Journal of Climatology

Research Article

Climatic Variation at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, India

Table 2

Climatology and Δ of maximum temperature, minimum temperature, mean daily temperature, mean range in temperature, and monthly rainfall.


Month	Maximum temperature °C			Minimum temperature °C			Mean daily temperature °C			Mean range in temperature °C			Monthly rainfall mm
Month	1964–1993	1979–2008	Δ	1964–1993	1979–2008	Δ	1964–1993	1979–2008	Δ	1964–1993	1979–2008	Δ	1964–1993	1979–2008	Δ

JAN	32.59	32.76	+0.17	21.30	21.58	+0.28	26.94	27.16	+0.22	11.29	11.17	−0.12	11.80	11.10	−0.70
FEB	33.12	33.32	+0.20	21.89	22.42	+0.53	27.51	27.87	+0.36	11.24	10.91	−0.33	16.20	16.40	+0.20
MAR	33.84	34.07	+0.23	23.75	24.13	+0.38	28.78	29.09	+0.31	10.06	9.92	−0.14	33.20	34.80	+1.60
APR	34.25	34.41	+0.16	25.24	25.51	+0.27	29.76	29.95	+0.19	9.05	8.88	−0.17	104.10	99.40	−4.70
MAY	33.03	33.46	+0.43	25.14	25.50	+0.36	29.12	29.48	+0.36	7.97	7.96	−0.01	179.20	165.80	−13.40
JUN	30.36	30.71	+0.35	23.99	24.36	+0.37	27.20	27.53	+0.33	6.43	6.35	−0.08	292.70	272.20	−20.50
JUL	29.38	29.48	+0.10	23.36	23.79	+0.43	26.38	26.63	+0.25	6.03	5.68	−0.35	203.00	181.30	−21.70
AUG	29.27	29.60	+0.33	23.39	23.80	+0.41	26.35	26.70	+0.35	5.92	5.79	−0.13	141.50	120.90	−20.60
SEP	30.34	30.70	+0.36	23.68	24.00	+0.32	27.04	27.34	+0.30	6.71	6.67	−0.04	158.20	171.00	+12.80
OCT	31.19	31.53	+0.34	23.74	24.04	+0.30	27.50	27.76	+0.26	7.53	7.44	−0.09	204.90	241.40	+36.50
NOV	31.76	31.77	+0.01	23.21	23.57	+0.36	27.48	27.67	+0.19	8.53	8.20	−0.33	166.80	170.70	+3.90
DEC	32.30	32.56	+0.26	22.44	22.44	+0.00	27.35	27.50	+0.15	9.83	10.11	+0.28	66.60	53.70	−12.90

DEC, JAN, and FEB: winter; MAR, APR, and MAY: summer; JUN, JUL, AUG, and SEP: SW monsoon; OCT, NOV: NE monsoon.