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I think the monsoon doesn't vary much in when it starts, and the average date that it gets to Mumbai is 10th June if Wiki is to be believed, so presumably rarely/never gets included in the May totals.
I wonder how much variability vs. predictability those averages have when it comes to something like that.
I'm used to thinking of seasonal "average dates of X" where X might be very variable such as date of first frost, date of last snow, first day above 20C or something, where it can be a month early or late, but never having lived in a climate where rainfall variability rules, I'd find it interesting but hard to imagine a seasonal "event" coming timely "on schedule" in a kind of way (I have heard at least from reading, that locals in monsoonal climates can roughly narrow it to what's the week or couple of weeks when it should arrive).
It'd be cool to compare this to the onset of monsoon event (if it is as marked meteorologically) in North America such as Florida or Arizona (since presumably the July? monsoon in Arizona and the South-west is also somewhat predictable).
My preference is no dry season. A dry summer would be good for tourism (like Spain), and would be comfortable too, but I care about gardens, lawns being watered and swimming pools staying at a high level and I think it's better to have mother nature do it (for free too), rather than having to do it yourself. I also do like storms.
It doesn't have to be a lot of rain, as long as the driest months have at least 40mm.
Not that I would hate a dry summer, or dry winter climate, I just wouldn't think the place has perfect precipitation.
Well its the end of summer here now, had 120mm / 5.7" December to February which is our fifth wettest summer on record.
Even still everything is pretty brown/dead looking, most days are sunny, and warm to hot-quite boring as far as I'm concerned though I'm sure a lot of people enjoy it. I love warm season thunderstorms, which often occur in the afternoon/evening to cool things down a bit...would be great if we had a few more.
I prefer summer to be a dry season, myself, to enjoy the warmer days under clear skies, than have to put up with rain all the time. In Seattle, the short yet usually glorious summer season is our reward for putting up with so much damn rain the rest of the year. (So sick of rain ugh! Lol)
I prefer summer to be a dry season, myself, to enjoy the warmer days under clear skies, than have to put up with rain all the time. In Seattle, the short yet usually glorious summer season is our reward for putting up with so much damn rain the rest of the year. (So sick of rain ugh! Lol)
Having a higher summer rainfall doesn't always mean it rains all the time. 3-4 inches/75-100 mm a month during summer isn't enough to create wet conditions.
Having a higher summer rainfall doesn't always mean it rains all the time. 3-4 inches/75-100 mm a month during summer isn't enough to create wet conditions.
I suppose if it comes in quick and infrequent downpours. I guess I'm just used to an inch of rain taking days to fall gradually out of the sky lol.
NYC averages 4.5 inches of precipitation per month during the summer, but only has 10.5 days with precipitation (>.01 inches). So 2/3 of the days don't have any precipitation. But even that doesn't say much because even days with precipitation can still have sun. During the summer, in NYC sunshine is about 65% of possible. In Seattle, only July breaks the 60% barrier.
Summer in Seattle is sunnier then in New York, and Seattle only has 5 days of rain on average in July and 4.8 in August
New York = 744.8 hours
Seattle = 862.2 hours
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