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Climate of India — Revision Notes
Telangana Board · Class 10 · Social Studies
Climate of India revision notes for Telangana Board Class 10 Social Studies: 4 topics in quick points. Includes Weather, Climate, and Climographs, Factors.
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Key Topics to Revise
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Weather, Climate, and Climographs
- Weather is the state of atmospheric conditions like sunshine, temperature, atmospheric pressure, winds, humidity, clouds, and precipitation over an area at a particular time.
- Weather changes often, even within a short period.
- Climate refers to such conditions over a large area and follows a similar general pattern over 30 or more years.
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Factors Influencing Climate
- The main climatic controls are latitude, land-water relationship, altitude, and upper air circulation.
- Insolation intensity depends on latitude and is more intense at low latitudes than at high latitudes.
- Average annual temperature decreases as one moves from the equator toward the poles.
3
Winter Season
- Winter in India lasts from mid-November to February.
- January is usually the coldest month.
- In many parts of the country, day temperature sometimes drops below 10°C.
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Summer Season and Pre-monsoon Showers
- Summer starts in April.
- During summer, maximum day temperature in north-west plains exceeds 37°C.
- By mid-May, temperature may touch 41°C to 42°C in many parts of the country, especially the north-west plains and central India.
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Weather is the state of atmosphericClimate is the general patternA climograph shows average monthly valuesTemperature depends on latitude because insolationLand heats and cools faster than
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Key topics in Climate of India include Weather, Climate, and Climographs, Factors Influencing Climate, Winter Season, Summer Season and Pre-monsoon Showers. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Telangana Board Class 10 board exam.
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