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[[File:Rajasthan_canal_Shivender.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=View of Indira Gandhi Canal|[[Indira Gandhi Canal]] was necessitated by [[water scarcity]] in [[Thar Desert]], covering western part of [[Rajasthan]].]]
[[File:Mt._Abu.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Mount Abu in Sirohi district|[[Mount Abu]] is one of the coolest places in Rajasthan.]]
[[File:A sunset on the dunes of the Great Indian Thar Desert Rajasthan India.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Thar Desert]] near [[Jaisalmer]].]]
[[File:An aerial view of Udaipur and Aravali hills Rajasthan India 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|Aerial view Udaipur and Aravali hills.]]
The '''Climate of [[Rajasthan]]''' in northwestern India is generally [[arid]] or [[semi-arid]] and features fairly hot temperatures over the year with extreme temperatures in both summer and winter.

==History==
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Under the [[Köppen climate classification]] the greater part of Rajasthan falls under [[Desert climate#Hot desert climates|Hot Desert (BWh)]] and remaining portions of the state falls under [[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|Hot Semi Arid (BSh)]]; the climate of the state ranges from arid to semi-arid. Rajasthan receives low and variable rainfalls and thereby is prone to [[drought]]s. As Rajasthan is the dry and hot state, Unbelievable hailstorm covered Nagaur, Rajasthan in a thin snow-like icy blanket in December 2019. Later on, it is clarified that this is not a snowfall but a hailstorm, endorse by western disturbances. The climate has changed in winters like never before.<ref>https://www.india.com/news/india/watch-is-it-snowing-in-rajasthan-mind-boggling-video-goes-viral-on-twitter-3878755/</ref>

==Seasons==
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===Summer===
Due to the Desert Geography, frequently climb above 40 to 45 degrees Celsius in most places.

Due to its location, summers are the longest season in Rajasthan.

In this time tourist activities are very low.

===Winter===
The [[Winter|cold weather]] commences early in October and ends around the end of February and sometimes the temperatures reach nearly 2-degree celsius [*record in 1964 in JAIPUR the temperature reached 0-degree Celsius on 13 December.]

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===Monsoon===
The state has two distinct periods of rainfall: rainfall due to the [[Monsoon of South Asia|South-West Monsoon]] after summer and rainfall due to [[Monsoon of South Asia|Western Disturbances]].

===Temperature===
{| class="toc" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2 width=700px style="float:center; margin:2em 2em 2em 2em; padding:0.5e text-align:left; clear:all; margin-left:3px"
|+ <big>'''Average temperatures in various cities of Rajasthan(°C)'''</big>
|- align=center style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| colspan=1 abbr="" |
! colspan=2 abbr="winter" | Winter (Jan - Feb)
! colspan=3 abbr="summer" | Summer (Mar – May)
! colspan=4 abbr="monsoon" | Monsoon (Jun – Sep)
! colspan=3 abbr="post-monsoon" | Post-monsoon (Oct – Dec)
! colspan=1 abbr="year-round" | Year-round
|- align=center
!
! abbr="January" | Jan
! abbr="February" | Feb
! abbr="March" | Mar
! abbr="April" | Apr
! May
! abbr="June" | Jun
! abbr="July" | Jul
! abbr="August" | Aug
! abbr="September" | Sep
! abbr="October" | Oct
! abbr="November" | Nov
! abbr="December" | Dec
! abbr="Average" | Avg
|-align=center
![[Jaipur]](Highest)<ref name=IMD>{{cite web| url = http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/jaipur2.htm| title = Jaipur Climatological Table Period: 1971–2000| publisher = [[India Meteorological Department]]| access-date = March 30, 2017| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115033/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/jaipur2.htm| archive-date = April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|22.4 ||25.0 ||31.0 || 37.1 ||40.3 ||39.3 ||34.1 ||32.4 || 33.8 ||33.6 ||29.2 ||24.4 ||31.9
|-align=center
![[Jaipur]](Lowest)<ref name= IMD />
|08.4 ||10.8 ||16.0 ||21.8 ||25.9 ||27.4 ||25.8 ||24.7 ||23.2 ||19.4 ||13.8 ||9.2 ||18.8
|}

===Precipitation===
{| class="toc" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2 width=700px style="float:center; margin:2em 2em 2em 2em; padding:0.5e text-align:left; clear:all; margin-left:3px"
|+ <big>'''Average precipitation in various cities of Rajasthan(mm)'''</big>
|- align=center style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| colspan=1 abbr="" | '''—'''
! colspan=2 abbr="winter" | Winter (Jan – Feb)
! colspan=3 abbr="summer" | Summer (Mar – May)
! colspan=4 abbr="monsoon" | Monsoon 1 (Jun – Sep)
! colspan=3 abbr="monsoon 2" | Monsoon 2 (Oct – Dec)
! colspan=1 abbr="year-round" | Year-round
|- align=center
! City
! abbr="January" | Jan
! abbr="February" | Feb
! abbr="March" | Mar
! abbr="April" | Apr
! May
! abbr="June" | Jun
! abbr="July" | Jul
! abbr="August" | Aug
! abbr="September" | Sep
! abbr="October" | Oct
! abbr="November" | Nov
! abbr="December" | Dec
! abbr="Average" | Total
|- align="center"
![[Jaipur]]<ref name= IMD />
|7.0 ||10.6 ||3.1 ||4.9 ||17.9 ||63.4 ||223.3 ||205.9 ||66.3 ||25.0 ||3.9 ||4.2 ||637.4
|- align="center"
|}

==Disasters==
===Drought and famine===
Rajasthan receives low and variable rainfalls and thereby is prone to droughts. Availability of water is less due to the absence of rivers and lakes.

===Floods===
Occasional floods in cities due to improper drainage occurs. Sometimes floods also occur in western Rajasthan due to impervious base rocks.

==Pollution==
In some industrial and urban centers pollution has been reported occasionally.

==See also==
* [[Climate of India]]
* [[Climatic regions of India]]
* [[Loo (wind)|Loo]]
* [[Thar Desert]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Rajasthan}}

[[Category:Climate of India]]
[[Category:Environment of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Geography of Rajasthan]]

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