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KANNUR, INDIA


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Elevation: 49 feet     Latitude: 11 52N     Longitude: 075 21E
Köppen Classification: Tropical Monsoon Climate

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Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18°C (64°F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in Kannur is 40.4°F (4.7°C). The warmest month, on average, is April with an average temperature of 41.2°F (5.1°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 40.0°F (4.4°C).

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Kannur is 10.5" (266.7 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is July with 2.6" (66 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 0.0" (0 mm). There are an average of 12.6 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in July with 2.4 days and the least precipitation occurring in January with 0.1 days.



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