India Climate Data
My blog statistics have revealed that many viewers have reached my site in search of climate data for Indian stations. The best way to get this information is to visit the official web site of the India Meteorological Department at www.imdpune.gov.in, and click on the link “Supply of Climate Data”. There are other links that will tell you about publications and data on sale. Data recorded by Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) are available at the site http://www.imdaws.com/ If you need further clarifications you may send an E mail to adgmr@imd.gov.in .
Cloud and Sunshine 
Dec 27, 2019 @ 15:12:56
Sir I want to know coming 5 days wheather of east odisha kendrapara is here rainfall for coming 5 days
Dec 27, 2019 @ 10:58:45
Please see the IMD website at http://www.imd.gov.in. You will get the information you need.
Best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
Mar 01, 2018 @ 08:28:55
Hello sir i am working on be mechanical engineering student ontopix related solar scheffle disk .so i want some data of current location like solar radiation abt temp and receive temp. And wind blowing velocity .share me mail id patelparth191195@gmail.com
Mar 01, 2018 @ 14:48:04
Dear Parth,
Thank you for your comment, but your problem is not clear to me, so I cannot help you. I suggest that you get in touch with IMD in the matter.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 06, 2018 @ 12:00:44
Sir, could I get the month wise temperature and snow fall details of Leh from Jan 2010 to Jan 2017
Feb 12, 2018 @ 07:08:42
Dear Lal,
Thanks for visiting my site. The right source for the data you want is the India Meteorological Department. Please check the availability at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ndc_new/ndc_index.html.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 13, 2018 @ 10:20:00
pls click the following link https://globalweather.tamu.edu/….it may help you…
Dec 27, 2017 @ 04:14:42
Sir I am a PG student doing my project work on analysis on temperature changes. I require the max, min temperature of Andhra pradesh (district wise). Can you please help me either with the data or with the corresponding link.
Dec 27, 2017 @ 05:51:31
Dear Helan,
Please visit IMD’s web site at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ndc_new/ndc_index.html
You will find the information there.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 03, 2017 @ 09:26:55
sir, i need hourly average wind speed for Ahmadabad for last year.
how i can get/
Sep 03, 2017 @ 10:15:28
Dear Bhavesh,
Please visit http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ndc_new/ndc_index.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 29, 2017 @ 10:04:09
Dear Sir,
This is Arijita , A research Fellow from University of Madras, Chennai.
Me and my Team we are currently working for some climatic parameters for our study area for our Research Project entitled “Terrain Evaluation and 3D visualization”
In this context, while searching for data i got this email id from website https://rrkelkar.wordpress.com/climate/india-climate-data/.
My question is , Is it possible to get Air temperature data from 2010 to 2016 for The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Mainly coonoor extent.????
If possible Kindly will you be fair and encourage enough to give our team the details from where we can get?
Thanking you
With Warm Regards
Aug 29, 2017 @ 10:31:40
Dear Arijita,
Thank you for your comment on this site. Since you are based in Chennai, it will be easy for you to visit the Regional Meteorological Centre in Nungambakkan, Chennai and discuss your problem and data needs with the scientists there. I am sure they will be able to help and guide you in the matter.
Best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
Jul 15, 2017 @ 06:44:01
Respected Sir, I am Sweta Chakraborty, doing Ph.D in Atmospheric Science from Calcutta University.For research purpose I need Cloud Coverage data and aerosol data of Kolkata from 1990-2014.I need your help for this purpose.
Jul 15, 2017 @ 09:22:42
Dear Sweta,
I suggest that you visit IMD’s web site http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ndc_new/ndc_index.html which gives details of data available and how to get it. However, since you are based in Kolkata, you should also visit the Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore and seek the help of the scientists there.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 08, 2017 @ 18:23:01
Sir , I am Saksham goyal from dehradun . I need the daily relative humidity of Dehradun for June 2017. If you can tell me where I’ll find the information it would be very helpful.
Thanking you.
Jul 09, 2017 @ 03:20:09
Dear Saksham,
Dehra Dun has a Meteorological Centre. Please enquire there.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 27, 2017 @ 09:52:40
Hello Sir,
My Self Romil Modi from Gujarat. I want monthly Rainfall data For pune district of last 5 years. Please tell me from where i can get the data..
May 27, 2017 @ 10:34:34
Dear Romil,
You may please visit IMD’s web page at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ndc_new/ndc_index.html where you will know how to go about it.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 02, 2017 @ 05:00:57
Sir I have to calculate the run off through scs-cn equation. In this formula I need rainfall in inches
May 02, 2017 @ 05:06:53
Dear Tanvi,
I am sorry you won’t get it. It is like buying a typewriter in this computer age!
Best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
May 02, 2017 @ 04:53:56
Dear Sir,
I need rainfall data of Kapurthala District of Punjab in inches.
May 02, 2017 @ 04:57:59
Dear Tanvi,
Any particular reason that you need rainfall data in inches? Inch is no longer a valid unit of measurement in India.
Ranjan Kelkar
May 02, 2017 @ 05:03:31
Sir i need to calculate runoff through SCS-CN equation. So, in this formula i need rainfall in inches.
May 02, 2017 @ 06:45:23
Sir I have rainfall data I.e 779 mm. If I convert it into inches will it be appropriate or not
Apr 08, 2017 @ 02:17:00
Respected sir,
please tell me, how i will collect temperature and rainfall data of Purulia district, West Bengal for 100 years.
thanking you
Mohan
Apr 08, 2017 @ 03:02:24
Dear Mohan,
Please visit imdpune.gov.in. There you can find out what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 05, 2017 @ 11:38:25
Hello Sir, Could you help me with sunshine hours and sunny daya data for koppal District for 2015 or 2016 for calculation of Evapotranspiration calculation
Apr 06, 2017 @ 00:49:48
Dear Shreyata,
Thanks for visiting my site.
Can you tell me where you are located and where is this Koppal district?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 06, 2017 @ 04:36:43
Koppal is in Karnataka and I am currently living in Mumbai
Apr 06, 2017 @ 04:53:51
Dear Shreyata,
Thanks for clarifying. I do not know whether there is a sunshine recorder in that area. So I cannot tell you how to get the data. However, since you are in Mumbai, you may like to contact the Regional Meteorological Centre in Colaba. I am sure they can give you proper advice.
R R Kelkar
Mar 27, 2017 @ 04:45:57
Respected Sir,
My task is to get solar power output vs time with a cloud model. Can I get these over a long time period, i.e. from 6 am to 6 pm for different cloud coverage factors?. My Cloud model is assuming the cloud fractions like at 9am cloud fraction is 0.1 and at 10am as 0.2.
i am looking for chennai location.
Can you please help me?
Apr 06, 2017 @ 00:47:30
Dear Satya Prakash,
Thank you for visiting my site.
I do not quite understand why you should get hourly cloud observations at Chennai and then estimate solar radiation from them. You may as well use hourly solar radiation observations. Have you discussed your problem with meteorologists at IMD Chennai?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 11, 2017 @ 15:35:09
Respected Sir,
Actually I am designing an energy storage system for small solar panel setup(10*10) i am estimating the solar power output for the clear sky and comparing the actual power output when it is not the clear sky. i need to answer the question like what is the probability that at this time of the day, the power output is less than 75% of the expected clear-sky power output?
so i wrote a code that it is using cloud fraction but as of now i am giving the static values for the different time in a day like at 9am it is 0.1 and so on.i need to measure cloud fraction for the specific time in the day is it possible to get it through matlab.
May 12, 2017 @ 00:59:26
Dear Satyarakesh,
You don’t have to do it in such a roundabout manner. Hourly solar radiation and sunshine data are available for Chennai. Please contact IMD for the data.
Best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
Mar 25, 2017 @ 12:18:27
I’m an architecture student.I want to know about the predominant rainfall direction in ziro,lower subansiri,Arunachal Pradesh.Can u help me sir?
Mar 26, 2017 @ 12:15:21
Dear Ayantika,
Please visit the IMD web site http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ It will tell you what is available and how to get it.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 12, 2017 @ 22:31:19
Dear Sir,
I am looking for temperature and rainfall data for Ladakh – specifically the town of Hunder. According to the maps on the IMD website, there is a IMD temperature monitoring station at Leh, but no rainfall gauge. Apart from the IMD, do you have any suggestions where I may find these records? There are weather monitoring stations in Ladakh, as I saw them on a visit during summer 2016.
Thanks in advance,
Savannah
Mar 14, 2017 @ 09:55:11
Dear Savannah,
Thanks for your comment. Have you tried asking IMD for the information you need?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 22, 2016 @ 13:49:26
Dear Sir,
I need sunshine hour data of some districts of Uttar Pradesh. I have visited NASA website where I am able to search the data regarding Insolation, air temperature, wind speed but I am not able to get exactly what I need i.e. sunshine hour data. Kindly tell me how could i get this data.,
Oct 23, 2016 @ 01:23:36
Dear Jay,
You have not told what you will do with the data. But if you have insolation, why would you need sunshine hours? Anyway you can contact IMD for sunshine data.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 24, 2016 @ 04:20:22
Dear Sir,
Presently, My task is to identify the zones of groundwater potential and to know about the sunshine hours of that zones. I have identified the groundwater potential zones in my research area. Now I have to suggests the locations where the solar pumps of definite capacity could be installed for pumping out the groundwater, for this I need sunshine hours data. I have already contacted IMD for this, but they do not have any station in my study area.
Sir, I have gone through the below mentioned link of NASA where various data such as solar insolation data, Top of atmosphere insolation data and many more are given but what i need is sunshine hour data. Please open the below mentioned link and see the parameters uploaded and try to find, is there any parameter available by which one could calculate the sunshine hour.
https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/sse/daily.cgi?email=skip@larc.nasa.gov
http://power.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/solar/agro.cgi?email=agroclim@larc.nasa.gov
Oct 24, 2016 @ 10:14:12
Dear Jay,
If there is no sunshine recording station in your area you are helpless. But among the many parameters available on the NASA site, “Insolation on horizontal surface” may be useful to you as a substitute for sunshine hours.
R R Kelkar
Sep 21, 2016 @ 07:33:22
Dear sir,
I need to know hourly maximum rainfall data of sira(T), Tumkur(D) for last 5 years.
Sep 21, 2016 @ 08:14:37
Dear Punith,
Please visit http://www.imdaws.com which has hourly data. You may find it there.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 21, 2016 @ 05:48:17
Dear Sir
I am wanting to know the direction of wind at Vadodara prevalent round the year so as to decide good orientation of my house. kindly let me know where can I see the same?
Aug 21, 2016 @ 08:50:30
Dear Ghanshyam,
I presume you are a resident of Vadodara. Please visit the Technical Services Area of Vadodara airport and ask for their advice. They will have the best wind information that you need for designing your house.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 02, 2016 @ 09:50:44
Hi Mr. Ghanshyam,
I happen to be an architect from Baroda too and came across this website while looking for sun paths, I’d be glad to help you with your house’s designing, actually looking forward to some passive designing, quite rare to find clients with awareness and interest in it. Do drop in an email on evo_spaces@yahoo.com, looking forward to hear from you
Aug 16, 2016 @ 10:59:51
DEAR SIR,
PLS GIVE THE ANS.
RUDRAPUR UTTARAKHAND WET BLOB TEMPERATURE AND BLOB TEMPERATURE IN 21 JUNE FOR HEAT LOAD CALCULATION BASIS
Aug 16, 2016 @ 11:29:58
Dear Krishna,
Thanks for your question. But I am sorry that I do not have the answer.
R R Kelkar
Aug 14, 2016 @ 09:50:51
Sir i needed Mahoney table for Vadodara ! How should i get it ?
Aug 16, 2016 @ 00:08:51
Dear Aheree,
Mohaney Table is an architectural aid. You can get Vadodara data from IMD, but you will have to construct it yourself.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 06, 2016 @ 11:24:14
Dear sir pranam my self Pashupati Nath from Gurukula Kangari University Haridwar and working on some aspect of bioecology of Uttarakhand district of Rudrapryag and Uttarkashi .I need meterloogical data of same district from 2010 to till date so sir sir please help me this regard
Jul 06, 2016 @ 14:15:11
Dear Pashupati Nath,
You may contact Meteorological Centre, Dehra Dun. Their email id is mcdehradun@yahoo.co.in
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 30, 2016 @ 08:26:30
sir i want the sunshine hour of chennai from jan-15 to till date
Jun 30, 2016 @ 09:49:53
Dear Shivang,
Please contact the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai. Their email id is acwctp@gmail.com and web site is at http://www.imdchennai.gov.in/
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 17, 2016 @ 14:05:38
Sir,
I want meteorological data for salem,tamilnadu.for the years 2011-2015.
Tell me how to get it
Jun 17, 2016 @ 15:18:17
Dear Arun,
You may visit http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ where you will find what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 14, 2016 @ 12:33:51
Nice
Jun 10, 2016 @ 07:50:01
Sir
I want meteorological data for rajasthan for the years 2012-2014
Tell me how to get it
Jun 10, 2016 @ 13:03:21
Dear Ekta,
You may visit http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ where you will find what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 30, 2016 @ 05:18:50
sir, i need maximum sunshine hours data for Allahabad (UP) during 2015 year
May 30, 2016 @ 06:28:23
Dear Pardeep,
You may visit http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ where you will find what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 04, 2016 @ 05:28:18
Sir, How to give reference and citation for the IMD rainfall data in a research paper?
May 04, 2016 @ 09:45:43
Dear Sandeep,
Different journals have different formats for references/citations. You should follow the instructions of the journal to which you propose to send your paper.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 01, 2016 @ 12:32:58
Dear Sir,
Thank you so much. I have contacted them regarding my queries.
Apr 30, 2016 @ 13:41:13
Dear Sir,
I am in Bangalore. As far as http://www.imdaws.com is concerned, I think I have to contact AWS Lab, Pune. But contact details are not available on the website.
May 01, 2016 @ 00:47:31
See http://www.imdpune.gov.in/surface_instruments/index.html
R R Kelkar
Apr 28, 2016 @ 08:15:45
Respected Sir,
I’m a research scholar from BIT Mesra, Ranchi. I’m working on glaciers of Sikkim. therefore i need to analyse temperature and snowfall data for different weather stations of Sikkim for atleast last 25 years.. But in the site of IMD Pune, the informations regarding the availability of these datas are not available. So i shall be highly obliged if you kindly suggest any alternative option.
Apr 28, 2016 @ 09:50:32
Dear Pranata,
If IMD does not have the data you need, there is no alternative but to change your research topic.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 26, 2016 @ 12:27:17
Dear Sir,
I wish to know the exact locations of temperature measuring devices set up by IMD at & arould Malvan, Sindhudurg.
Apr 27, 2016 @ 00:26:54
Dear Sunder,
You may check out this site http://www.imdmumbai.gov.in/
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 29, 2016 @ 13:15:11
Dear Sir,
Thanks for the reference. The site mentioned by you
(http://www.imdmumbai.gov.in/) contains lot of useful data. I was looking at data from 2 automatic weather stations (Devgad, Mulde) in Sindhudurg. On the same day at the same time they have recorded two widely different temperatures. (29/4/16, 11am, 31.5C & 14.5C). Does it mean that they are programmed to record only max or min temperature?
Regards,
Sunder
Apr 29, 2016 @ 13:26:04
Dear Sundar,
I am happy that my information was helpful. You may also see http://www.imdaws.com which gives all the details of observations recorded by AWS stations..
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 30, 2016 @ 11:18:05
Sir,
Thanks once again for the reference (www.imdaws.com). Whom should I contact about questions concerning this website?
Apr 30, 2016 @ 13:18:44
Dear Sunder,
You have not told me where you are located. You may contact the IMD office nearest you!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 23, 2016 @ 06:03:55
Hello Sir,
I want to daily temperature data (min. and max.) from 1981 to 2015 for Nagapattinam district in Cauvery delta, Tamil Nadu, if Nagapattinam is not here i can manage with Chidambaram (Cudalore Dt.) or Karikal (UT) or Thiruvarur district can be useful. i need only one station data for analysis. I am interested in climate change studies.
Apr 25, 2016 @ 11:03:06
Dear Aswin,
Please visit the IMD web site imdpune.gov.in and click on “Supply of climate data”. There you will know what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 12, 2016 @ 15:26:50
Sir , got rainfall data from trompmet.gov.in .but this data is showing qite difference from data downloded from data.gov.in . sir please tell me about best rainfall data.
Apr 13, 2016 @ 01:01:01
Dear Kumar,
Authentic meteorological data for India comes only from the India Meteorological Department.
R R Kelkar
Apr 08, 2016 @ 06:43:22
Sir,
I am shonam sharma, Research scholar at Indian School of mines, Dhanbad. I want the daily data of rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and solar radiation of last 10 years for Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Kindly help me for the same.
