Climate
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Meerut has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June during and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F). The monsoon arrives in late June and continues till the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March Lowest temperature recorded is 0.5 °C (32.9 °F). Rainfall is about 80 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%. The city receives no snow.
| Climate data for Meerut | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
32 (90) |
39 (102) |
43 (109) |
45 (113) |
46 (115) |
44 (111) |
40 (104) |
39 (102) |
38 (100) |
34 (93) |
30 (86) |
46 (115) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25 (77) |
29 (84) |
35 (95) |
40 (104) |
43 (109) |
43 (109) |
39 (102) |
36 (97) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
27 (81) |
43 (109) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5 (41) |
4 (39) |
9 (48) |
14 (57) |
19 (66) |
22 (72) |
25 (77) |
22 (72) |
20 (68) |
13 (55) |
7 (45) |
6 (43) |
3 (37) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0 (32) |
0 (32) |
5 (41) |
8 (46) |
15 (59) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
19 (66) |
15 (59) |
10 (50) |
1 (34) |
0 (32) |
0 (32) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 24 (0.94) |
18 (0.71) |
10 (0.39) |
5 (0.2) |
15 (0.59) |
54 (2.13) |
248 (9.76) |
332 (13.07) |
138 (5.43) |
42 (1.65) |
3 (0.12) |
8 (0.31) |
897 (35.31) |
| % humidity | 79 | 70 | 59 | 42 | 41 | 58 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 68 | 67 | 75 | 66.7 |
| Avg. rainy days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Source: Department of Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India | |||||||||||||
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