Climate Information of
Solapur 

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        The center receives an average annual rainfall of 735 mm in 44 rainy days. The rainy season starts during 3rd week of June and ends in 2nd week of November with duration of 20 weeks. The average monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) is 545 mm and can vary from 194 mm to 1147 mm. Peak rainfall occurs during last week of September. Daytime temperature varies from 29.8° C (last week of December) to 40.9° C (1st week of May), while the nighttime temperature varies from 13.3° C (3rd week of December) to 25.0° C (1st and 2nd weeks 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 29.9 13.6 71 36 5.5 0.6 9.0 39.3
2 30.3 14.3 70 36 5.7 1.0 8.9 40.8
3 30.6 14.4 68 36 5.9 2.0 9.0 41.6
4 31.6 14.8 66 35 5.7 0.4 9.4 44.9
5 32.3 15.1 62 34 6.0 0.5 9.5 48.1
6 33.1 16.0 60 34 6.1 1.7 9.7 50.7
7 33.8 16.5 55 31 6.2 0.1 9.6 55.3
8 34.5 16.9 53 30 6.9 1.1 9.8 59.1
9 35.7 18.0 51 28 6.6 1.0 9.8 66.2
10 36.4 19.3 49 28 6.9 0.8 9.8 67.9
11 37.3 20.3 48 29 6.7 0.6 9.8 71.3
12 38.3 21.1 45 26 6.7 0.7 9.7 76.0
13 38.6 21.6 48 25 7.4 2.5 9.9 78.7
14 39.1 22.7 50 24 7.6 4.7 9.5 77.9
15 39.6 23.3 50 23 7.9 4.1 9.6 81.7
16 40.3 24.0 51 21 8.6 2.9 9.9 87.0
17 40.6 24.5 53 24 9.1 2.9 9.7 86.4
18 40.9 25.0 55 25 9.7 4.0 9.8 90.8
19 40.6 25.0 57 25 10.2 3.8 9.4 89.8
20 40.0 24.9 63 26 12.0 9.5 9.3 85.3
21 40.0 24.9 67 30 11.5 9.9 8.8 84.7
22 39.0 24.5 71 33 12.6 15.4 8.6 81.1
23 36.9 23.6 78 40 12.7 26.6 7.3 69.0
24 35.1 23.5 81 48 12.6 29.9 5.8 62.2
25 33.9 23.3 82 50 13.4 17.3 5.0 54.2
26 33.2 23.0 84 51 13.8 31.4 4.4 50.8
27 33.1 22.8 84 54 13.4 26.7 4.1 50.6
28 32.7 22.6 85 56 13.2 23.1 4.1 48.4
29 32.4 22.5 86 57 12.6 21.2 3.8 48.8
30 32.2 22.4 87 56 11.8 34.2 3.8 44.5
31 31.7 22.1 88 60 11.2 33.3 3.9 42.5
32 31.3 22.0 88 62 11.3 33.4 3.8 41.1
33 31.5 21.8 88 60 10.4 25.8 4.0 40.5
34 31.4 21.7 88 60 9.2 31.9 4.3 38.9
35 31.6 21.5 87 58 9.5 26.8 4.6 41.4
36 31.7 21.4 87 55 8.5 23.3 5.2 41.0
37 32.3 21.5 87 54 7.1 39.8 6.0 41.4
38 32.4 21.7 87 54 6.1 46.1 6.1 39.6
39 32.4 21.6 87 56 5.4 59.9 6.2 38.5
40 32.4 21.2 85 53 5.3 37.0 6.7 38.7
41 33.0 20.4 81 47 5.4 25.4 7.8 41.1
42 32.5 19.5 79 46 5.9 17.2 7.9 44.4
43 32.3 19.0 78 46 5.6 16.0 7.8 43.7
44 32.0 18.0 74 43 5.9 7.6 8.1 41.6
45 31.6 17.5 75 39 6.1 8.8 8.3 43.1
46 31.2 16.8 75 41 6.4 4.7 8.7 42.4
47 30.7 15.7 73 40 5.7 3.2 8.3 40.1
48 30.5 14.6 72 35 5.0 2.9 8.8 39.4
49 30.4 14.2 71 35 5.1 2.1 9.1 39.9
50 30.1 13.7 72 39 5.4 1.4 8.8 38.2
51 30.1 13.3 70 34 5.5 0.1 8.9 39.5
52 29.8 13.4 69 37 5.2 1.9 9.0 40.4

 

    Rainfall Statistics (Database 1968-2001)

Monthly and Annual Rainfall Normals (mm)

Parameter

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

Annual

Average

4.1 4 4.8 14.7 32.4 111.4 118.7 137.2 177.5 101.1 23.1 6.3 735.3

Lowest

0 0 0 0 0 11 6 8 25 0 0 0 272

Highest

38 37 39 49 149 332 328 390 511 304 178 55 1285

SD

8.8 8.5 8.3 16.5 36.1 61.4 71.9 94.5 114.4 84.3 39.8 13.7 239.6

CV (%)

214.1 213.5 174.4 111.7 111.3 55.1 60.6 68.9 64.5 83.4 172 218.5 32.6

Seasonal Rainfall Normals (mm)

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

Average

544.8 130.5 8.1 51.9

Lowest

194 2 0 0

Highest

1147 321 38 180

SD

210.6 85.3 12.1 39.7

CV (%)

38.7 65.3 149.3  76.5

Normal Rainy Days

 Parameter  

SW MONSOON (Jun-Sep)

NE MONSOON (Oct-Dec)

WINTER (Jan-Feb)