Apr 11, 2016 @ 01:09:25
Dear Shonam,
Please visit the IMD web site imdpune.gov.in and click on “Supply of climate data”. There you will know what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 06, 2016 @ 08:31:55
Sir,
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have one more question. I have downloaded one pdf named ‘Solar Radiant Energy of India (IMD-SEC)’ from http://mnre.gov.in/centers/about-sec-2/solar-resources/ . This pdf consists of about 4179 pages and has solar radiation data and other climatic of all major indian stations. Sir have you seen this book. Can you pls. advice whether i can use the solar radiation data in this book for my research work? Kindly clarify my query. I will be grateful for this.
Naveenkishore
Apr 06, 2016 @ 23:57:22
Dear Naveen,
Sorry, I have not seen this book, so I can’t advise.
R R Kelkar
Apr 27, 2016 @ 08:11:23
Respected Sir, India Meteorological Department published a annual report “Disastrous Weather Events”, which consists the data of various disasters. Sir, from which source IMD collect the data for these reports.
Apr 28, 2016 @ 09:44:43
Dear Pankaj,
Do you have a copy of the document?
R R Kelkar
Mar 31, 2016 @ 05:34:20
Sir,
I am doing my P.hd in architecture from Bhopal. I have two questions related to getting authentic weather data for my research work.
1. In many of your replies you have suggested going to one website named ‘tutiempo.net’. I just wanted to know, how authentic is the data from this website.? Can we use the weather data from this website for research work?
2. There is another popular website named ‘accuweather.com’. Can we use the data from this website for research work. Is it as authentic as ‘tutiempo.net’ or should we only go to IMD pune-http://www.imdpune.gov.in/ for authentic data.
Kindly pls. clarify these above queries. I would be grateful to you.
Naveen
Mar 31, 2016 @ 06:08:44
Dear Naveen,
Thanks for raising an important question. Different types of people visit my site and I advise them differently. Some of them are students who somehow want to complete a little project. Some people are impatient and in a great hurry, wanting all data instantly online. Then there are other researchers who want data which is not even recorded!
The answer to your question is that only data made available by the IMD National Data Centre at Pune is guaranteed to be authentic. That is why it takes time to get it and may even cost some money. With other sites, you can take a chance, or subject their data to your own quality control.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 26, 2016 @ 17:33:52
DEAR SIR,
I AM DOING MY phd BIG DATA ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF IMPACT OF WEATHER AND SOIL ON CROPS. DATA SET IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT . I WANT 15 YEARS DATA SET WHERE I GET FOR KARNATAKA . IF YOU SUGGEST SOME WEBSITE ITS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME
Mar 27, 2016 @ 23:26:33
Dear Pushpa,
Can you tell me where you are doing your Ph.D.? Have you discussed your problem with your guide?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 04, 2016 @ 21:24:21
Sir,
I need some Climatic Information on Udhaipur, Rajasthan.
I study Architecture and require graphs on the following
Psychrometric Climate Summary
Humidity
Cloud cover study
Optimum solar orientation
Monthly Diumal averages
Seasonal wind rose
Annual wind rose
Solar path
Solar performance map
Would be grateful for your references
Mar 05, 2016 @ 09:11:18
Dear Ankit,
Please visit the IMD web site imdpune.gov.in and click on “Supply of climate data”. There you will know what data are available and how to get them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 28, 2016 @ 16:51:36
Hello Sir,
I needed the data of of the solar radiation in W/sqm at different times during a day in Rajasthan. Is such data available? I just needed the pyranometer readings of one day in the month of April or May 2015. If the data of the entire month is available then it would be great.
Thank You
Feb 28, 2016 @ 23:48:53
Dear Pranav,
Please visit the IMD web site imdpune.gov.in and click on “Supply of climate data”. There you will know what data are available and how to get them. Most probably what you are looking for may not be available.
There is a Central Arid Zone Research Institute in Jodhpur. Perhaps they could help you.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 18, 2016 @ 15:25:43
Sir, I want stats of maximum and minimum temperature and humidity chart or data for one full year say 2015 ( Jan to dec 2015). Will you kindly inform me ( or provide me) from where I can get this data and how the authenticity of the data can be proved. I want this information for my research work on storage condition of pharmaceutical products in whole Gujrat
Feb 21, 2016 @ 01:13:41
Dear Yogesh,
If you want authentic data, IMD is the only source. You may send an email to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune at ndc@imdpune.gov.in.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 12, 2016 @ 18:38:40
Hi Sir
I m a public health doctor abd researcher want to stdy the effects of climate on different diseases. For that i want data of climate from 1/1/2015 to 31/12/2015 of Nanded city maharashtra. How wil i get it?..ki dly guide me. Ur earlier mentioned site tutiempo does not contain nanded’s name there. Kindly tell.
Thank you in advance
Feb 12, 2016 @ 23:37:38
Dear Dr Pawar,
You may send an email to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune at ndc@imdpune.gov.in.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 13, 2016 @ 03:59:49
Thank you very much Sir
Feb 21, 2016 @ 19:06:05
Hi Sir….sorry to say but email id u hv given ndc@imdpune.gov.in is probably not there. Bcoz i hv tried several times to send request message for data frm my email id to the email u provided me,but every message coming that this email id not present…..kindly suggest
Feb 22, 2016 @ 00:20:28
Dear Dr Pawar,
You are right! There has been a change in the email id to ndcsupply@imd.gov.in. For more details please visit the IMD web site imdpune.gov.in and click on “Supply of Climate Data”, then click on “Data Request”. You will find all the relevant information on this site.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 04, 2016 @ 23:42:49
Hello Sir,
I am looking for the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series data for India. It is possible to get that?
Thanks!
Feb 05, 2016 @ 04:36:03
Dear Neeraj,
Would you mind telling me where you are working or studying? If I get an idea I may be able to help you better,
R R Kelkar
Jan 14, 2016 @ 05:37:27
I currently need historical climate data from 2001 to 2015 daily value of Pune so that I can implement some good algorithms to predict future weather values.
Can you please help me regarding the same.?
The data needed is of all 365 days of the year.
The required parameters of climate are –
Minimum temperature
Maximum temperature
Rainfall
wind speed
precipitation (if possible)
Jan 14, 2016 @ 11:07:31
Dear Kushal,
Where are you working or studying?
How serious are you about weather prediction?
R R Kelkar
Jan 14, 2016 @ 11:17:43
Pursuing ME from AISSMS COE. And this is a final year project. Main aim is to predict future climate data. based on previous year data set. I am thinking of using genetic algorithm with extrapolation for prediction. I hope you can help. because i have searched alot and i couldnt get a dataset.
Jan 14, 2016 @ 12:01:15
Dear Kushal,
Thanks for telling me about yourself.I am sorry that I have to disappoint you, but future weather of Pune cannot be predicted from past weather of Pune. Have yiu read ahy basic books on meteorology?
R R Kelkar
Jan 13, 2016 @ 17:31:25
Respected Sir,
I am doing PhD in economics in Oklahoma State University, USA. For my research, I want data on weather variables like Mean January Sun hours, Mean January Temperature, Annual Precipitation, Average Relative Humidity, Average Wind Speed, or any other weather related variables and also topography variables for all districts in India from 1991 to 2011.
Thank you
Jan 14, 2016 @ 00:44:32
Dear Durba,
Please visit tutiempo.net which has the kind of information that you are looking for.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 03, 2016 @ 01:31:18
Dear Durba,
I am sorry I had somehow missed your comment and did not reply earlier.
You may send an email to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune (ndc@imdpune.gov.in) specifying what you need.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 10, 2016 @ 06:58:12
I want to get weather information from October 2015 to December 2015 that should include information like minimum temperature maximum temperature rainfall humidity wind direction rec. In a tabular form
Jan 10, 2016 @ 09:05:19
Dear Piyush,
You did not specify the place!
Anyway you can see this site http://en.tutiempo.net/climate/india.html
You will see all data in tabular form.
R R Kelkar
Dec 26, 2015 @ 09:30:05
sir,
is there any way to get data from National Data Centre. i am working refrigeration project. for that i need data of humidity dry bulb temp. wet bulb temp and more.
Dec 28, 2015 @ 03:56:23
Dear Bhargav,
Yes of course. Just send an email to ndc@imdpune.gov.in giving all details of your requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 02, 2015 @ 07:37:33
Sir,can you please tell me the extraterrestial solar radiation (mm/day) of Gangtok,Sikkim
Nov 02, 2015 @ 11:04:07
Dear Lalrohlul,
There is a Meteorological Centre in Gangtok. They have a web site http://imdsikkim.gov.in/ which you may visit. Dr. Gopi Nath Raha is the Director and his email id is itsraha@gmail.com
You may please contact him.
R R Kelkar
Oct 22, 2015 @ 13:48:50
sir,i am architecture student.i have to know mahoney table for ooty.i have some of the informations to calculate this table.i have to know some more informations.please help me.
Oct 22, 2015 @ 15:21:08
Dear Koushic,
You must have seen that this blog is about weather and climate. I know very little about architecture. Can you please explain to me what is “mahoney table”? Can you also tell me where you are based?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 09, 2015 @ 02:33:21
sir i kusum pandey pursuing mtech in G.B.P.U.A.T pantnagar.I want districtwise rainfall data of meerut, gjazizbad, saharanpur and muzaffar nagar from 1994-2014
Oct 10, 2015 @ 01:16:59
Dear Kusum,
I suggest that you send an email to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune at ndc@imdpune.gov.in giving them the details of your data needs. You could also contact the Meteorological Centre at Dehra Dun.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 26, 2015 @ 06:05:38
Dear Sir,
I am from Pune studying my master in architecture.for one design project,
I need following IMD data from jan-dec 2000-2013 or for last two year for Leh, which is not found in website.
1.Sky clearance oktas
2.Rain fall/snow fall ( precipitation)
3.windrose data
4.Temp.
5.RH
6.Vapour Pressure.
Regards,
Ar.Sanjita Maindargikar
Sep 26, 2015 @ 06:51:44
Dear Sanjita,
Since you are in Pune, simply visit the National Data Centre of IMD at Simla Office and discuss your problem.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 13, 2015 @ 10:55:32
Dear sir.
This is Venkatesh SH from Chitradurga, Karnataka
Request you to please provide us the data for hudimity and Cloudy weather detail for year 2013-14 and 2014-15
for installation of Solar Penal (Solar Electric Power Generation) Small Scale 10W – 20KW
thanking you
Sep 13, 2015 @ 12:07:03
Dear Venkatesh,
I do not have any data that I can provide to anyone. You will have to try other sources. But I think that there is no need for you to collect humidity and cloud data for the purposes of installing a solar panel at your place. The seller should tell you about the efficiency of his product.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 10, 2015 @ 04:32:29
Thank you sir for your assistance.
Sep 09, 2015 @ 11:49:30
Dear Sir,
I am a research scholar at Jamshedpur, and studying the effects of meteorological parameters on solar radiation. I need the measured meteorological data at different places in Uttar Pradesh, India. Such as,
(1)Sunshine hours data from 1990-2010 at different cities of Uttar Pradesh.
(2)Monthly average global solar radiation from 1990-2010.
I’ll be highly obliged to you if you please let me know the links for the same data types.
Thanking you
Sep 09, 2015 @ 13:00:15
Dear Nilesh,
Such data are not available online. You should contact IMD.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 09, 2015 @ 13:42:40
Hi NIIesh Kumar,
Try below web portal
http://globalweather.tamu.edu/
All the best
Sep 10, 2015 @ 05:08:30
Thanks for your response.
But there was a problem when we enter the detail in the given link http://globalweather.tamu.edu/
Due to limited computing resources, we cannot accept any requests over 5000 stations. Please reduce your bounding box area.
Can you please send me a link which provide year wise “Mean Sunshine Hours (n)” data at different places of Uttar Pradesh.
Thanking you.
Aug 10, 2015 @ 12:42:06
Dear Sir,
I’m a research scholar at University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. For my research purposes i need annual weather information(Temprature, Humidity and Rainfall) of year 2010-15. I am doing my Ph D on House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Lucknow district so for the same i need the data to find out the effect of Weather condition on Sparrow population. I would be pleased and highly thankful to you if you provide me the required meteorological data or appropriate link for this. Thank you!
Akhilesh Kumar
akhilesh.kumar958@gmail.com
09454574121
Aug 10, 2015 @ 23:49:07
Dear Akhilesh,
You may try this site: http://en.tutiempo.net/climate/ws-423690.html
But I think you should visit the Meteorological Centre at Amausi Airport and discuss your requirements with them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 07, 2015 @ 07:37:08
Hello sir,
I am a research assistant in IIT Bombay. For my project, I need climate data like rainfall, temperature etc. for Mumbai Metropolitan Region for last 20-30 years in as much detail as possible. On the IMD website, I have found different sources to obtain this data, but which would be most appropriate that has left me confused. The cost difference between these options is also large.
There is:
1. Climatological Normals for 1981-2010 http://www.imdpune.gov.in/advts/climate_normals_1981-2010.pdf,
2. separate rainfall & temperature data as given here – http://www.imdpune.gov.in/publication/E_%20Products%20of%20NCC.pdf
3. Data provided by NDC in the form of surface, autographic and so on.
I would like your guidance on which data would be appropriate.
Thanking you in advance.
Regards,
Sayali
Aug 07, 2015 @ 08:39:40
Dear Sayali,
I visited your blog and found that you are a sensitive poet as well..!!
But about your data requirement, let me offer the following suggestions:
1. There is a site http://en.tutiempo.net/climate/01-2014/ws-430030.html where you can download monthly and daily data for Bombay and many other Indian stations online for free. Have a look.
2. I think (I am not sure) that IIT Bombay has a MoU with IMD under which you should be able to claim free access to data. Find out more about this MoU if you can.
3. Since you are in Bombay and your project pertains to MMR, you should contact the Regional Meteorological Centre at Colaba and possibly meet the Head, Dr K N Hosalikar. He will give you the best advice in the matter.
Best wishes for your project and poetry,
R R Kelkar
Aug 07, 2015 @ 10:21:28
🙂 happy to know you liked my poetry. Thank you very much for your guidance 🙂
Aug 05, 2015 @ 14:24:23
sir will you please give me the data about the temperature and rainfall pattern of gandhinagar for last 50 years. i need it for my school project.
Aug 05, 2015 @ 14:49:44
Dear Subhra,
You may not get 50 years data for Gandhinagar. But since it is close to Ahmedabad, you may as well use the data for Ahmedabad instead.
If you want readymade graphs, see http://www.yr.no/place/India/Gujarat/Gandhinagar/statistics.html
If you want actual data, see http://en.tutiempo.net/climate/ws-426470.html
Best wishes for your project.
R R Kelkar
Jul 22, 2015 @ 14:31:58
dear sir, please let me know the sunpath and windpath of salem district tamilnadu…
Jul 23, 2015 @ 01:10:10
Dear Rohith,
Can you please tell me what you mean by windpath?
R R Kelkar
Jul 22, 2015 @ 12:32:13
Dear sir , pls send me 10 years data for rain fall in inches in Indore _- mp.
Thanks
Jul 22, 2015 @ 12:50:14
Dear Harish,
Why do you want this rainfall data and that too in inches?
R R Kelkar
Jul 17, 2015 @ 12:49:12
Dear sir I am an Architect and we are designing the Nation’s 2nd Mahila udyaan(Garden only for women) here in Indore. Sir we are planning an amphitheater in the garden so I need your help that please tell me what is the wind flow direction in Indore for most of the period of year because it will help me to keep my stage to the wind direction to reach the performers’ voice to the audiences.
Jul 17, 2015 @ 14:32:56
Dear Swapnil,
What you need For your design considerations is a wind rose. It gives the frequency distribution of wind speed and direction over a given period. I could not find any wind rose for Indore, but there is one for Bhopal, which you can use as a close approximation. The link is http://www.imdagrimet.gov.in/node/1073
You will see for yourself that there is a strong westerly wind during the monsoon months from May to September. At other times of the year, the wind is generally northeasterly, but it is also light and variable, so it does not really matter.
I suggest that for your architectural design, you assume a westerly wind, which means a wind that blows from west to east.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 17, 2015 @ 18:30:05
Thank you so much for your suggestions.
Regards
Architect Swapnil Bhardwaj
Jun 09, 2015 @ 16:15:37
Uncle,I am in standard 8 and I looking for climatic data of any place of India of only one year.Its an school project can u please help me:-)
Thank you
Jun 11, 2015 @ 06:21:01
Dear Pranit,
You may like to see this site tutiempo.net. You can choose your station/year/month/date.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 20, 2015 @ 11:37:31
Uncle, I am in class 8 and I am searching month wise weather data for 2013-14 for four metros that includes maximum temperature, minimum temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. I searched entire website but could not locate the exact url. Can you please send me, this is required for my school project work
Thank you
Shoumik
May 20, 2015 @ 12:37:44
Shoumik, which website did you search?
May 21, 2015 @ 10:44:25
Uncle, thank you for your reply. I was going through your blog and from one of the entry I got the reply. Thank you once again
http://en.tutiempo.net/climate/12-2014/ws-421820.html
May 17, 2015 @ 05:43:53
Sir, i need evaporation data of Rajasthan from 2005 to 2014.
May 17, 2015 @ 06:32:15
Have you visited the indiawaterportal? You may find it there.
