Geography and Climate
Lying at 32°56′ North latitude and 73°44′ East longitude, Jhelum is located just 1-hour and 30 minutes drive from the Capital of Pakistan Islamabad, and 3 hours drive from the heart of Punjab Lahore. Jhelum is linked with these cities through the National Highway N-5. Several cities are within 1 to 2 hours drive including Gujrat (home to fan manufacturing), Gujranwala, Chakwal and Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.
Jhelum has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) and is extremely hot and humid in summer, and warm and generally dry in winter. The maximum recorded temperature in the pre-monsoon season of April to June is 49.2 °C (120.6 °F), whereas in winter the minimum temperature recorded is −0.6 °C (30.9 °F). Average annual rainfall is about 850 millimetres (33 in) which is much below the required quantity given the extremely high evaporation levels. Nevertheless, in the rainy season water torrents flow from the north to Jhelum River very rapidly and cause damage to the crops, bridges, roads. This is responsible for the soil erosion in the district.
| Climate data for Jhelum, Punjab | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.1 (79) |
30.7 (87.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
43.3 (109.9) |
49.2 (120.6) |
49.0 (120.2) |
47.0 (116.6) |
42.2 (108) |
40.6 (105.1) |
37.8 (100) |
35.0 (95) |
27.8 (82) |
49.2 (120.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.5 (104.9) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.0 (95) |
33.1 (91.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.0 (41) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
0.0 (32) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.0 (59) |
8.9 (48) |
1.1 (34) |
0.0 (32) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 33.8 (1.331) |
50.0 (1.969) |
60.5 (2.382) |
36.6 (1.441) |
31.8 (1.252) |
51.9 (2.043) |
237.3 (9.343) |
221.2 (8.709) |
77.7 (3.059) |
12.2 (0.48) |
9.9 (0.39) |
30.4 (1.197) |
853.3 (33.596) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 212.8 | 202.9 | 225.3 | 256.8 | 312.7 | 284.7 | 247.0 | 243.6 | 257.0 | 287.5 | 251.9 | 215.3 | 2,997.5 |
| Source: NOAA (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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