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CLIMATE
Climate
Ahmednagar district is away from the sea. The climate of the district is hot and dry,on whole extremely genial and is characterised by a hot summer and general dryness during major part of the year except during south-west monsoon season. In the hilly western part of the district ,the climate is slightly cool. Bhandardara is hill station in the Akole taluka. In the cold season which lasts from November to February the air is dry and invigorating. The period from March to the first week of June is the hot season. It is followed by the south- west monsoon season which lasts till the end of September. October and November constitute the post-monsoon or the retreating south-west monsoon season. The western hilly region receives more rainfall ,
but as one goes
towards the east, the amount of rainfall decreases.
Rainfall
The average annual rainfall in the district is 501.8 mm. (19.76"). Though heavy near the Sahyadris in Akola & plentiful in the hilly parts of Sangamner, Rahuri, Shevgaon & Jamkhed , the rainfall is uncertain. In the plains the early rains are often scanty and the late rains capricious , so that droughts, especially in the Bhima basin, appear to form the rule and good year the exception.
Temperature
May
is the hottest month & that December is the coldest month. On few occasions thin film of fog is being observed in the early mornings of December & January.