R R Kelkar
Apr 30, 2015 @ 08:50:57
Dear Sir,
I’m a research scholar at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. For my research purposes i need annual weather information of year 2013-14. The parameters are average temperature, total precipitation, total relative humidity, average radiation, altitude, latitude and longitude of 27 district of UK(Dehradun and Roorkee), UP(bareily, rampur, lucknow, aligarh, allahabad, varanasi, ghazipur mirzapur, sonebhadra, gonda, basti, faizabad, siddharth nahgar, maharajganj and gorakhpur), Bihar(Patna, gaya and bhagalpur), Jharkhand(Dhanbad, ranchi), WB(asansol) and Orrisa(Raurkela, cuttak and puri). I would be pleased and highly thankful to you if you provide me the required meteorological data or appropriate link for this. Thank you!
Apr 30, 2015 @ 09:36:57
Please visit imd.gov.in
May 01, 2015 @ 09:26:19
at imd.gov.in, i found only data regarding rainfall only. but I need the data of humidity, avg tempreture too…where should i find it?
May 01, 2015 @ 12:48:02
Dear Vikas,
You don’t seem to be sure of your needs. What is ‘total relative humidity’? What is ‘average radiation’? I suggest that you get a local guide in BHU and take his advice.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:29:51
Dear Sir. This is Nandhini,(computer science) from Avianashilingam university. I am having station based data contains input parameter as Date, Latitude,longitude, wind, relativehumdiy, solar, temperature, precipitation… Kindly suggest me based on these parameters… how shall we predict rainfall ? … is there any calculation?.. if it is kindly assist me and do the needful sir
Apr 21, 2015 @ 02:30:08
Dear Nandhini,
I appreciate your difficulty. But I am in Pune and you are in a place that I never heard of! How can I help you? Please find out a local guide.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 21, 2015 @ 07:01:44
Dear Sir,
My location is Tamilnadu, just give me example based on Pune location sir
Thank you in advance, hoping for your reply.
Apr 21, 2015 @ 08:13:16
Dear Nandhini,
Why do you want to predict rainfall? That is IMD’s job!
Kelkar
Apr 22, 2015 @ 07:53:57
Whether IMD is giving 100% accuracy in prediction? i dont know that sir…..
Anyway thank you for your effort for replying my comment and for all
All the best for your success
Mar 24, 2015 @ 16:38:15
Hi Sir,
I am working on a project in UK and require data for last 5 years of all weather stations across India. Can you please point me towards a reliable source.
Thanks
Chandan
Mar 25, 2015 @ 00:26:38
Dear Chandan,
Since you are working in the UK, you should be able to get the data from the UK Met Office, Hadley Centre or the University of East Anglia.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 19, 2015 @ 14:17:47
Sir,
I am M.Sc Environmental Science Ist year student pursuing from Central University Of Himachal Pradesh, and wanted to do summer Internship in “Climate Change In India : Evaluation and Solution ” as topic because as Future Environmentalist Climate Change is the biggest issue.
Kindly guide me about my topic and Please suggest your opinion on the same.
Thank You.
SMITA KUMARI
Mar 19, 2015 @ 15:11:23
Dear Smita,
I suggest that you choose a more specific topic like effect of climate change on horticulture in Himachal Pradesh.
I hope you have a guide for your project.
R R Kelkar
Mar 19, 2015 @ 16:01:13
Thank you so much Sir for Your suggestion.
Actually I don’t have any Guide as I have to do Summer Internship from other University/ institutes.
although I am applying to many Universities still I am very confused .
Please guide me where I can apply for the same.
I will be very thankful to you Sir.
Please Guide me.
Thank You
Mar 20, 2015 @ 01:01:41
I have already given you a suggestion. Best wishes, Smita!
R R Kelkar
Feb 07, 2015 @ 10:00:51
sir i am a final year architectural student studying in Bangalore. i am currently doing my thesis on energy and resource institute,hunsur,mysore. So with reference to my thesis i need the climatic data of hunsur,mysore its max temp. min temp, and av. temp, rain fall, humidity, wind direction and all othe metrological data which should be taken care of while designing….
sir can u provide me the required help.
Feb 07, 2015 @ 10:45:18
Dear Smruthi,
Have you contacted the Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru?
R R Kelkar
Feb 06, 2015 @ 12:22:36
Sir i am a final year architecture student from delhi i have my thesis topic as hill resort and my site is in an area near by Bhimtal(uttarakhand) i need to know the prevailing wind and secondary wind directions of Bhimtal sun path digram in different months . i have checked the website but couldnot find any data regarding the wind directions.
sir i will be very thankful to you if you could help me in this regard.
Feb 06, 2015 @ 15:16:04
Dear Priyanka,
Please tell me where exactly is Bhimtal. Have you checked whether it has an observatory?
R R Kelkar
Feb 07, 2015 @ 14:31:02
sir,
its a place near by Nainital,
Feb 07, 2015 @ 16:24:40
Then why don’t you use data for Naini Tal?
Feb 09, 2015 @ 05:18:47
yes i was thinking the same…. but where do i fetch the data from..??
Feb 09, 2015 @ 08:03:59
Ask IMD, of course!
Feb 04, 2015 @ 08:03:32
Dear Sir,
I’m working on a Solar project for North Eastern states where snowfall is predominant and impacts the generation. I have searched in IMD portal for the snowfall data but it was not there. Can you suggest any other source for the same.
Regards,
R.Balaji.
Feb 04, 2015 @ 08:31:24
Dear Balaji,
To my knowledge, Indian snowfall data is not available online. You should contact IMD for your data needs.
R R Kelkar
Jan 28, 2015 @ 13:31:43
SIR am check IMD website but they not give information’s about the my city Navsari what am doing ?
Jan 28, 2015 @ 13:45:23
Dear Sagar,
I suggest that you request the IMD National Data Centre at Pune to provide you the required data. Their web site link is http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html
R R Kelkar
Jan 22, 2015 @ 20:06:38
Hello sir, I am an architecture student and i am doing thesis on marine research and conservation center for that i need min-max temp;climate(wind speet ,sun path,Predominant Wind Direction,rainfall, relative humidity etc) of dwarka,gujarat .Can u plz provide required help. and send it to me on my mail id….
Jan 23, 2015 @ 07:56:18
Dear Deepika,
I suggest that you request the IMD National Data Centre at Pune to provide you the required data. Their web site link is http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html
R R Kelkar
Jan 11, 2015 @ 14:47:39
dear sir,
i’m doing M.sc -stats , i need climate data on every country in yearwise for my final year project.(temperature,humidity,Precipitation,etc..). i tried some websites .i saw districtwise and citywise. but i didn’t get countries climate data. pls help me. where i get these data???
Jan 12, 2015 @ 03:39:28
I suggest that you visit the IPCC and UNFCCC web sites. You could find there what you are looking for.
Nov 26, 2014 @ 11:24:26
Dear Prof. Kelkar,
Greetings. I need district- and tehsil-wise climate data (monthly average max-, min- and mean temperature, sun shine, RH, PET, RET, Precipitation, water vapour, wind speed, etc) of western Rajasthan, India from 1901-till date for my research study. I tried to explore IMD website, but could not find help from there. Even contacted them but is yet to receive response even after four months. Please provide any alternative source to get this data asap.
regards,
– mahesh
Nov 27, 2014 @ 00:19:22
Dear Mahesh,
You have not told what research you are doing, but did you check the availability of data before embarking on your project? Are you sure that parameters like sunshine, PET, PWV were even being measured in every tehsil of Rajasthan in 1901?
If you send me full details of your project, maybe I can suggest something.
Best wishes, anyway,
R R Kelkar
Nov 27, 2014 @ 04:21:45
Sir, Thanks for your response. I am working on “prospecting impact of climate change scenario in arid western Rajasthan” (also trying to find impact of drought on dust storms and how it is or will accentuate desertification). Initially, I looked for district level data. I understand very well that in our country it will be mirage to look for tehsil level climate data that is required for a detailed study. I would urge you to suggest methods to extrapolate data (like dust storms, precipitation and temperature) Even long-term district level data are also not available easily and one has to search vigorously.
regards,
Nov 28, 2014 @ 00:44:34
Dear Mahesh,
A lot of research has already been done in this area. You have not told me where you are based. But I suggest that you get in touch with scientists of the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, and take their advice.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 27, 2014 @ 04:31:39
Sir,
On IMD website http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html, Registration Charges are required to be made. May I know about it(?).
thanks and regards,
– mahesh
Nov 28, 2014 @ 00:54:14
Dear Mahesh,
Please see http://www.imd.gov.in/doc/ccc.pdf for your information. Email ids of contact persons are given therein. You may seek clarifications from concerned persons.
R R Kelkar
Nov 01, 2014 @ 09:10:51
sir, i am an architecture student and want the wind direction report of the location TUMKUR,KARNATAKA. where and how can i find that??
thank you . your reply would be very helpful.
Nov 01, 2014 @ 09:34:49
You could use data for Bengaluru. The distance between it and Tumkur is not much.
Oct 31, 2014 @ 11:01:05
Sir, the data on IMD website for places in India stops at year 2000. Where do we get data from 2000-2014?
Oct 31, 2014 @ 13:28:40
Dear Sundar Rao,
You may send an email to ndc@imdpune.gov.in giving details of your requirements. An alternate but non-authentic source is http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html
R R Kelkar
Oct 31, 2014 @ 09:07:32
i m looking for climate data set of past 25 years in Tamilnadu. can you please help me.
Oct 31, 2014 @ 09:31:51
Have you visited the IMD web site?
Oct 18, 2014 @ 11:19:54
Sir, on IMD website I do not find data about many locations. How do the other websites (weather.com, accuweather.com etc) manage to have data about these locations? Do they extrapolate from nearby locations? Isn’t this wrong?
Oct 18, 2014 @ 12:30:49
Dear Sunder,
The IMD web site is the most credible site. Data on other sites may be from instruments set up for different purposes or from sensors which are not calibrated properly. Or it may have been interpolated.
So better be careful.
R R Kelkar
Oct 14, 2014 @ 14:02:26
Hello Sir,
Am pursuing my M.tech. I need district wise annual temperatures of bihar and Maharashtra for the past 5 years. Tried IMD but did not get the full fledged data. would be grateful if you could Guide me Through.
Regards,
Swati
Oct 15, 2014 @ 05:23:25
Dear Swati,
Can you clarify what you mean by full fledged data?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 17, 2014 @ 09:14:54
Sir By full Fledged data i meant I need mean average temperature. Maximum temperatures of the hottest and the coldest month of all the 38 districts in Bihar and all the 35 districts in Maharashtra.
Thanks and Regards.
Oct 17, 2014 @ 10:29:17
Then there is no source other than IMD. Please pursue with them.
R R Kelkar
Oct 02, 2014 @ 08:14:05
Hello Sir, I was just listening to a story on BBC America about the Indian water crisis. Many people waiting in lines for daily water supply, ATM water dispensers, poor water quality from pipes to rivers. It saddens me to think that in a country known for its monsoons and flooding that there should be any kind of water crisis. India’s largest source of water is not pumped from underground or flows from a pipe, it falls freely from the sky.
There must be a way of water harvesting rainfall on a massive scale. Here we have rain barrels that collect runoff from roofs to water our gardens. A simple cheese cloth to filter out the bugs and debris. I use a 55 gallon plastic drum with PVC plastic fitting. Connect a series of those together and you could collect thousands of gallons of water. 😉
Oct 03, 2014 @ 00:17:53
In which country do you reside?
Sep 24, 2014 @ 12:44:28
Sir
if you could share weather data for vadodara hourly format then it will be really helpful for us.
we are in need of mainly maximum dry bulb temp and daily range for the city.
Sep 25, 2014 @ 05:30:51
Dear Swapnil,
Thanks for your comment.
For authentic data, the source is IMD. You may send them a mail at ndc@imdpune.gov.in
Or if you want online data for few stations quickly, try http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 12, 2014 @ 03:22:22
Sir , I need daily temp.and humidity data of dehradun for past three years till date. Thanks
Sep 12, 2014 @ 06:07:59
What for, Anoop, may I know?
R R Kelkar
Aug 30, 2014 @ 15:01:10
Also of musoorie and chakrata
Aug 30, 2014 @ 14:59:31
Sir i m in need of month wise temp. Rainfall, humidity and wind deta of last five year of district dehradun
Aug 25, 2014 @ 09:21:46
sir Im pursuing B-Tech in civil engineering,I would like to know details of daily data of Minimum,maximum temperature,humidity,wind-speed,sunshine hours,rainfall of vijayawada city located in Andhra pradesh
Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:10:18
Dear Siddhardha,
Thanks for your comment. Please check this site and see if it us useful to you.
http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Vijayawada_Gannavaram/431810.htm
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 30, 2014 @ 13:39:04
namaskar sir.
i am currently organically farming in bababudan hills of western ghat in karnataka.
We are at an altitude of 1500 to 1300 mts with avg rainfall of 80 inches, but 2-3 months of heavy mist. Its hard to categorise this type of climate. i was wandering if you could help me pin point my microclimatic condition of the region (https://www.google.co.in/maps/@13.4149813,75.7314435,355m/data=!3m1!1e3).
i would also appreciate any extra form of information regarding the weather patterns.
many thanks.
vishal mehta.
Jul 30, 2014 @ 14:26:20
Dear Vishal,
Can you give me a more complete picture? Like what crops are you growing? When do you sow and what is your crop calendar like? What is the area covered? Why are you worried about mist?
R R Kelkar
Jul 18, 2014 @ 17:22:39
SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE SUNSHINE HOURS OF CHENNAI CITY DURING 2013 FOR MY M.E SOLAR PROJECT?
Jul 19, 2014 @ 00:57:10
Dear Vishnupriya,
You may like to visit this site http://www.chennai.climatemps.com/sunlight.php
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 24, 2014 @ 08:52:17
Sir,
When and what was the highest ever recorded minimum temperature in Chennai?
Is there any link to refer to?
What could be the (geographical!) reason Chennai always records highest min temp, especially May/June, when compared with other coastal areas in TN? It’s always a couple of degrees above other areas.
Jun 24, 2014 @ 11:40:23
You may see this link http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/chennai2.htm
Jun 20, 2014 @ 12:18:16
Hello sir, am Indu doing PhD in Geography, related to urbanization(Mysore and Mandya district),for this i need month wise temperature data for last 10 years
Jun 20, 2014 @ 14:15:26
Dear Indu,
I am sorry that I do not supply any data. Have you asked IMD?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 10, 2014 @ 12:50:40
Hello Sir,
I’m a master’s student and required the hourly global and diffuse solar radiation data for the month of May-2014, Mumbai. I contacted the MET dept at santacruz, who told me they have closed down their measuring dept, is there any other source from where I can get the required data?
Jun 10, 2014 @ 15:51:30
Do you have any other options? Like some other station or an older time period for Santacruz?
R R Kelkar
Jun 10, 2014 @ 19:29:08
Sir… I am interested in the data for the current year……is there any other source that might help me with the data?
Jun 11, 2014 @ 01:19:46
Dear Deepika,
If the measurements themselves have been discontinued, as you have been told, how will you possibly get them from any other source? I hope you have a guide for your master’s degree project. Please discuss your problem with him. Ideally, before you decided the topic you should have made sure that you will get the data that you need. Now you have to explore other options.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 04, 2014 @ 05:32:33
wants to have the Wet Bulb Temperature data for Various Places of World online, from where can i get this?
Or Bin Weather Data from where can i get?
Apr 04, 2014 @ 05:39:24
Have you tried wunderground,com?
Apr 03, 2014 @ 10:46:26
I am looking for Daily Max/Min Temperatures for different places (ex. Malvan, Ratnagiri, Mahabaleshwar, Ooty, Kodaikanal etc) in India for the last 12 months. I looked at the weather websites (workdweatheronline, accuweather, weather) but did not get the data. IMD website does not have latest data. Where do newspapers & Doordarshan get their weather data?
Apr 03, 2014 @ 12:23:04
Newspapers and Doordarshan get their data from IMD.
Mar 20, 2014 @ 06:29:40
Hi Sir
I am a masters student at IIT. I need monthly climatic data(like temp,rainfall,humidity etc) of india in general,from where can i get it. I tried to find on IMD site but of no use.i want data of 2002 to 2014
kindly guide me.
regards
B Singh
Mar 20, 2014 @ 08:31:18
Dear Balvinder,
Have you tried http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 20, 2014 @ 16:27:20
thanx a lot sir…. i got the data.
regards
Mar 14, 2014 @ 09:33:06
Respected Prof.
Thank you very much for your kind response and your blessing,
You asked the first questions: sorry I couldn’t understand details please, where shall I going to check please; you stated Salem station where it is located how to approach please.
Second question : I need Salem exactly Omalur place of Salem locality.
May I know what is exactly “equitant hours of sunshine “at Salem locality please.
By,
R,Arul
Mar 15, 2014 @ 04:53:26
Dear Arul,
Let me explain what I wrote. When you want to go flying to a place, don’t you first know that it has an airport? If you are going to a village, would you find its name on an air booking web site?
