Climate
The topography of Kangra District is varied, with elevations ranging from 400m altitude at Milawan to 5500m at Bara Bhangal. The Indora block of Kangra District lies in a semi-humid, sub-tropical zone where annual precipitation averages approximately 1000mm with a mean temperature of about 24°C, Dehragopipur and Nurpur blocks lies in a humid, sub-tropical zone where the annual rainfall is between 900–2350mm and mean temperature ranging between 2° and 24°C. Palampur and Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh lie in a wet, temperate zone where the temperature ranges from 15 to 19°C and annual rainfall is about 2500mm, making Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh the wettest place in Himachal Pradesh. (avg. of the last fifty five years). Other parts of the Kangra district lie in hill areas where the mean annual temperature varies from 13 to 20°C and annual rainfall is 1800– 3000mm.
The winter lasts from mid-October to March, during which the temperature ranges from 0 to 20 °C. The winds cause winter rains. Summers last from April until June, and are hot (temp 25 to 38 °C) and dry. They are generally followed by a wet monsoon which ends in autumn.The climate in the region is cool and soothing, especially near the Chamundaji sub-region, due to the presence of many pine tree forests. Due to deforestation in the name of development, however, the clean and serene environment of the region may be threatened. The need of the hour is to plant more trees and to safeguard existing trees. A tree-planting program in Kangra District has been initiated by Dharmalaya Institute in Bir.
| Climate data for Dharamshala | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 114.5 (4.508) |
100.7 (3.965) |
98.8 (3.89) |
48.6 (1.913) |
59.1 (2.327) |
202.7 (7.98) |
959.7 (37.783) |
909.2 (35.795) |
404.8 (15.937) |
66.3 (2.61) |
16.7 (0.657) |
54.0 (2.126) |
3,054.4 (120.252) |
| Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT004930 | |||||||||||||
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