
32 99 99 99 92 84 75 60 48
33 99 92 84 76 72 64 44 20
34 96 88 84 76 72 52 36 20
35 88 88 80 72 68 60 32 24
36 92 84 68 60 44 44 36 24
37 80 76 72 52 40 36 28 20
38 68 47 43 40 20 16 12 12
39 56 48 35 23 20 16 4 0
40 52 36 32 24 12 12 12 4
41 36 24 16 16 8 8 4 0
42 27 27 20 16 16 12 0 0
43 20 16 4 4 4 0 0 0
44 19 20 12 4 0 0 0 0
45 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 12 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
48 12 12 8 8 8 8 0 0
49 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0
50 12 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
51 12 4 4 4 4 0 0 0
52 20 16 12 12 4 4 4 0

 

  Weekly Rainfall values at different Probability levels

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Mean start, end, duration and rainfall during the season

 MEAN START = 26*

As Early As = 24*

As Late As = 29*

 STD.DEV = 1.2

 MEAN END = 44*

As Early As = 36*

As Late As = 52*

STD.DEV = 5.7

 MEAN DUR = 18*

MIN DUR = 10*

MAX DUR = 27*

STD.DEV = 5.7

MEAN CSR** = 1199mm

MIN CSR** = 511mm

MAX CSR** = 2007mm

STD.DEV = 405.2mm

                    * Standard Meteorological Week          

                    ** Crop Season Rainfall (CSR)

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