Now similarly, if you are writing a thesis on the solar radiation at Salem, should you not care to find out if the data is indeed being recorded there? How would you get a link to something that does not exist?
If you are a Ph D student, I presume you have a guide, who should help you in such matters.
R R Kelkar
Mar 12, 2014 @ 10:42:41
Respected Prof,
i am Ph.D student , doing project in PV evaluation and estimation in this relate i need hourly (6am to 6pm) based irradiance(radiation/ illumination /Watt hour/m2) data at Salem, Tamil Nadu, climate. Kindly guide me corresponding link, where shall i get the same. please.
By,
R.Arul
Mar 12, 2014 @ 10:50:18
Dear Arul,
let me give you my best wishes for the successful completion of your Ph D project. Please check whether Salem has a station that records the parameters you want to use. Also, can you tell me where exactly is Salem?
R R Kelkar
Mar 09, 2014 @ 16:33:04
Hello sir, I am an architecture student and i am doind thesis in aviation museum for that i need min-max temp;climate(sun path,wind path,etc) of akshi,maharashtra.Can u plz provide required help. and send it to me on my mail id….
Mar 10, 2014 @ 00:43:34
Dear Amruta,
Where exactly is Akshi?
R R Kelkar
May 23, 2014 @ 11:40:44
Akshi, Alibagh, Maharashtra.
May 23, 2014 @ 11:50:41
What about it, Amruta?
Feb 08, 2014 @ 09:23:19
Dear sir,
Myself sthitapragyan mohanty continuing my research work in prediction of global solar radiation application to photovoltaic system.For this i need data (sunshine duration,temperature,relative humidity,global solar radiation)for five years 2005 -2010 month wise for south zone.Sir can you help me
Feb 11, 2014 @ 10:57:13
Dear S,
Thanks for your comment. However, I do not have any data with me. You have to contact IMD.
R R Kelkar
Jan 29, 2014 @ 07:57:00
Your blog is impressive and helpful for the researchers. I am a professor in Chennai. Our master degree level students are interested to do projects on weather forecasting for south Indian states. May you help us for getting the data?
Jan 30, 2014 @ 15:14:17
Dear Dr Tamilselvi,
Thanks for your comment. However, I do not have any particular clout with any data supply agency. But since you are in Chennai I suggest that you meet with Dr Y E A Raj who is in charge of the Regional Meteorological Centre there. I am quite sure that he will guide you on how to go about.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 14, 2014 @ 19:07:07
respected sir
i am doing a special course in UNESC IHE Neetherland to prepare a river basin plan for Sindh sub basin of Chambal basin of madhya pradesh india . So I needed meterological data (rainfall,run off ,evaporation ,evaporation,temperature) and ground water ,surface water data of Vidisha,Guna,Ashoknagar,Shivpuri ,Datia,Gwalior,Morena,Bhind diistricts of Madhya Pradesh .plz guide and help me
thanks
C L GARG
Jan 14, 2014 @ 23:39:32
Dear Mr Garg,
Your requirement is very vague. Do you want district averages or data for individual stations within districts? Do you want current realtime data or archived data? If archived, for how many years? Hourly, daily, weekly?
How long will you be in the Netherlands? By the time you collect all the data, your course may even be over!
There have been many hydrometeorological studies of river basins of India. Please consult them also.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 08, 2014 @ 06:38:24
Sir,
I need snowdepth/snowfall data for india.i have to work on alaknanda river basin.From which site I download the data.
Jan 08, 2014 @ 06:54:55
Dear Tanmoyee,
Snowfall data for India is not available online, as far as I know.
R R Kelkar
Oct 10, 2013 @ 15:33:39
Sir, how can I get complete solar global and diffuse radiation data for Darjeeling (27.1 N and 88.25 E)? I require these datas for green building design purpose.
Oct 11, 2013 @ 00:24:18
Dear Sameer,
Do you know if there is a station there that measures these parameters? Otherwise please find out from Regional Meteorologucal Centre, Kolkata.
R R Kelkar
Aug 12, 2013 @ 05:43:40
I WANT METEOROLOGICAL DATA, HOROLOGICAL DATA AND WIND ROSE DATA FOR DESIGNING PURPOSE FOR KARAD AIRPORTS.
ASHISH SRIVASTAVA
Aug 12, 2013 @ 08:51:19
Dear Ashish,
Why do you want to design an airport at Karad? We have one at Pune already, and Karad is so close!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 12, 2013 @ 04:40:29
Please send me data of 2012 district wise Madhya pradesh monthly rainfall data sheet..
Aug 12, 2013 @ 08:53:24
Dear Shaleen,
Sorry, but I am not in the business of supplying data. You can try with Meteorological Centre, Bhopal.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkae
Jul 26, 2013 @ 07:48:47
Respected Sir,
i am vikas pratap singh and student of PhD from IIT jodhpur .right now i am Senior research scholar at CPRI bangalore under Collobative research and working on solar power forecasting based on meteorological parameters so i need reliable and accurate data for Jodhpur and Bangalore. actually my work is solar power variability analysis under critical weather such as jodhpur (constant weather) and bangalore (dynamic weather). and i have 100 kW Solar PV plant at IIT Jodhpur and 1 kW SPV plant to CPRI Bangalore. so i want to do comparative analysis of solar power variability and forecasting using weather parameters. so please suggest me how can i collect reliable weather data.
Jul 26, 2013 @ 07:56:01
I suggest you visit Met Centre Bangalore on Palace Rd, and discuss with them.
Jul 23, 2013 @ 20:38:41
Dear Prof. R R Kelkar,
very recently i started looking into your site and I sincerely appreciate these initiatives and meanwhile we are an Olive Plantation Co. based in Zaragosa, Spain and do have our office at India. we are working on to bring Olive cultivation to “MICRO CLIMATE ZONES” in North,South & Western India.
your informations are very good to understand.
I would like share about your blog to my colleagues in Spain and others located in Africa & US,South America where we have large scale olive cultivation.
Currently we focus on yercaud Mountains of Tamilnadu, Kil kotagiri of Nilgiris,
Kuppam of AP, Nananjgod & Chamraj Nagara of Karnataka, Udaipur of Rajasthan ( closer to Mt.Abu). studying the possibilities in Nasik,Jammu,Samba & Kathua areas.
Our challenges are basically extreme Heat of above 42 degree C in APRIL-JUNE where flowering initiates and in cooler zones where its lesser than 32, the rainfall is very high over 1200 mm-1500 mm which is of higher side.
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Thanks for this wonderful blog helping many and keep rocking.
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God Bless
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Jul 23, 2013 @ 23:27:10
Dear Shankar,
Thank you for expressing your appreciation about my blog and telling me about your own activities. Be in touch.
Regards,
R R Kelkar
Jul 22, 2013 @ 10:45:07
hello sir ,
i am doing my m.tech green energy technology in pondicherry university,i need solar radiation data for some of hilly areas like ooty,kodaikanal and yercad for my mini projectto design some application over there….where i can get these data’s?????
Jul 22, 2013 @ 10:49:32
Dear Balakumaran,
In the first instance, you should approach the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 20, 2013 @ 16:36:45
Sir
I need the daily rainfall data of three jalandhar, kapurthala in punjab of last 5 years for my PhD work. IMD people have provided only data from 1996-2005. They have not arranged the data in usable form beyond 2005. From where i can get it?
Jul 21, 2013 @ 13:21:23
Dear Puneet,
If you want authentic data you have to ask only IMD. If you can do with unauthentic data, give a google search and you may find some site.
Kelkar
Jul 03, 2013 @ 17:31:58
hello sir
i am student of architecture. i want information on the climate of leh,sun path, sun chart ,humidity,rainfall,critical period,wind direction ,locally availble materail , techq. use for material etc. i clound nt find on internet.. so plzzz help which website i should visit,,plzzz
Jul 03, 2013 @ 23:42:27
Dear Sankalpa,
Can you tell me where you are based? I can guide you better if I know that.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 04, 2013 @ 11:46:38
I live in vadodara.
Jul 04, 2013 @ 14:37:51
Dear Sankalpa,
As there is no Meteorological Centre there, please send an email to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune at ndc@imdpune.gov.in giving your requirements in detail. Be specific about how many years’ data you need or whether you want averages, which particular parameters…and don’t say “etc”!
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Jun 24, 2013 @ 11:36:04
dear sir,
iam studying msc(meteorology) in fourth sem iam doing desertation work on thunderstorms sir so pls tell me how to collect data of updraft down draft data and which parameters
Jun 24, 2013 @ 13:34:47
Dear Kiran,
You have to ask your professor to get an aircraft for you. You can fly into a thunderstorm yourself and make your own measurements. I am not joking.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 11, 2013 @ 17:30:35
Dear sir,
My daughter is studying in class V and she needs the max. and min. temperature for ten days of any ten states for her assignment.
Please help me to find it.
Thank you.
Jun 12, 2013 @ 00:18:29
Dear Ravi,
Please visit http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html Then select a station, year and month. Copy the daily data for TM and Tm. Repeat for ten stations from ten different states.
Hope this is what you are looking for.
R R Kelkar
Jun 14, 2013 @ 04:13:03
Thank you sir.
Jun 10, 2013 @ 16:04:17
Dear sir,
I like to know from where can I get the state wise temperature data that is max. and minimum with humidity of last 15 days for kids assignment.
Jun 11, 2013 @ 01:16:10
Dear Ravi,
In which class is your kid studying? And for which state do you want this data?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 10, 2013 @ 08:25:07
Sir,
I am an MBA student doing a project on the power market price trend and factors affecting it. For the same, i need data of wind power on hourly basis at cities like Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Tiruppur, Kanchipuram(T.N) Chitradurga District (karnataka) .. puthlur, Hyderabad (AP). Preferable for a period of 4 years
Where can i get these data (will it be available online?)
Jun 10, 2013 @ 09:09:58
Dear Arun,
You are looking for a large volume of data. It will not be available online. You may send your request to IMD’s National Data Centre in Pune by email to ndc@imdpune.gov.in
Best wishes for your project,
R R Kelkar
Jun 10, 2013 @ 09:16:40
thanks a lot for the quick reply sir….
A good initiative to help ppl like us.
🙂
Jun 04, 2013 @ 16:35:10
can’t one just call 1800-180-1717 ! It’s free 😉
May 22, 2013 @ 17:04:13
Sir, i am designing a primary health center as my post graduation design project in Dombvli west and in need of wind rose diagram for dombivli.
I tried searching but could not find any.
If wind rose is not available, then any website that lists yearly wind directions and wind speed for Dombivli.
Thanks for your help.
May 23, 2013 @ 08:35:58
You may use wind rose data for Santa Cruz.
May 20, 2013 @ 10:00:47
Dear Prof Kelkar
I am Ph.D. student from nainital (Uttarakahnd), I need Tmonthly weather(Tmp, Rel Humudity, Sun Shine, and evaporation) data of nainital for my work. how can i get it from net ?
May 20, 2013 @ 10:54:06
Dear Param,
What is it that you really want? Long term averages or monthly means? For how many years? Please decide this and then
ask the Meteorological Centre in Dehra Dun.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 19, 2013 @ 02:24:11
Sir,
I need to know peak monthly rainfall data along with number of rainfall days in that respective peak month. Where to get those data… can u pls help me???
May 19, 2013 @ 12:33:24
Dear Deepak,
A lot of information about rainfall in and around Chennai is available at http://www.kea.metsite.com/rainfall.htm
It may be useful to you.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 09, 2013 @ 06:20:15
Dear sir,
i am looking for average wet bulb temp of nagpur last year
Apr 10, 2013 @ 14:36:35
For what purpose, may I know?
Mar 20, 2013 @ 11:58:33
Dear Prof. Kelkar,
I am high school student from Bulgaria. I have to prepare a presentation for which I need some data about the average sunlight hours per day/monthly in New Delhi and the average temperature. Can you suggest me please, an appropriate and reliable source about?
Thank you very much in advance,
Maria
Mar 20, 2013 @ 13:39:38
Dear Maria,
I suggest that you contact the India Meteorological Department by sending an email to ndc@imdpune.gov.in
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 20, 2013 @ 23:55:56
Dear Maria,
You will get some graphical information for your presentation at
http://www.holiday-weather.com/new_delhi/averages/
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 07, 2013 @ 16:33:18
Dear Prof. Kelkar,
Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards,
Maria
Mar 19, 2013 @ 13:14:16
Hello Prof RR Kelkar
I am a student of architecture, I am in desperate need for climate data of Nagpur city which would help me design a project I am working on. The data should include temperature, humidity, % of cloud cover, number of days with zero cloud cover, wind directions, railfall, etc. I cannot find this data on internet. Sir can you please help me find this data ?
Mar 19, 2013 @ 13:53:33
Dear Jaykrishnan,
Try these links
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/NAGPUR.htm
http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Nagpur_Sonegaon/428670.htm
By the way, what are you trying to design?
R R Kelkar
Mar 08, 2013 @ 07:40:49
Sir,I am Final Year MCA student (Mumbai University)
Developing an GUI application for Daily India Climate
i need a daily climate data in well stored format which will be use to analyse monthly seasonal and yearly data changes , statistics and will be able predict future climate
I need daily data in well format which can be get from website or other source..
–Mumbai
Mar 08, 2013 @ 13:30:25
Dear Sanket,
Do you really think that if you have all past data stored, you can predict the future climate? How will you do that?
R R Kelkar
Feb 27, 2013 @ 11:03:15
will you please help me to get distrctwise tamilnadu temperature data from 2006 to 2012. i have collected rainfall data from 1901 to 2012 from indiawaterportal website. but i am not able to collect the temperature data . so kindly help me .
Feb 27, 2013 @ 12:17:10
Dear Ramakrishnan,
You should contact the India Meteorological Department for authentic data. Otherwise, you can try at http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 11, 2013 @ 07:13:01
Dear Sir,
I’m Balaji. My friend is a farmer and He is looking forward collecting Temperature around India in major cities for the past two years. Kindly help me to whom does it required to contact or if possible. Thanks.
Feb 11, 2013 @ 08:49:43
Dear Balaji,
The best source is the India Meteorological Department. If you want online data quickly, you may try http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 11, 2013 @ 14:17:39
Dear Sir,
Hearty thanks for the information. Also I have one more doubt. Is it possible to acquire information from the Meteorological Department to get the whether forecast in metro cities for the forthcoming months ? If yes guide me in such a way to collect it. As per your advise I got the data for the past two years, now I’m looking for the next 6 months weather forecast. Kindly help me.
Thanks in Anticipation.
Feb 11, 2013 @ 15:28:16
Dear Balaji,
You have not told me anything about yourself. If you are again writing on behalf of your farmer friend, I suggest that you should see http://www.imdagrimet.gov.in/ There you may find the forecasts that you are looking for. I presume you are not asking for forecasts of weather 6 months ahead!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 29, 2013 @ 11:53:11
I wanted daily temperature data of the metros in India for my M.Tech dissertation. The Indian Meterological Deepartment is not providing it free of cost. Is there some other source where I can download the data from. I wanted it for around 50 years
Jan 29, 2013 @ 13:38:48
Dear Anu,
Daily data for 50 years works out to 365 x 50 = 18250 days. Multiply by the number of metros. I assume here that you need daily average temperature. If you need for every hour during the day, then multiply by another 24. Surely, IMD would levy a processing fee for so much data. Do you have a plan for using such a large volume of data? You are only doing an M Tech and not a Ph D. So be practical, I would say. Ask only what you really need and can really use. If you ask for less, you may get it free!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 09, 2013 @ 13:45:17
sir,
where can i find the wind data for the site on net. i am not all able to find it. its not even on the metro-logy deptt site and as you mentioned, i need to physically go to the airport for the data?
Jan 09, 2013 @ 14:56:55
Dear Aman,
I hope you realize that designing an airport is not child’s play. You have not told me where you are based, but I suggest that you visit Patarpur and find out things for yourself, rather than expect all data to be downloaded to your computer.
The type of wind data that you need for an airport design will not be available on any web site because nobody wants it, except a few people like you. You may give a Google search for “Delhi wind rose”, whereby you may stumble upon some useful information.
I don’t think I can help you further in the matter.
R R Kelkar
Jan 08, 2013 @ 19:17:13
sir,
i am doing my thesis in airport design and my proposed site is in partapur, meerut, india. can you help me with the wind data of above site.
Jan 09, 2013 @ 00:05:36
Dear Aman,
Which is the nearest existing airport?
R R Kelkar
Jan 09, 2013 @ 12:56:46
sir,
there is an existing non-operational airport at partapur. otherwise the nearest operational airport is igi delhi. partapur is in meerut district and is 10kms away from meerut towards new delhi. i am proposing an airport for the above site and for the runway design, i need the wind data for the location.
Jan 09, 2013 @ 13:35:43
Dear Aman,
If there is already a non-operational airport at Partapur, the wind data should be available there itself and you can collect it. You can at least find out the alignment of the runway there. That should help you. Otherwise you can use the available wind data for Meerut or even Delhi for your design studies.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 25, 2012 @ 08:08:30
Dear Sir,
I am looking for solar radiation data of Udaipur.I am highly obliged if you provide the data of annual solar radiation for udaipur,Rajasthan,or if you guide me from where I can get this data for whole Rajasthan.