HOT WEATHER (Mar-May)

ANNUAL (Jan-Dec)

Average

31 7 0.7  4 44

Lowest

13 0 0 0 22

Highest

56 15 4 9 68

SD

8.8 3.9 1.2 2.9 10.6

CV

28.3 56.1 161.6 71.9 24

 

Weekly Rainfall Probability (%) for different amounts

WEEK Upto 10mm 20mm 30mm 40mm 50mm 75mm 100mm >100mm
1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 14 8 5 2 0 0 0 0
14 26 17 11 5 2 0 0 0
15 26 17 2 2 2 0 0 0
16 26 8 2 2 2 0 0 0
17 17 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
18 32 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 23 17 8 0 0 0 0 0
20 32 23 14 8 8 5 2 2
21 44 32 11 5 5 5 2 2
22 73 38 32 26 20 8 0 0
23 82 58 38 26 20 11 8 5
24 76 64 52 41 35 23 8 5
25 73 58 44 29 14 8 0 0
26 76 64 47 35 26 17 14 8
27 76 47 44 32 23 17 11 8
28 70 55 38 26 14 11 5 2
29 73 44 32 17 11 11 8 5
30 88 76 52 44 38 35 8 2
31 73 55 41 38 23 20 14 5
32 85 73 47 35 29 23 8 5
33 85 55 41 29 20 20 8 5
34 82 58 41 32 26 20 8 8
35 67 55 35 23 20 20 14 2
36 73 44 35 20 14 14 2 2
37 67 55 52 50 41 35 29 5
38 85 73 64 55 52 47 20 11
39 88 70 64 55 50 44 35 23
40 70 64 58 47 38 35 14 8
41 52 41 38 32 26 23 14 11
42 50 41 29 17 14 11 2 2
43 38 29 26 23 17 17 8 0
44 38 23 14 11 2 2 0 0
45 32 20 11 8 5 5 2 2
46 26 14 8 5 5 0 0 0
47 23 11 5 5 2 0 0 0
48 8 5 5 2 2 2 0 0
49 5 5 2 2 2 2 0 0
50 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 8 8 5 5 2 0 0 0

 

Weekly Rainfall values at different Probability levels

 WEEK

PRECIPITATION (mm) FOR THE PROBABILITIES(%)

90 75 50 25 10
1 0.2 0.6 1.5 3.1 5.3
2 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.2 3.2
3 0.2 0.6 1.6 3.5 6
4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7
5 0.2 0.6 1.7 3.9 7
6 0 0 1.2 5.3 8.1
7 0 0.2 0.2 2.3 3.3
8 0 0 0.5 3.1 4.5
9 0.2 0.6 1.7 3.9 6.9
10 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.2 3.2
11 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.3 3.5
12 0.3 0.7 1.5 2.6 4
13 0.2 0.7 2.1 4.7 8.3
14 0.3 0.9 2.5 5.5 9.7
15 0.2 0.9 2.9 6.9 12.6
16 0.3 0.9 2.3 4.8 8.2
17 0.3 0.9 2.6 5.8 10.4
18 0.2 0.8 2.7 6.4 11.7
19 0.3 0.9 2.4 5.1 8.8
20 0.2 1.1 4.2 10.8 20.8
21 0.4 1.7 6.2 15.8 30.1
22 0.5 2.4 8.5 21.6 41
23 1.4 5.3 16.1 37.3 67.4
24 1.8 5.9 16.7 36.8 64.7
25 2.2 6.7 17.2 35.8 61
26 1.7 6.1 18 40.9 73
27 1.7 5.9 16.6 36.6 64.3
28 1.5 5.2 15.2 34.2 60.9
29 1.6 5.9 17.4 39.7 71.2
30 2.7 8.2 21.6 45.7 78.4
31 1.6 5.6 16.3 36.8 65.6
32 1.1 4.6 15.4 37.7 70.3
33 1.6 5.7 16.9 38.4 68.8
34 1.1 4.9 16.7 41.7 78.4
35 1 4.7 17.1 44.1 84.5
36 1.3 5.2 16.9 40.8 75.5
37 1.4 6.7 24.8 64.6 124.6
38 3.4 11.4 32 70.3 123.5
39 2.7 10.1 30.8 71.6 129.7
40 0.9 4.4 16 41.3 79.1
41 0.3 2.2 9.9 29.2 59.8
42 0.3 2 8.5 24.3 49.3
43 0.2 1.3 6.7 20.5 43.2
44 0.2 1 4.7 13.7 28.2
45 0.1 1 4.7 14.3 29.7
46 0.1 0.9 4 11.6 23.6
47 0.2 0.7 2.5 6.2 11.7
48 0.2 0.7 2.1 5.1 9.4
49 0.2 0.6 1.6 3.5 6.2
50 0.2 0.6 2 4.7 8.5
51 0.2 0.6 1.5 2.9 4.7
52 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.7 6.3
ANN 461.6 565.4 698.2 850.3 1004.6

 Crop Season Rainfall Characteristics

Mean start, end, duration and rainfall during the season

 MEAN START = 25*

As Early As = 23*

As Late As = 31*

 STD.DEV = 1.9

 MEAN END = 45*

As Early As = 39*

As Late As = 52*

STD.DEV = 3.7

 MEAN DUR = 20*

MIN DUR = 11*

MAX DUR = 28*

STD.DEV = 4.2

MEAN CSR** = 636mm

MIN CSR** = 163mm

MAX CSR** = 1176mm

STD.DEV = 243.0mm

                    * Standard Meteorological Week          

                    ** Crop Seasonal Rainfall (CSR)

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