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www.GOALias.blogspot.comWhat about the times of sunrise andsunset? You know that in winters itbecomes dark early and you do not getmuch time to play. Are the days shorterin winter than in summer? Try to findit out yourself by completing the projectgiven at the end of the chapter.7.2 C7.2 CLIMATEMeteorologists record the weather everyday. The records of the weather havebeen preserved for the past severaldecades. These help us to determine theweather pattern at a place. The averageweather pattern taken over a longtime, say 25 years, is called theclimate of the place. If we find thatthe temperature at a place is high mostTable 7.2 Srinagar (Jammu &Kashmir)Information about climateMonthMean temperatureMeanoCtotalDailyDailyrainfallminimummaximum(mm)Jan -2.3 4.7 57Feb -0.6 7.8 65Mar 3.8 13.6 99Apr 7.7 19.4 88May 10.7 23.8 72Jun 14.7 29.2 37July 8.2 30.0 49Aug 17.5 29.7 70Sep 12.9 27.8 33Oct 6.1 21.9 36Nov 0.9 14.7 27Dec -1.6 8.2 43of the time, then we say that the climateof that place is hot. If there is also heavyrainfall on most of the days in the sameplace, then we can say that the climateof that place is hot and wet.In Table 7.2 and 7.3, we have giventhe climatic condition at two places inIndia. The mean temperature for a givenmonth is found in two steps. First wefind the average of the temperaturesrecorded during the month. Second, wecalculate the average of such averagetemperatures over many years. Thatgives the mean temperature. The twoplaces are: Srinagar in Jammu andKashmir, and Thiruvananthapuram inKerala.Table 7.3 Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala)Information about climateMonthMean temperatureMeanoCtotalDailyDailyrainfallminimummaximum(mm)Jan 22.2 31.5 23Feb 22.8 31.9 24Mar 24.1 32.6 40Apr 24.9 32.6 117May 24.7 31.6 230Jun 23.5 29.7 321July 23.1 29.2 227Aug 23.2 29.4 138Sep 23.3 30.0 175Oct 23.3 29.9 282Nov 23.1 30.3 185Dec 22.6 31.0 66(Note: The numbers for the mean total rainfall have been rounded off), CWEATHEREATHER, , CLIMATEAND ADAPTATIONSOF ANIMALSTO CLIMATE7171