Dec 26, 2012 @ 02:14:39
Dear Deepak,
The best source is IMD. I can give you more specific advice if you tell me where you are based.
R R Kelkar
Nov 07, 2012 @ 09:44:20
Sir,
I am researching the effective usage of a new cooling system in Delhi. For this, I will require hourly temperature data of Delhi for 365 days. Any year will work, recent is preferred. I could not find such detailed hourly data on IMD or any other site. Could you please suggest if IMD can provide and how much will it charge, and approximately how long will it take?
Thanks!
Nov 07, 2012 @ 10:14:34
Dear Prakash,
You may send an email to IMD at ddgmsi@imdpune.gov.in and ndc@imdpune.gov.in about your requirement.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 30, 2012 @ 10:34:55
Hellor sir, My name is shrungesh, i am working in CSIR-CMMACS, bangalore. I need daily rainfall data of Leh on july & august 2010.
Oct 30, 2012 @ 11:00:45
Dear Shrungesh,
I believe that CMMACS has a good relationship with IMD and you can get the data officially. Have you made a request?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 30, 2012 @ 08:48:58
Hello Prof. Kelkar,
Can you suggest a source from where I can get District-wise daily Rainfall, Temperature & Humidity data (July-mid Oct’12)? I mainly need data for 2-3 particular districts each in states of UP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP, AP & Karnataka.
Thanks in anticipation.
Regards,
Namita
Oct 30, 2012 @ 11:08:50
Dear Namita,
I suggest that you make a request to IMD’s National Data Centre by sending a mail to ndc@imdpune.gov.in. You may also try the site http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/India/IN.html from which you can extract daily station data for the 6 states. Please bear in mind that this data is not authenticated.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 10, 2012 @ 06:37:21
Hello sir,
Im looking for monthly Temperature data for India from 1950 to 2001.
Oct 10, 2012 @ 09:17:34
Where in India, Neeshad?
R R Kelkar
Sep 28, 2012 @ 05:54:15
Sir,
I am doing research on winter time weather and climate processes over western Himalayas. I need snowfall data, (preferably observed data). Can you help me on that?
Sep 28, 2012 @ 06:59:58
Dear Madhura,
Can you tell me where you are working? Also, what kind of data you are looking for – snow cover area, daily point snowfall, rain equivalent, snow accumulation? For which years? Where in the western Himalayas?
R R Kelkar
Oct 03, 2012 @ 12:23:58
Sir,
My region of interest is 70E – 78E and 30N – 38N. I want the data for snowfall over that region, snow depth and snow depth and snow cover area is of not much use. I need to know the rain equivalent. I found data from 1928 to 1970 from this link
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/data_rescue_india.html#o28733345
but it is updated only upto 1970. I need the data 1970 onwards.
I couldn’t find any sorce for this data on the IMD site. Can you help me with it?
Thanking you.
Madhura Ranade Kane
Oct 03, 2012 @ 14:44:56
Dear Madhura,
You didn’t tell me where you are working!
R R Kelkar
Oct 04, 2012 @ 07:11:29
Sir,
Sorry I forgot to mention. I am working at IITM pune.
Oct 04, 2012 @ 12:55:36
Come on, Madhura, you don’t have to take this roundabout route to discover IMD! Just go to the IMD National Data Centre, which is in Pune, discuss your requirements and get what you want. I would like to caution you, however, that IMD may not have stations all over your region of interest if you are looking for actual field data.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 23, 2012 @ 09:18:44
Respected Sir,
I am doing my ME (Thermal Science) at M S Uni, Vadodara. I need hourly solar irrediation data for my project work. I request you to kindly suugest me the source for this,
thanking you
Shailesh Gandhi
Sep 25, 2012 @ 12:00:14
Dear Shailesh,
For which location and for what year/months?
R R Kelkar
Sep 25, 2012 @ 14:02:08
Respected Sir,
I need hourly solar irrediation data for Vadodara City, Gujarat from june-2012 onwards to the till date. I request you to kindly suggest me the source for this.
thanking you,
Shailesh Gandhi
Sep 26, 2012 @ 00:46:22
Dear Shailesh,
I am not sure if such measurements are being made at Vadodara. If they are, then you can get them only from IMD. You can send a mail to ndc@imdpune,gov.in and ask them.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 20, 2012 @ 06:18:12
Dear Sir,
I am research scholar at IIT,Kgp.
I have collected the daily climatic data (2001 to 2010) of the state weather stations, Dahod district from State Date Center, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
IMD has only weather station at Dahod city. But I am requiring the daily climatic data(max temp, min temp, humidity, wind direction) for 1990 to 2000 for the same state weather stations (Karad Dam, MORVA, Sonsoli, Veganpur).
Is there any source to get these data?
Amee Thakkar
Sep 20, 2012 @ 06:43:55
Dear Amee,
Do you know who operates these weather stations, if neither IMD nor Gujarat Govt have the data? May be the stations are new and did not exist in 1990.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 19, 2012 @ 09:37:49
Dear Sir
Im looking for the prevalent wind direction in Udaipur to be able to design a project based there but haven’t been able to find it. Kindly help me with this data.
Sep 19, 2012 @ 10:22:49
The most prevalent wind direction should be westerly.
R R Kelkar
Sep 19, 2012 @ 10:56:10
Thank You Sir!
Sending my regards!
Sep 14, 2012 @ 06:16:02
Respected Sir,
my self pradip kyada . i m doing m.tech in swce pantnagar, i need a data of Vapour Pressure of junagadh district, gujarat from 1979 to 2011 for my m.tech. project…..
so how can i get this data…and what should be the price of this data….proximately…
so i m requesting you to give me information about that…
my email : pradip.caet.jau@gmail.com
Sep 14, 2012 @ 07:53:10
Dear Pradip,
I do not think this data would be available anywhere.
R R Kelkar
Sep 14, 2012 @ 08:39:45
thank you SIr…
Sep 13, 2012 @ 20:00:38
I am a Civil Designer in the United States working on a project in Hyderabad, India. I am in need of Rainfall Intensity, Duration and Frequency for Hyderabad, do you know where I can find this data, it is for use in designing a stormwater management system and nede to know the data for 5 year, 10 year, 25 year, storms, for 1 hour and 24 hour periods. I would greatly appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
Sep 14, 2012 @ 00:45:39
Dear Jeremy,
Thanks for visiting my site.
Please clarify whether you want hourly rainfall data for Hyderabad for 25 years or you want processed results like in a research report.
R R Kelkar
Sep 14, 2012 @ 12:01:56
Professor, thank you for your reply. I am looking for 1 hour and 24 hour rainfall data for 5 year, 10 year, and 25 year frequencies. We need this information for sizing a storm sewer system. Thank you again for your reply.
Sep 14, 2012 @ 12:59:27
Dear Jeremy,
In that case the only source is the India Meteorological Department. Please make a formal request to IMD for the data you need. You may send a mail to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune (ndc@imdpune.gov.in).
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Sep 09, 2012 @ 11:57:46
i need sunpath diagram of nanital .kindly help asap
Sep 09, 2012 @ 14:04:52
Dear Rashmi,
You may find some help from this site http://www.jaloxa.eu/resources/daylighting/sunpath.shtml
I am not aware about its reliability.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 06, 2012 @ 14:46:03
Respected Sir,
This is Rajan.P doing M.E(Industrial Safety Engineering).I am in need of Hourly Precipitation details of coimbatore for my final year project.Please suggest me a site to collect those details.
Sep 07, 2012 @ 02:14:40
Dear Rajan,
For what dates do you need hourly data?
R R Kelkar
Sep 01, 2012 @ 11:55:10
hi sir i am an architect student and i would want to know the humidity, climate, rainfall, sun path directions as well as wind directions in rajasthan , specifically in jodphur. thank you
Sep 01, 2012 @ 11:58:55
Dear Shloka,
Have you checked the IMD web site>
R R Kelkar
Aug 29, 2012 @ 15:26:42
hello sir,I am an architecture student,and i am designing a farmhouse in chhattarpur,delhi .
i would like to know the wind flow directions of wet winds ,dry winds,prevailing winds.summer winds,winter winds..and also which winds could be harmful or affect the orientation of the building??
As i have to design a building keeping in mind the climate of that area.thankyouu
Aug 30, 2012 @ 01:16:28
Dear Taarini,
Delhi has dry hot westerly winds in summer, wet easterlies in monsoon and chilly northerly winds in winter. You can design your farmhouse accordingly.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 20, 2012 @ 09:29:00
Can you provide climate data (Rainfall, temperature and humidity) of Maharashtra district wise (year from 2001 to 2012). please sir help me.
Aug 20, 2012 @ 10:24:11
Dear Amit,
Please make a formal request to IMD for the data you need. You may send a mail to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune (ndc@imdpune.gov.in).
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Aug 24, 2012 @ 07:52:26
Thank you Very Much Sir…for Support….
Aug 18, 2012 @ 04:35:27
Sir, actually i need the data for different states.
Aug 18, 2012 @ 04:32:20
Professor, i am doing my research in the area of solar Energy. For that, i am in need of a monthly mean radiation value for the past five years. If i want to collect it from Pune metro logical center, i have to pay more. As it is not possible for me, could you please suggest me the other possibilities?.
Aug 18, 2012 @ 04:40:12
Dear Mrs Berclin.
I am not aware of another source that could be cheaper or free. You may approach IMD again explaining your difficulty.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 13, 2012 @ 16:39:11
Dear Prof. Kelkar,
Could you please provide me 5 years climatic data (weather) for Delhi, coz an assignment for my 11 years old son been given by his science teacher. i browsed ur webpage, but could succeed. please help.
thnx n bst rgds,
Anil
Aug 14, 2012 @ 01:08:30
Dear Anil,
You will get pre-2000 monthly data for Delhi at http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/Delhi%20Palam.htm
More recent daily and monthly data for Delhi are available at http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/New_Delhi_Safdarjung/01-2011/421820.htm but you will have to keep on selecting various months, so this is a tiring process.
Good luck to you and to your son.
R R Kelkar
Aug 01, 2012 @ 04:02:36
sir i need to know is there any internship programs offering in regional meterological centre,chennai for undergraduate students. presently i’m studying B.Tech(AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) in Tamilnadu Agricultural university , coimbatore.
Aug 01, 2012 @ 06:35:40
Dear Bala,
Thanks for visiting my site. Dr Y E A Raj is the Deputy Director General in charge of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai. His email id is yearaj@gmail.com. You may send him a mail about your internship plans and I am sure he will be of help. You may give him my reference if you wish.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Jul 31, 2012 @ 09:39:07
Sir good afternoon
Please provide me india minimum maximum temp. from 2000-2010 data month and year wise .
Thanks
with regards
Avadhesh
Jul 31, 2012 @ 10:50:10
Dear Avadesh,
Thanks for your comment, but I am sorry that I do not supply any data.
R R Kelkar
Jul 31, 2012 @ 06:49:04
Respected Sir,
I need district wise monthly temperature and rainfall data of at least last 10 years of Madhya Pradesh. Sir, on IMD website I could find only last 5 year district wise data of rainfall. can you please guide me how to find rest of the data? I am a research associate of ICSSR on the project “Climate change and agriculture”.
Jul 31, 2012 @ 07:45:06
Dear Era,
Please make a formal request to IMD for the data you need. You may send a mail to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune (ndc@imdpune.gov.in).
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Jul 29, 2012 @ 10:05:39
sir i want to get the data of max and min humidity, sunshine hour,cloud cover of nainital for last one year.pleas give me these information. sir i am a student of architecture and study on climate of nainital.
Jul 29, 2012 @ 13:02:14
Dear Mohd Asim,
Please make a request to IMD for the data you need. You may send a mail to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune (ndc@imdpune.gov.in) or to Meteorological Centre at Dehra Dun (anand.sharma870@gmail.com).
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Jul 16, 2012 @ 14:50:32
Hello Sir,
I am working in Telecomm sector and need to have the daily total rainfall data from 1st Jan’12 till date for any state in India so as to project the same again my Network Health. From where I could get the same?
Thanks & Regards
Sugata
Jul 17, 2012 @ 01:13:06
Dear Sugata,
I can help you better if you tell me where you are based. Otherwise you can send a mail to IMD at ncc@imdpune.gov.in
R R Kelkar
Jun 15, 2012 @ 06:53:52
respected sir,
i am working on gis project in my internship to predict suitability of land in farming prospect,but i doubted one thing is that (i am using Landsat 7 TM datas in arcmap),which band will be suitable to predict moisture content in soil?
i am taking band 3 and band 5 …..will it work there?
(or i have to take all 7 bands)
Jun 15, 2012 @ 09:58:41
Dear Vivek,
The information you have given is very sketchy. Can you email me your project proposal/synopsis? My email id is kelkar_rr@yahoo.com
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 02, 2012 @ 07:13:02
Prof. R R Kelkar,
Just would like to share few words with these people’s curiosity regarding any datasets (Precipitation, temperature, snow, etc) @Shamim: You can use MODIS datasets for an area for as big as Kyrghyzstan. its a 5km Resolution. its freely available to everyone. You can use MODIS datasets for your climatic data. The datasets has been validated by many researchers. Kindly search for documentations. Just download it from the website of NASA. You’ll get all data you need. For queries udbmail@yahoo.com
Jun 02, 2012 @ 07:20:11
Thanks, Ujjal, for the information.
R R Kelkar
May 22, 2012 @ 11:11:49
Sir, I am a resident of Alibag, Maharashtra.
My house is about 600m from the seaface behind the Customs Office.
I want to dig a well or a tube well but don’t know how to get sweet water.
If I dig for about 10 feet then I get water which is not very salty but still not drinkable.
Please advice if there is any way to find the pure drinking water and at what depth one can find it.
ilyas sayed, Alibag
May 23, 2012 @ 08:41:13
Dear Ilyas,
There is a lot of information at http://www.ehow.com/water-well/ on this subject. You may get some help there. If I find something better I will let you know.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 19, 2012 @ 08:49:08
Average wet bulb temperature in chennai during monsoon, winter & summar
May 19, 2012 @ 11:35:49
Dear Raja,
I presume you are based in Chennai and the best thing for you to do is to contact the Regional Meteorological Centre locally in Chennai.
R R Kelkar
Apr 22, 2012 @ 18:50:43
Thank You very much sir.
I’ill try to contact there or send an e-mail.
Apr 20, 2012 @ 05:09:00
Goodmorning Sir.
I am Architecture final year student, doing my thesis on nature cure centre, proposed in Nainital. For that i need to study the soil topography, climatic conditions-temperature(max-min), rainfall, snowfall, wind direction, sun path, recorded annually or for some period of time. It is like I don’t need daily climatic data, but an overall information about type of climatic condition. Sir can you please help me from where i can get the information.
Thank You
Apr 20, 2012 @ 13:41:07
Dear Kanica,
Can you tell me where you are based?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 21, 2012 @ 16:28:52
Sir,
I live in Delhi.
Apr 22, 2012 @ 00:04:32
Dear Kanica,
You may contact
Deputy Director General of Meteorology
Regional Meteorological Centre,
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003.
Telephone: 24629096
E-mail: rmc_nd@yahoo.co.in
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 15, 2012 @ 16:21:47
Places which gets 5000 mm rainfall in a year & Wettest place in each state of India
Apart from the 14 stations which receive 5000 mm rainfall, i have done
research which took me nearly 3-4 weeks to obtain authenticated data from various sources to see whether other places that receive 5000 mm apart from IMD’s 14 places and in the process have uploaded the state wise rainfall record holders. This report will be updated often and popped up as soon as i get more data from public.
http://tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.in/2012/04/places-which-gets-5000-mm-rainfall-in.html
Apr 16, 2012 @ 00:00:34
Dear Pradeep,
Thank you for sharing your link. I am sure that the information that you have compiled will be useful for many purposes.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 11, 2012 @ 17:57:27
Dear Sir,
I am Nikhil Kulkarni, BTM (Block Technology Management) currently working in Taluka Agriculture office kagal in Kolhapur. I have 50-55 farmers group & frist time they have requestes to me to do availabity of weather report for past 10 years for study. I have search so meny sites for to get reports but cant got.
pl help me get it.
Nikhil Kulkarni
Kolhapur
klp.nikhilkulkarni@gmail.com
Apr 11, 2012 @ 23:07:31
Dear Nikhil,
I suggest that you visit the following web sites.
http://www.imdpune.gov.in/
http://www.imdagrimet.gov.in/
http://www.imdmumbai.gov.in/
I am sure that you will be able to get the information that you are seeking.
Best wishes to you and the farmers’ group that is active under your guidance.
R R Kelkar
Mar 28, 2012 @ 07:21:36
I am doing my thesis on crop evapotranspiration for navsari district and anand district. i need data of previous 5 years regarding my thesis.
