The Lands of Double Summer
The lands of double summer experience the summer season twice in a year.
This may come as a surprise to those who are accustomed to experiencing only a single summer.
Strange as it may seem, but it is true.
Following is a short description of climate of these areas.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer starts normally in the month of May and attains its maximum strength by the middle of July or August.
In the Southern Hemisphere it starts in November and in January it is at its peak.
Both the hemispheres, therefore, have only a single summer.
There are places, though rare to be found, that experience a double summer; one in the months of April and May and the other in October and November.
To name two of them, one is biggest city of Pakistan, Karachi, and the other is Mumbai the second largest city of India in population after Kolkata and the second largest center of movie production in the world after Hollywood.
In both the above mentioned cities, temperatures rise sharply in early summer and by May both stations record temperatures well above 80 F.
Then in June, monsoon arrives and strikes the shores of Mumbai with its full fury.
Karachi does not get heavy rain but the sky is overcast day and night during the monsoon.
Due the monsoon affect the highs at both places show a decline of as much as 10 to 15 F.
The weather becomes cool and pleasant with frequent showers.
As the monsoon starts receding by the middle of September, the skies become cloudless again and the strength of breeze that was very strong during monsoon also becomes weaker.
The result is that the October and November months record temperature well above 90 F at Mumbai and at Karachi it is not uncommon for the thermometer to cross 100 F during October and temperatures up to 106 F are sometimes recorded.
In short, when a major part of India and Pakistan gets relief from the suffocating heat and humidity of the monsoon, these places are having their worse weather.
Sometime the months of October and November are actually hotter than those of April and May at these places.
It is, therefore, advisable to avoid Karachi and Mumbai at this time of the year.
The above is, a very brief account of the lands of double summer but it does give the reader an idea of what type of weather to expect in these places.
This may come as a surprise to those who are accustomed to experiencing only a single summer.
Strange as it may seem, but it is true.
Following is a short description of climate of these areas.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer starts normally in the month of May and attains its maximum strength by the middle of July or August.
In the Southern Hemisphere it starts in November and in January it is at its peak.
Both the hemispheres, therefore, have only a single summer.
There are places, though rare to be found, that experience a double summer; one in the months of April and May and the other in October and November.
To name two of them, one is biggest city of Pakistan, Karachi, and the other is Mumbai the second largest city of India in population after Kolkata and the second largest center of movie production in the world after Hollywood.
In both the above mentioned cities, temperatures rise sharply in early summer and by May both stations record temperatures well above 80 F.
Then in June, monsoon arrives and strikes the shores of Mumbai with its full fury.
Karachi does not get heavy rain but the sky is overcast day and night during the monsoon.
Due the monsoon affect the highs at both places show a decline of as much as 10 to 15 F.
The weather becomes cool and pleasant with frequent showers.
As the monsoon starts receding by the middle of September, the skies become cloudless again and the strength of breeze that was very strong during monsoon also becomes weaker.
The result is that the October and November months record temperature well above 90 F at Mumbai and at Karachi it is not uncommon for the thermometer to cross 100 F during October and temperatures up to 106 F are sometimes recorded.
In short, when a major part of India and Pakistan gets relief from the suffocating heat and humidity of the monsoon, these places are having their worse weather.
Sometime the months of October and November are actually hotter than those of April and May at these places.
It is, therefore, advisable to avoid Karachi and Mumbai at this time of the year.
The above is, a very brief account of the lands of double summer but it does give the reader an idea of what type of weather to expect in these places.
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