Can you suggest me the source?
my mail dipen.p.patel@gmail.com
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
dipen
Mar 28, 2012 @ 09:11:58
Dear Dipen,
I hope you know about the Agricultural University at Anand. I am sure they will help you in the matter.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 17, 2012 @ 17:14:29
Sir, I am glad I found your blog. Is there any chance that I will find a long term (say 30 years) precipitation data of any catchment, along with the runoff data at its outlet? I am doing rainfall-runoff modelling using Artificial Neural Networks.
Mar 18, 2012 @ 00:27:06
Dear Sagar,
Yours is a very specific research requirement and I am afraid that the data that you need will not be available online on a single web site. I suggest that you acquire the data from IMD and CWC directly. You will have to be clear about what catchments you are interested in and for which stations you want the rainfall data.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 12, 2012 @ 10:21:35
Hello Sir.
I am btech student making project on Solar water pump using MPPT. I need solar radiation data for completion of my project.
I would be thankful if you tell me about the website where i can find relevent data.
Mar 12, 2012 @ 11:40:58
Dear Pankaj,
I am not aware of any site dedicated to solar radiation data where it can be downloaded online. If you narrow down your requirements to something specific, maybe I can offer some advice.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 07, 2012 @ 10:35:24
hello sir,
i will be highly grateful if you can provide me stationwise rainfall data of gujarat in last 100 years. currently i am a research scholar at IISER-K.
Mar 08, 2012 @ 14:53:07
Dear Sayak,
Please see http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/110_new.htm
You may get what you are looking for.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 05, 2012 @ 11:59:07
Dear Sir,
I am Ishita Jain and I am a 2nd year architecture student. We have Climate studio this semester where i have to design a vocational centre for women in Leh, Ladakh. The program that i narrowed down was soil preservation through plantation. the site that we have been given is a stepped site. where the distance between the lowest and highest point is six mtrs. hence i figured i could use the concept of terrace farming and at the same time plantation, strategic cutting of the trees and then using the wood for their traditional carpentry and vernacular architecture too.
wud u help me with the kind of trees i shud look for planting and also where cud i find the sun path diagram of leh? what are the major things i shud be careful about while designing?
Mar 05, 2012 @ 13:10:58
Dear Ishita,
I believe you are aware that Ladakh is a cold desert.
How much water will be available at your site and what will be its source? That will decide what can be grown there.
What will be the temperature at your site? That will be the most important factor for your design.
By the way, where are you based?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 02, 2012 @ 08:33:53
Respected Sir,
I require an urgent data on the rainfall received in gujarat for the year 2011-2012 & 2010-2011.
I am looking forward for a positive & quick response as this is highly urgent.
Regards
Himani
Mar 02, 2012 @ 10:59:53
Dear Himani,
Why are you in such a great hurry to get this information? Are you a student or a researcher or an employee? Where are you based?
Do you want stationwise data or only the total rainfall for whole of Gujarat?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 26, 2012 @ 11:41:31
hello sir.. i saw all your posts. nd yaah i m an architecture student soo i have the same doubt about wind orientation and sunpath of a place dewas in M.P.
i have researched but i cudnt find a wind direction which i can consider for through out year for the specific area. in weather forecast sites.. wind direction are shown different by every season.. so how do i decide which wind direction should be considered for architectural purposes..
i would really appreciate ur help
thanking you
ADT
Feb 26, 2012 @ 12:07:10
Dear Aditi,
I appreciate your problem. Wind directions in the monsoon region are bound to change with season. That is characteristic of monsoon winds. But we cannot design architectural structures that can change with season. However, there are many solutions to your problem.
If you are designing a large structure like a bungalow or a building, you can have different designs for rooms facing different directions. For example, if you have several bedrooms in a bungalow, people can use different rooms in different seasons and take advantage of the winds in that season. Same applies to office rooms in a huge building, the airconditioning can be optimally designed as per different prevailing wind for different rooms. Not all of them need to be used all through the year.
The second option is to use the most likely wind direction in the course of the year, which may be westerly or northerly for most of MP. Or use the average for the whole year, that may be northwesterly. Then you can design a structure that suits the average wind. But the overall design performance will always be sub-optimum.
Please understand that I am a meteorologist and I know little about architecture. This is just commonsense based advice.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Mar 02, 2012 @ 11:01:23
thankyou so much for your precious guidance. what i am designing is a onion ware house.. and your answer gave me an excellent concept of designing .. thankyou soo much 🙂 i’ll let u know wat the jury had to sa y on it 😀
Mar 02, 2012 @ 11:12:24
Surely, Aditi, I will like to know! Good luck to you!
R R Kelkar
Feb 21, 2012 @ 15:36:13
Thank you so much great help!!!
Feb 14, 2012 @ 06:12:53
I would like to know the wind pressure of the desired location & if possible the website for the same. Secondly I would like to know the CFO rules in terms of Glass Facade & its website if possible.
Thanks
Ajit Panchal
Feb 14, 2012 @ 08:06:11
Dear Ajit,
Sorry, you are asking the wrong person!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 14, 2012 @ 05:03:33
Dear,
Information by you last time was very useful and helpful. Thanx sir,
Sir I want to study Solar energy and its detail information like types of solar systems in details, all terms in solar systems, solar PV details, physics.
Please give me information related to that.
Regards
Mukund Kulkarni
Feb 14, 2012 @ 08:01:45
Dear Mukund,
It is nice of you to acknowledge my help. I am a retired meteorologist and not an engineer, so I cannot tell you what you want to know this time. But my advice is that you should read textbooks and technical literature on these topics and not just take the easy option of an internet search. If you really prefer the internet, then you may try Google Scholar where you will find the latest literature as well as classical papers.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 12, 2012 @ 17:49:30
sir ,
m a first year student of B.ARCH
v r given a design problem which shud b more of sustainable and climate responsive. as i cant find any appropriate info m suck in my design problem . sir can u please help me to complete my work. i need windrose diagram and othr climate details of shrivardhan, maharashtra.
Feb 13, 2012 @ 00:22:17
Dear Pavi,
Hv u chckd if thr is a wthr stn in Shrvrdhn?
R R Kelkar
Feb 10, 2012 @ 10:08:42
Dear Sir,
I am working on a project that involves using hourly solar insolation data for calculating the current it produces. Could you suggest the location of the data availability.
Sriram
Feb 10, 2012 @ 11:37:30
Dear Sriram,
If you are based in Chennai, I suggest that you contact the Regional Meteorological Centre there.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 08, 2012 @ 16:25:18
Dear Sir;
Would toy be kind enough to send me monthly temperature (Min. Max) data for Maharashtra & Mamal Nadu.
I am an Agricultural Scientist and working on Sugarcane yield improvement and sugarcane production in different regions of the world.
Regards.
Feb 09, 2012 @ 00:23:29
Dear Dr Maqbool Akhtar,
I do not supply any data. You may see the web site of the India Meteorological Department at http://www.imd.gov.in where a lot of data is available online.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 06, 2012 @ 10:27:16
respected sir,
i am nafeez, i am doing project for weather forecating, i need the data(image) last one year. please send me this address (nafeez777@gmail.com)
Feb 06, 2012 @ 10:58:00
Dear Nafeez,
I am sorry, but I do not supply any data.
R R Kelkar
Jan 31, 2012 @ 14:15:08
Sir
I am Manish Soni. i am running the ISCST3 dispersion model .I need the mixing height data for jaipur. Can you Please suggest.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 16:18:07
Dear Manish,
Are you a student or an employee? Where are you based? Why did you choose a model for which you don’t have the data? I cannot give any suggestions on the basis of the two lines that you have written.
R R Kelkar
Jan 27, 2012 @ 10:15:48
Dear Sir,
I am doing my MTech project on development of a solar concentrator. Hence I need hourly global radiation values of Bangalore. How do I obtain actual values of the radiation data with out using any models?Kindly, please help me in this regard.
Jan 27, 2012 @ 11:31:31
Dear Pooja,
Have you thought about making your own measurements?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 24, 2012 @ 06:45:13
P.S.
Basically i want to know the WIND DIRECTIONS FOR DELHI throughout year.
Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:31:55
Dear Kanica,
There is a document available on the net at http://dpcc.delhigovt.nic.in/eia/eircng.pdf. In Chapter 3 therein (Table 3 and Figure 5) you will find some helpful information.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 26, 2012 @ 04:20:33
Thanks a lot Sir, really a great help.
Jan 24, 2012 @ 06:40:47
Respected Sir,
I am student of final year (5th year), B.Architecture. I need information regarding annual wind data and sun path about Delhi, which could help me in building orientation and fenestration on site, selected for proposing climate responsive building design for thesis project. Can you please tell me related sites. I tried searching on IMD site but didn’t get relevant information or may be i am not able to find. Its a request to reply as soon as possible.
Thanking You
Kanica Verma
Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:43:55
Dear Kanica,
Please see my other reply also. The sunpath diagram for Delhi is available in a document (Figure 2.21) at http://mnre.gov.in/booklets/solar-energy/ch2.pdf
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 23, 2012 @ 18:15:28
Respected Sir,
I’m doing a research on hybrid power system. I’ve chosen Jaisamer as the site of study since it possess good wind and solar energy potential. However I do not have data for solar radiation at jaisalmer. The data is available for Jodhpur. Can the solar radiation data at jaisalmer be assumed same as jodhpur(available from mnre website) considering the climatic conditions are almost the same for the purpose of analysis? Please guide me sir.
Thank you
Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:55:54
Dear Priyanka,
As a first approximation, you could use Jodhpur solar radiation data for Jaisalmer. I suggest that you see this document (page 24 in particular) at http://www.eai.in/ref/services/Preview_of_India_Solar_PV_Advisor.pdf for information.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 17, 2012 @ 15:24:28
sir am harika studying b.arch 3rd year…where can i get information about climatology of bhopal and lahapur…
Jan 17, 2012 @ 15:28:45
Where is this ‘lahapur’?
Feb 09, 2012 @ 13:39:10
its small village near bhopal
Feb 09, 2012 @ 14:12:00
Dear Kruti,
What are you writing about? Is there any past reference to your comment?
R R Kelkar
Jan 11, 2012 @ 11:12:09
Respected Sir,
I am pursuing my research work for effect on planetary position on Rainfall with the guidance of shri Dhansukhbhai Shah.
Can you suggest any free / paid data source for the daily rainfall tehsil wise or so?
Thanking you in anticipation
Sincerely,
Mehul Trivedi
Assistant Director General (IT)
TEC, Ministry of Communication & IT.
K L Bhawan , Delhi
Jan 11, 2012 @ 12:24:44
Dear Mr Trivedi,
The best data source is the India Meteorological Department, Pune. You could send them an email at ndc@imdpune.gov.in
If Dhansukhbhai is your guide, he can himself get this data for you since he is in Pune.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 11, 2012 @ 10:20:04
Dear Sir,
I am v s Chauhan and i am making a report on Indian Rain Fall. where i can get the average monthly rain fall data state wise?
Please help me.
thank you
Jan 11, 2012 @ 12:27:05
Dear Shri Chauvan,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in. It has a variety of rainfall data.
R R Kelkar
Jan 06, 2012 @ 11:40:37
Dear Sir,
I am doing research on “Desertification process in Karnataka” I want Rainfall and temperature data for last 30 years, where shall i get it, even if it cost, what will be the cost for students.
Jan 06, 2012 @ 12:41:46
Dear Somashekar,
The best data source is the India Meteorological Department. You could send them an email at ndc@imdpune.gov.in
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Dec 26, 2011 @ 06:22:44
Dear Sir,
I want “Solar Direct normal insulation data” or “Solar radiation data” for various cities in india, statewise, citywise……From where i will get this? any website is there for it?
Regards,
Mukund Kulkarni
Dec 26, 2011 @ 06:37:32
Dear Mukund,
Are you looking for real time data or past data (which years?) or averages?
R R Kelkar
Dec 26, 2011 @ 07:34:54
Dear Sir,
I want monthly avarage solar radiation for respective city..
For Madhya pradesh, diff cities in MP and …..same for other states in India.
I am an Engineer and recently m taking intrest in solar projects.
So want some knoledge regarding that..
Please help…………
regards
Mukund kulkarni
Dec 26, 2011 @ 08:59:43
Dear Mukund,
Since you are interested in averages, the information on this site may be useful to you:
Click to access srd-sec.pdf
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 11, 2011 @ 06:28:51
dear sir
i m a student of masters in geography…………plz suggest me from where i can get all geographical datas like environmentel,resource,poplation etc……………………
jyoti sharma
Dec 11, 2011 @ 08:08:12
Dear Jyoti,
First of all, make a list of what you are looking for. Then, give a google search. You will find the web sites.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 08, 2011 @ 14:34:14
dear kelkar sir
i am a student of 8th standard and i am doing an E.V.S project please can you tell me where i can get the information of the reduction in rainfall over the last few years.
Dec 08, 2011 @ 15:36:17
Dear Nismita,
There has been no reduction in rainfall so you won’t get any information on it!
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 08, 2011 @ 07:01:48
Sir, I am student of nit bhopal, sir can you tell me where can I get information regarding the average hours of sunshine in bhopal
Dec 08, 2011 @ 09:33:00
Dear Ramen,
Since you are in Bhopal, you may contact the Meteorological Centre, Arera Hills, Jail Road, Bhopal. Phone number 0755-2550345.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 06, 2011 @ 15:58:13
dear khelkar sir,
where can i get the annual rain fall data of india from 1950 till date.
prashant
Dec 05, 2011 @ 12:18:57
Dear Prof. Kelker
First of all, let me appreciate the wonderful support you have extended by means of this blog which has itself become a reference on the subject.
I have a requirement sir; I need a comprehensive database where Wet Bulb Temperature, RH etc all the important parameters can be found for major locations in India. Can you please help me out to get such a system, if available. I shall be highly obliged,
Regards
Sourav
Dec 07, 2011 @ 23:19:27
Dear Sourav,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://mausam.gov.in. On the home page, under “Other Information” click on “Climatology”. Then select the station. You will find climatological averages of wet bulb temperature, Relative Humidity, etc.
Hope this will be useful to you.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Dec 01, 2011 @ 15:48:34
dear khelkar sir,
i am doing my project on impact of climate change on indian agriculture. can you please tell me from where can i get the precipitation data.
prashanta
Dec 02, 2011 @ 00:31:38
In the same report where you got the temperature data.
R R Kelkar
Nov 30, 2011 @ 10:31:26
i need weather report(max & min temperature,rainfall,wet bulb &dry bulb humidity,wind pressure) of dehradun monthwise of 2010 as soon as possible.
Nov 30, 2011 @ 11:01:39
So?
Dec 23, 2011 @ 13:01:28
sir, please if you provide me wet bulb temperature,relative humidity of Dehradun year of 2010 (jan-dec) I would be very thankful to you.
Dec 23, 2011 @ 13:42:42
Dear Madhuchhanda,
You may contact Meteorological Centre, Survey of India Campus, 17 E C Road, Karanpur, Dehra Dun 248 001 (Phone 0135 – 2654269, 0135 – 2714143).
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 27, 2011 @ 06:12:03
dear khelkar sir,
i am prashant, doing my project on impact of climate change on indian agriculture.where can i get data on the annual mean temperature of india till 2010.
prashant
Nov 27, 2011 @ 09:51:29
Dear Prashant,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in, then go to the link ‘Climatology’ and click on the sublink ‘Climate Profile of India’. This will open a doc file. On pages 22-26 you will find what you need.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 28, 2011 @ 06:12:40
dear khelkar sir,
many many thanks for the information. this is only the graphical representation. can i get the data in numerical figure of the annual mean temperature of india from any sources till 2010 ?
Nov 28, 2011 @ 06:24:49
Dear Prashanta,
I knew you would ask that! Can you not read off the numbers from the y-axis of the graph? If not, then you will have to approach the authors of the note or the referenced papers.
Good luck,
R R Kelkar
Nov 26, 2011 @ 16:59:36
sir
please suggest any good website for daily climate
I from Buldhana- dist
maharashtra
Nov 27, 2011 @ 01:08:03
Dear Niranjan,
For Buldhana data, you should see the web site of IMD Regional Met Centre Nagpur at http://imdnagpur.gov.in/
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 26, 2011 @ 11:09:40
SIr,
Where can I get the max and min temp yearwise for Udaipur, Rajasthan from 1950 or so onwards
Vijay
Nov 26, 2011 @ 11:39:54
Dear Vijay,
You can ask the IMD National Data Centre, Pune. Their email id is ndc@imdpune.gov.in
R R Kelkar
Nov 24, 2011 @ 09:05:55
dear sir,
i am doing my project on impact of climate change inn indian agriculture. where can i get the annual temperature data of india from 1950 to 2010.
Nov 18, 2011 @ 19:36:54
could you kindly suggest where can we get the snowfall data of the main places of himachal pradesh- data as snowfall rate in inches, precipitation, etc .
Nov 19, 2011 @ 01:37:20
Dear Tanaya,
You can ask the IMD National Data Centre, Pune. Their email id is ndc@imdpune.gov.in
R R Kelkar
Nov 19, 2011 @ 08:40:52
Sir,
Thank you so much for the information and your opininon. I totally agree with you that India has no place with year-round snowfall and/or power outage due to heavy snowfall. That is why we are looking for places like norway, morgan etc where severe power outage due to heavy snowfall alone occurs, but it is becoming very difficult to avail power outage data from these places. Could you suggest a way to get reliable data of these foreign places.
And sir, I would like to congratulate you for your wonderful blog which is a great help for thousands of people around.
Nov 19, 2011 @ 09:55:58
Dear Tanaya,
Thanks. I am going to close this correspondence with the following comments:
Even in Europe and America, it does not snow all year round, but only in winter. Accumulated snow is not a cause of power outages. Power gets disrupted only in snowstorms. Otherwise life there remains normal.
I do not know of sites where power outage data is available online. But Google is always there. “Seek and you will find”, is what Jesus said 2000 years ago. And that is how research is to be done.
Best wishes, and I wish that you complete your project!
R R Kelkar
Nov 18, 2011 @ 05:58:15
hello sir , my name is shahrukh wasay and doing msc in geoinformatics , currently i am doing independent study and i am working on the vertical and horizontal characteristic of wind for India using gis , sir can please tell me from where i can get WIND CLIMATIC ZONES data for India pls help
Nov 18, 2011 @ 06:28:14
Dear Shahrukh,
A lot of information about wind over India has been compiled by the Centre for Wind Energy Technology, Chennai. You can see their web site at http://www.cwet.tn.nic.in
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 17, 2011 @ 19:01:50
I am doing a project on reliability model of electrical distribution system subject to snowfall events. I need the power outage data of denver, colorado for the past 10 years. Could you please suggest where can I get the info? I have tried a lot but to no avail. T/he power outage maps are available but I need exact past historical data. Kindly help.
Nov 18, 2011 @ 00:54:09
Dear Tanaya,
Would you tell me where you are based? Also, is this project like a school assignment or is it a commercial venture?
R R Kelkar
Nov 18, 2011 @ 19:20:55
Actually, I am a third year electrical engineering student in NIT silchar, and we are doing a research work on the reliability model of electrical distribution system subject to severe weather conditions. We want the electrical power outage data of a place that experiences snowfall almost round the year. The US countries keep record of power outage, but am not sure about India since we didnt get any informmation in the internet. Could you plz suggest where can we find the power outage statistics of the last few years of any snow clad city of India like Leh, Jammu, or Shimla ? Kindly help.
Nov 19, 2011 @ 02:08:13
Dear Tanaya,
Thank you for telling me more about you. First I had thought that you were based in the US.
Although our country has to face many kinds of adverse weather, you must understand that we have more problems not related to the weather. Power outages are so common even when the weather is fine. Severe thunderstorms are the main cause of concern, because of (i) lightning and (ii) squally winds as power lines are damaged by falling trees. Of course there are the occasional tropical cyclones in the coastal belts in which electric poles themselves fall.
Contrary to what you expect, snowfall does not occur anywhere throughout the year, but only in winter. The accumulated winter snow may however remain in parts of summer.
The power outage records should be available with the power distribution companies. You may have to visit one of their field offices and collect the data manually. Since you are in Silchar, you could consider going to Darjeeling or Gangtok and do a local investigation.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 17, 2011 @ 14:06:39
dear sir,
my name is Robin Poudel and im a third year in NIT Durgapur, West Bengal.
for a project under hydrology, i need to obtain the everyday weather predictions for Maharasthra for the past three months and then compare it with the actual data for that day. i am in real need of that data so would be very grateful if you could please help me.
thank you
Nov 18, 2011 @ 01:02:53
Dear Robin,
I suggest that you send a mail to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai at ddgm@imdmumbai.gov.in giving your specific requirements.
I feel that it may be easier for you to do your project with the next three months data than the past three months data, if you have the time to wait. The daily data and forecasts for Maharashtra are available online at RMC Mumbai’s web site at http://www.imdmumbai.gov.in
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 14, 2011 @ 06:37:36
dear sir,
I am a student of environmental arch. and in design studio we have to implement thermal comfort techniques in institutional building at prabhadevi, Mumbai.
Where can I get weather data for Mumbai w.r.t. Relative Humidity and temperature for last 5 years? can u please suggest some website.
Nov 14, 2011 @ 07:57:35
Dear Gouri,
Are you based in Mumbai?
R R Kelkar
Nov 07, 2011 @ 08:01:23
HELLO SIR
I AM doing phd for waste water reuse. i want your help to get the data for rainfall of last 50 years of gujarat , from where i can get it?
komal mehta
research student
mail id : skomal_1981@yaoo.com
Nov 07, 2011 @ 10:10:30
Dear Komal,
Where are you working for your Ph D?
R R Kelkar
Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:36:56
Great work, Sir,
http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ is a site that gives climate information of almost all important cities and places. Thought it would be helpful.
Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:07:46
Thanks for the information, Kranthi, but I am not sure about the authenticity of the site.
R R Kelkar
Oct 21, 2011 @ 07:08:44
Arun here
am doing my M.E project on wind power, , would you help me,, i need wind speed list of different places of chennai / Tamilnadu..
kindly mail the details to arun.v5005@gmail.com …
Oct 21, 2011 @ 09:52:35
Dear Arun,
Let me clarify that I do not have or supply any data myself.
I suggest that you see this site http://wind-power.industry-focus.net/index.php/tamil-nadu-wind-energy-map.html
You may also like to refer to this research paper http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/apr102009/911.pdf
Otherwise you may send a mail to IMD Chennai at cs.rmc.chennai@gmail.com
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 19, 2011 @ 04:52:11
Sir,
I am looking for cloud cover data of central India, could you please guide me in this.
regards
Jawwad Baig
Oct 19, 2011 @ 09:14:46
Dear Jawwad,
Have you seen the satellite imagery on the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in ?
R R Kelkar
Oct 17, 2011 @ 18:52:32
Hi,
Sachit here. Im in the 12th Grade and I needed data on the climate of Bangalore over the last 10 years. The data I require is like, rainfall, temperatures, humidity,etc. Can you please help me?
Thank You
Oct 18, 2011 @ 00:57:33
Dear Sachit,
You can find the past hundred years data for Bangalore on the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/Bangalore.htm
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 18, 2011 @ 02:42:12
Thank You
Oct 17, 2011 @ 12:51:49
sir,
i want to all data of weater in roorki sience lost 30 years.
like temtre., rain, wind speed, climatic conditionssssss.
Oct 17, 2011 @ 15:17:55
Dear Vikas,
Sorry, I am not able to understand what you are saying.
R R Kelkar
Oct 13, 2011 @ 18:22:00
Dear sir,
I am a student of class nine of ST.MICHAEL’S SCHOOL ,DURGAPUR,WEST BENGAL.THE PROJECT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS OUR ASSIGNMENT FOR GEOGRAPHY AND IS A 20 MARKS PROJECT.IT COVERS FOUR TOPICS -MAPS
DIRECTION
SCALE
WEATHER INTERPRETATION
I HAVE DONE THE FIRST THREE TOPICS BUT NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE FOURTH ONE .IN WEATHER INTERPRETATION I HAVE GOT DAILY TEMPERATURE OF JULY.I ONLY NEED THE RAINFALL CHART.
PLEASE IF YOU CAN KINDLY HELP….
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ANURAG SENGUPTA.
Oct 13, 2011 @ 21:56:30
Dear Anurag,
Thanks for giving me that information. You may like to visit the IMD web site and see the daily rainfall chart for India for the monsoon season of 2011 at
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/Monsoon_frame.htm
If you like it you can use it for your school project.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 11, 2011 @ 08:33:14
Dear sir ,
i am really in need for the daily rainfall chart of the month of july,2011 for a project issued by my school.I would be really grateful if you can help.
yours faithfully,
ANURAG SENGUPTA.
Oct 11, 2011 @ 09:54:00
Dear Anurag,
Thank you for visiting my site. Can you tell me something about yourself, your school and your project?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 08, 2011 @ 11:38:54
Dear Sir,
I required hourly wind data of any of indian wind farm station for some research purpose. So can u help me regarding this
Oct 08, 2011 @ 14:15:51
Dear Javed,
Can I have your brief biodata and a synopsis of your project? If you like you may send them to me by email at kelkar_rr@yahoo.com.
This information will be help me in giving you appropriate advice.
R R Kelkar
Sep 30, 2011 @ 06:30:00
Sir,
I have been working in a private company. We are designing a cooling system for an electrical device which is mounted on the rear floor of the car. In order to decide the type of cooling to be used I need to know how high the asphalt road temperatures may go. Could you please suggest me some source where I can at least get a rough estimate…
Sep 30, 2011 @ 07:01:05
Dear Sagar,
I think you should contact the Central Road Research Institute, Delhi. They may have some data about road temperatures. Their contact details are available on the CRRI web site at http://www.crridom.gov.in/contactus.html
R R Kelkar
Sep 30, 2011 @ 08:03:09
Thank you…..
Sep 30, 2011 @ 05:43:42
Sir,
Can you please tell me where can I find data about road surface temperatures in INDIA….
Sep 30, 2011 @ 06:07:20
Dear Vidya (or Sagar),
My simplest answer of course is that you cannot find it anywhere. But if you tell me who you are, what you are doing, where you are based and for what you need this data, maybe I could try to help.
R R Kelkar
Sep 29, 2011 @ 14:28:47
Sir,
I am an M.Tech student in IIT Bombay. Can you help me with information on sources that can provide the hourly wind and solar data for Maharashtra for one year?? Data from any of last five years will do…
Sep 30, 2011 @ 02:40:04
Dear Madhu,
I suggest that you send a mail to IMD at ndc@imdpune.gov giving the details of your data requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 30, 2011 @ 02:52:35
Thank you Sir
Sep 29, 2011 @ 06:04:45
Hii friends,
I am M.Sc (Agri) graduate from TNAU. For my research work I want past 30 years distict wise rainfall and temparature data of tamilnadu. From where I can get if any body have idea about it please reply me…. thanks and regards
Sep 29, 2011 @ 13:46:00
Dear Anandkumar,
I suggest that you approach the India Meteorological Department. You may send a mail to IMD at ndc@imdpune.gov giving the details of your data requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 27, 2011 @ 12:34:19
repected sir,
i am a mtech student and doing research over the weather prediction techniques…..could u please send me some data regarding the rainfall,geographical areas…please guide me sir……..
Sep 29, 2011 @ 13:48:32
Dear Menka,
The web site of the India Meteorological Department at http://www.imd.gov.in has plenty of information. Please visit it and see the different rainfall maps available on it.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 26, 2011 @ 12:25:42
Respected Sir,
I am a student and I need data of solar radiation of city Junagadh (Gujarat, India). Please give me an idea how I can get it. If you have then please sand me on E-mail : fadadupiyush@ymail.com
Thank you
Fadadu Piyush.
Sep 26, 2011 @ 13:16:03
Dear Piyush,
Thanks for your comment. I am a retired person and I do not have any data with me which I can supply to people. For this you should approach the India Meteorological Department. I suggest that you send a mail to IMD at ndc@imdpune.gov giving the details of your data requirements. In your mail to IMD you should specify whether you need hourly, daily or monthly data, whether you need averages or actuals, and also if there is no data for Junagadh which other nearby stations will serve your purpose.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 13, 2011 @ 05:43:41
Dear Sir,
I am a research scholar and i need average data of rainfall, temperature , Humidity and No. of registered vehicles of Dehradun City from 2001 to 2010. Please guide me .
Thank you
Swadesh Kumar
Sep 13, 2011 @ 09:08:39
Dear Swadesh Kumar,
Please send me your brief CV and a synopsis of your project.
R R Kelkar
Sep 13, 2011 @ 14:48:19
Dear sir,
Thanks for your reply. I will send my brief CV and synopsis details on your email id. Please guide me.
Thank you Sir.
Swadesh
Sep 13, 2011 @ 15:34:50
My email id is given in ‘About Me’ in this blog.
Sep 14, 2011 @ 00:11:58
Dear Swadesh,
Thanks for sending me your CV. It is quite impressive. Your project addresses very localised issues about Dehra Dun and requires data specific to the region. It may not be available on web sites. I suggest that you get in touch with the Meteorological Centre, Dehra Dun, and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun, for the data that you need. It would be worthwhile for you to visit these institutes, discuss your problem with the scientists there and seek their guidance on using GIS techniques. The vehicle registration figures may be available with the RTO.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Sep 14, 2011 @ 15:04:41
Thank you Sir for this information . And your guidance is very useful for me.
Thanks a lot
Swadesh
Sep 12, 2011 @ 12:18:26
sir where can i find annual wind data for hyderbad?
Sep 12, 2011 @ 12:51:44
Go to the IMD web site at http://mausam.gov.in, click on ‘Climatology’ and then select ‘Hyderabad’.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Sep 03, 2011 @ 16:46:00
dear sir,
i have to collect last five years agricultural record of india for my project., sir plz help me n suggest me some ways frm where i can collect those data…
Sep 04, 2011 @ 02:03:03
You may see the Ministry of Agriculture web site at http://agricoop.nic.in
Sep 04, 2011 @ 13:00:28
SIR THANXX A LOT..I GOT D DATA WHICH I NEEDED, THANK YOU…
Sep 03, 2011 @ 13:06:57
Prof Kelkar,
I am doing my M.Tech thesis on wind systems compatible for Maharashtra (rural regions). For this, I need data for hourly wind speed for maharashtra state. Can you help me with any sort of information on where can i get this data….
Sep 03, 2011 @ 14:50:14
Could you be more specific on what you are looking for? For example, how many years data, actual or only average, at what stations, with what accuracy?
Sep 13, 2011 @ 11:10:25
hourly wind data for a year….
station i am still to finalize with my guide (rural unelectrified village)….
Was at my home and had no net access…. sorry for delayed response….
Thanking you …….
Aug 27, 2011 @ 10:00:23
hello sir, i want the sunpath diagram for palur district in tamil nadu n its climatic details required to construct a building
Aug 27, 2011 @ 13:26:42
You can get some information from this site: http://www.pvresources.com/en/location.php
Aug 18, 2011 @ 06:42:12
Sorry I meant IDF(Intensity duration frequency) curves
Aug 18, 2011 @ 10:40:40
Where are you working?
R R Kelkar
Aug 20, 2011 @ 10:44:30
I am a student of Banaras Hindu University, and would like to calculate the rain water harvesting capacity, and further design a the channel for the required flow rate for my hostel.
Aug 20, 2011 @ 15:36:49
I think there is an observatory on your campus. You can get the rainfall data from there and construct the curves for your location-specific application.
R R Kelkar
Aug 29, 2011 @ 11:07:25
Thank You, I am aware that there is an observatory but they do not have the curves already prepared. Is there no way in which i could get the final curves?
Aug 29, 2011 @ 11:32:02
Dear Kaladhar,
You say that you are working on a design for your own hostel building. Why should anyone else be interested in it or offer you ready made results? You have to work yourself!
Good luck,
R R Kelkar
Sep 02, 2011 @ 16:13:27
I just hoped the work could get easier. Thank you for your help
Aug 18, 2011 @ 06:13:16
Dear sir,
I wanted the IFD curves for varanasi city for of 2year and 5 year frequency.I have not found them on the IMD of india website.I want the curves for the design of a storm drainage system
Aug 16, 2011 @ 08:32:08
I need know what is the heaviest rainfall in 24 hours that occurs during the last ten years in kolkatta
Aug 18, 2011 @ 01:49:07
You may please see these pages on the IMD web sites:
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/kolkata2.htm
http://mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1¶m=2&station=Calcutta
R R Kelkar
Aug 11, 2011 @ 22:28:40
Dear Prof. R. R. Kelkar,
I am writing in regards to rainfall/surface data and am hoping you can point me towards the right direction.
I spoke with Dr. Kumar of the IMD Pune Institute in regards to having access to this data at the daily/station level from 1 May to 17 July 2011.
He kindly explained to me that they only release historical records, not recent records. However, I have seen current data on other websites such as tutiempo.net, but I am concerned about using this data as it is not clear what its source is.
I have also checked two more websites: http://www.imdaws.com/ (suggest by Ashok Jaswal in a post below), and http://mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1¶m=2&station=Panjim (suggested by you in another post).
However, I was not able to find the information for this year.
My question for you:
1) Would you be able to recommend another site which has reliable rainfall/surface data (ideally supplied by the IMD stations) for 2011?
I have recently returned from 2 months of work in India and would like to try to match the data I collected with the rainfal/surface data so any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Renata L.
*****************
Aug 12, 2011 @ 01:13:18
Dear Renata,
For which stations do you need daily surface data for May-July 2011? Do you need only rainfall?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Aug 04, 2011 @ 06:08:02
Dear Prof.R.R.Kelkar
I am conducting research related to impacts of climate change on the production of food crops in Karnataka. For this I need district wise daily or monthly weather data for the past 40 years preferably from 1960 to 2005. Hope you will help me in this regard
Aug 04, 2011 @ 07:06:27
Dear Sridhara,
To begin with you should visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in. You will find a lot of information online under ‘Climatology’. If this does not suffice, click on ‘Data Store’ and contact the concerned persons.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 29, 2011 @ 20:03:54
Dear Sir,
I need Daily Rainfall data for the month of October for the last 5 years in Bangalore. Can you guide the website for this data.
S K JHA
Jul 30, 2011 @ 00:17:15
Dear Mr Jha,
If you are located In Bangalore you should contact the Meteorological Centre. Otherwise you may send a mail to IMD’s National Data Centre at Pune at ndc@imdpune.gov giving your data requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 27, 2011 @ 15:28:28
Prof Kelkar,
Sorry about being so imposing, but I have another question. I have been looking for discharge data for the Krishna river for over a year now. From what I have seen, the data is very sporadic, and has not be well documented. I am not sure if that is really the case, or is it that I have not looked at the right place. Could you please guide me in this matter as well?
Thank you again
Sincerely
Shreyasee Das
Jul 27, 2011 @ 15:55:22
Dear Shreyasee,
You’re welcome. You may visit the web site of the Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India at http://www.cwc.nic.in
You would have to browse through it and you may perhaps find something useful to you under ‘Reservoir Storage’. If not, you will at least get contact information that may lead you further on to the actual data source.
Good luck!
R R Kelkar
Jul 22, 2011 @ 06:05:38
sir
I am doing my thesis on climate of Goa in india. i am in need of climatic data such as rainfall and temperature data of previous 10 years. sir, can you help me please.
Jul 22, 2011 @ 07:32:55
Dear Aditya,
You may try the following links on the IMD web sites:
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/Goa.htm
http://mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1¶m=2&station=Panjim
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 15, 2011 @ 21:28:09
Dear Prof Kelkar,
I am a graduate student at the University of Houston and I am doing my PhD in Economics. For my dissertation, I am focusing on allocation of water and how it affects the economy in the area. I need monthly rainfall data at the district level from 1960-2000. Is there anyway I can get this from the IMD website? Or could you direct me to some place where it could be facilitated
Thank you
Shreyasee
Jul 16, 2011 @ 00:22:12
Dear Shreyasee,
It was nice to know about you and your work. The monthly rainfall data for the years 1901-2000 for 110 stations in India is readily available on the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/110_new.htm. But if you need more data I suggest that you send a mail to the National Data Centre of IMD at Pune to ndc@imdpune.gov.in. When you write to NDC, you should clarify whether you need district averages or station level data within districts. You may also specify the names of the districts you are interested in or whether you need data for all the districts.
Best wishes,
Sincerely,
R R Kelkar
Jul 16, 2011 @ 01:07:44
Thank you so much for your quick reply Professor. I need district averages for the districts in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. I will definitely contact them since looks like there are a couple of districts that are missing
Thank you again for your swift reply.
Shreyasee
Jul 12, 2011 @ 18:44:23
I was thinking may be u could help me out with my project for 3rd semester.Its like everyone either prefer energy solutions and efficiency or mangrove carbon sequestration or other biodiversity or zero discharge,but I wanna do something different ,i did an energy project on Gujarat’s biomass energy production capacity mainly focussing on the upcoming Amreli biomass power plant in my last semester,but this time may be either wanna go one step ahead on the energy platform or do something completely differently.Hope i’l get the help i seek.
Jul 13, 2011 @ 00:35:22
Dear Nirmal,
You seem to be studying at a college or university. Don’t you have a guide for your project?
R R Kelkar
Jul 19, 2011 @ 09:16:27
At masters level we are doing much of our projects on our own ,not much help from our faculty i’d say ,so no guide.Nirmal
Jul 23, 2011 @ 11:56:00
I am still awaiting a response from u sir.NIrmal
Jul 23, 2011 @ 15:26:50
This is regarding your comment of July 23, 2011. What response are you awaiting, Nirmal? I have already said that you need a local guide. Try and get one.
R R Kelkar
Jul 25, 2011 @ 14:57:35
Yes i am searching for one and thank u sir b’coz reading your blogs and knowing that theres so much data out there to be analysed,my topic about paleotempestology has been revived.Thanks alot.
Jul 12, 2011 @ 18:33:20
Sorry to bother u Sir but ive got the data.Thanks anyways.I’l come back wid sum more queries
Jul 12, 2011 @ 18:14:58
I am doin Msc Climate change impacts management and i am in need of daily temperature data of Gujarat(district wise) of past 30 years.Hope i’l get needed help i am seeking.
Jul 04, 2011 @ 11:56:48
how should I get dew point temperature data for whole India? (grid wise)
Jul 04, 2011 @ 15:24:11
Dear Rucha,
Thanks for visiting my blog. Could you please clarify what data you are looking for? What is your grid specification? Do you want data for the surface or different levels? Do you want hourly, daily, weekly or monthly data? Or do you want climate means?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 21, 2011 @ 11:14:30
I want Daily dew point temperature and also extraterrestial radiation data for surface level with 0.5-0.5 degree grid interval.
Jul 21, 2011 @ 12:41:52
Dear Rucha,
Do you know what is extraterrestrial radiation? How can you measure it at the surface? It is absurd to ask for such data. Your approach is very casual and will not lead you anywhere.
R R Kelkar
Jun 23, 2011 @ 07:25:17
Dear sir,
I am Santosh from Yavatmal, please May I get the wind speed data of last two year at Umarkhed Dist. Yavatmal ( Longitude- 77.85, Latitude- 19.61). Thanking you..
Santosh Tirmakdar
94218478687
esanbtos_1@rediffmail.com
Jun 23, 2011 @ 09:34:49
Dear Santosh,
Do you know if there is a meteorological station at Umarkhed? If there is no station there, will you be satisfied with wind data from a nearby station?
I suggest that you contact the Regional Meteorological Centre, Nagpur, for your data needs. Their email id is rmcnagpur@imd.gov.in and phone number is 0712-2282157.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 24, 2011 @ 05:37:29
Dear sir,
Heartly Thank you sir…!
I shall collect the details from Nagpur office..
Regrds…
Santosh
Jun 22, 2011 @ 17:05:11
sir,please reply me as fast as you can.
Jun 22, 2011 @ 23:56:04
Dear Anu,
You seem to be in a great hurry. You have even forgotten to mention the year and the place!
R R Kelkar
Jun 22, 2011 @ 17:03:59
please can you give me an answer to my question,
i want to know that what was the max and min. temperature from 15 may to 30 may?
Jun 21, 2011 @ 13:45:00
dear sir,
i am doing M.V.Sc(Master in Veterinary Science) thesis on livestock and climate change in western Himalayan and middle gangetic plain region of India. i need temperature , precipitation and snowfall data of previous 30 years of the above said climatic zones of India. Sir,can you help me?
thanking you.
Jun 22, 2011 @ 00:02:20
Please visit the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in. You will find a lot of climatological information there.
R R Kelkar
Jun 21, 2011 @ 13:34:49
Dear Sir,
I wanted to know which districts in India have higher snow precipitation, or a permanent snow cover.
Please help
Jun 22, 2011 @ 00:11:32
Dear Mayuri,
And I would like to know what you will do with this information.
R R Kelkar
Jun 17, 2011 @ 14:52:01
Respected Sir,
Myself Nitin Hiraou. I am Weather Station Engineer in NCMSL Department of Crop and Weather Intelligence Group last 6 years in Bhopal. Under this Dept. I do installation, monitoring and maintenance of automatic weather station, but I want to do something different in this field. I request you to please help me.
Jun 18, 2011 @ 00:03:54
Dear Nitin,
Thanks for visiting this site. I am happy to know about you and that you are interested in doing more work. What you can do right away is to prepare a good AWS data set for Bhopal for the last few years and then try to use it for practical applications in agriculture and other areas.
Best wishes,
Sincerely,
R R Kelkar
Jun 07, 2011 @ 06:25:18
Sir
iam working as environmental consultant for NABT / QCI approved Govt organisation /autonomous body iwish to cross ceck a report some important met information pl intimate wheather 3 hourly data for Nagpur city ( critically polluted area list ) is available , if yes where n how to accesssit , is it available online / on payment pl intimate i shall be grateful
regards
Dr Rakesh kapoor
Jun 07, 2011 @ 07:06:12
Dear Dr Kapoor,
I think you have come to the wrong site. ‘Cloud and Sunshine’ is a blog about interesting aspects of weather and climate and it is not the web site of a data supply agency. By the way, are you aware of an organization called the India Meteorological Department?
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 06, 2011 @ 11:12:06
Hello Sir
I am working in an Environment NGO on a project called “Vulnerability assessment of Indian cities”.
For this purpose, I would need Rainfall and Temperature data from 1950-2001 for around 35-JNNURM cities.
Can i get anything on the same?
I even tried contacting someone in IMD and waiting for his reply also. But nothing as of now. Can you please suggest somthing
Thanks
Jun 06, 2011 @ 11:56:08
Dear Nidhi,
You could try sending another email to IMD at ndc@imdpune.gov.in giving details of your requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 27, 2011 @ 15:22:51
sir,
i want the data of day to day temperature in madhya pradesh from 1st may 2011.
sir please
May 27, 2011 @ 15:58:26
Dear Aakash,
Since you need very recent data, I suggest that you contact the Meteorological Centre, Arera Hills, Jail Road, Bhopal. Their phone number is 0755 – 2550345.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 28, 2011 @ 06:01:42
sir bt is there any site for it
May 28, 2011 @ 08:01:30
Dear Akash,
For you immediate requirement, you can take temperature data recorded by Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) installed by IMD in MP. The AWS data are freely available from site http://www.imdaws.com/. Otherwise follow the advice given by Prof Kelkar.
Regards.
Ashok Jaswal
May 15, 2011 @ 19:09:59
Sir,
I am doing research in forecasting wind speed. I am in need of wind data for past 10 years.
May 16, 2011 @ 00:36:34
Where are you located? What is your area of interest?
May 18, 2011 @ 15:37:55
Madam,
You can send your data request to National Data Center, Pune at email address ndc@imdpune.gov.in from where you will get official reply.
Regards.
A. K. Jaswal
Here I am giving abstract of a recent study on surface wind speed over India.
Climatology and trends in near-surface wind speed over India during 1961-2008
by A. K. JASWAL and A. L. KOPPAR
India Meteorological Department, Shivajinagar, Pune – 411 005
Abstract
This study analyses near-surface wind speed changes in India during 1961 to 2008. Consisting of monthly wind speed data of 171 stations, the results show that most of the stations in India have experienced significant weakening of wind speed, both at monthly and annual timescales. All-India averaged annual mean wind speed has decreased from 9.7 kmph in 1961 to 5.0 kmph in 2008 resulting in a 49% decline. Averaged rate of decrease in annual mean wind speed is -0.88 kmph/decade. The largest rate of decline is in June (-1.33 kmph per decade) and the smallest is in October (-0.60 kmph per decade). Spatially, large declines are found in western India, south peninsula and the coastal areas while central, southeast and northeast India have the lesser change in wind speed. Significant weakening of wind speed has occurred primarily in regions along Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, north Karnataka, and coastal Orissa and West Bengal which also have higher annual mean wind speed. Annual mean wind speeds exceeding 15 kmph are observed only over Gujarat and south Tamil Nadu. Some parts of Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, north Karnataka and adjoining Andhra Pradesh and the coastal belts experience wind speeds of 10-15 kmph. Stations having annual mean wind speed exceeding 10 kmph are rare in northern India.
The study evaluates climatology of winds and its long-term trends over India where wind power can be profitably utilised. The prominent regions are in Gujarat and adjoining Madhya Pradesh, south Rajasthan, north Maharashtra, north Karnataka, south Tamil Nadu, coastal Andhra Pradesh and along the west coast from Gujarat to Goa and along the east coast from Kolkata to Nagapatinam.
May 18, 2011 @ 16:19:42
Thanks, Ashok, for that information. I hope Sheela and others will find it useful.
Kelkar
May 10, 2011 @ 07:55:39
Hello Sir,
I am reasearch student of renewable energy systems from university Aachen in germany. Since I am working on a Photovoltaic project in Amaravati District in Maharashtra, searching for meterological data. Basically daily max. Temperature during summer in last years? It would be great if I can track out how many days are above 50 °C during summer in this region? which will make my work bit more precise whether its possible to plan PV project in this region.
Sir, I am very grateful to you if you can guide me on this matter.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Pranav T.
May 10, 2011 @ 09:20:54
Dear Pranav,
If you are living in Amaravati, you may like to contact the Regional Meteorological Centre in Nagpur for your data needs. If you are in Germany, please see the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in to begin with.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 29, 2011 @ 06:31:06
Sir,
I am Ph.D student In BCKV (W.B.) and i need the my research work Metrological data of all states in India ”. so for this I require metrological data of all state last 50 years I searched the net but unfortunately can’t get them. Sir can you guide me from where i can get this data.
Thanks & Regards
Navneet
Apr 29, 2011 @ 07:58:12
Please visit the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in and click on ‘Climatology’. You will find a lot of climatological data there.
Apr 26, 2011 @ 02:00:04
Sir,
First of all I want to thank you for the wonderful guidance to the students. Sir I am M.E. student of Jodhpur and my research is on “finding the proper location for solar plant establishment using image processing”. so for this I require radiation maps and the satellite pictures for the solar radiations at Jodhpur. I searched the net for the satellite pictures but unfortunately can’t get them. Sir can you guide me from which satellite such solar radiation pictures taken and how can I get those pictures.
Thanks & Regards
Navneet
Apr 26, 2011 @ 02:34:52
Dear Navneet,
The IMD web site is the best source for current satellite imagery over Rajasthan. You can see it at http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insat.htm.
The site also contains a limited archive of past satellite imagery which you can also access through the same IMD web page. If you need still older images, there is another source which you can search out on this blog itself.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 23, 2011 @ 13:56:59
Hello Sir
This is a great amount of work that you have shared.
I am a master’s student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. I am enrolled in the course MSc. Sustainable Environmental Design.
I am currently working on my dissertation which is based in Mumbai and was looking for a windrose for Mumbai.
I was hoping you could help me with some information.
Thank you
Best,
Prachi Parekh
Apr 24, 2011 @ 00:06:58
Dear Prachi,
The Mumbai Regional Meteorological Centre has a web site at http://imdmumbai.gov.in. You may like to visit it and contact the Centre for your data requirement.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 19, 2011 @ 09:52:01
Dear Sir,
I am Bhavani Shankar working as renewable energy consultant in Karnataka, please help me out in finding recent windrose of India.
Regards
Bhavani Shankar. S
Kotturs Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd.,
Apr 19, 2011 @ 11:25:41
Dear Mr Bhavani Shankar,
The Centre for Wind Energy Technology at Chennai has brought out a Numerical Wind Atlas of India. It may be having the kind of information that you are looking for. To get the details of the Atlas, I suggest that you visit the CWET web site at http://www.cwet.tn.nic.in/html/departments_numerical_wind_atlas.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 18, 2011 @ 09:48:48
Dear Sir,
Please guide me- where (website address) can I get the average rainfall and temperature data of Goa for the past 10 years. I need it for a project study.
Regards
Aditi
Sorry for having posted the query on the wrong forum earlier.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 10:17:50
Dear Aditi,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/mean/Goa.htm where you will get data for 1901-2000. Will this be good enough for your work? If not, visit the IMD web site and click on Data Store.
R R Kelkar
Apr 19, 2011 @ 05:17:09
Thank you Sir.
Mar 28, 2011 @ 09:34:33
Dear Sir,
This is great help even to go though your blog and the information written in it. I’m student of environmental architecture studies and currently doing one of the environmental landscape designing project in region called Wada Taluka in Thane District. I’m looking for data related to climate, biodiversity & Eco systems available in this region.
I visited the websites mentioned in previous blogs but couldn’t find any. Also spoke to officer in Indian Meteorological Department Pune, but found that there is no Thane station covered. In this case, how can I collect the information related to this area.
Kindly guide me in this regards.
Thanking you.
Ar. Prashant Patil.
Mar 28, 2011 @ 10:31:37
Dear Prashant,
I understand your problem, but there is no easy solution. There are so many places in the country where meteorological observatories were not set up because there was no need in the past and so there is no authentic climate record available. The best you can do is interpolate the data between stations around Thane. Rainfall data may be available for Thane proper. Did you check? Also, did you see the “District Gazeteer” for Thane,? It may have some information. You may be able to refer to it in a good library. Otherwise you will have to do some original research like looking through old files or records of hospitals, railways, agricultural and revenue officials, but that is going to be very time consuming and difficult.
Best of luck anyway,
R R Kelkar
Mar 23, 2011 @ 03:59:39
Dear Sir,
I am an engineer working in a EIL ,Delhi. I would like to know if there is any latest edition or updation to the already existing Climatological data book (1951-1979). Since climate has changed significantly, has the data of different observatories been updated????
Mar 23, 2011 @ 04:14:14
Dear Mr Bhargava Ram,
Yes, the climate data uodated to the year 2000 are available on the IMD web site http://imd.gov.in under the link ‘Climatology’. You may have a look. If you want the data in book form, you can contact IMD at Mausam Bhavan, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003 since you are based in Delhi.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 17, 2011 @ 09:49:19
sir
i an studant(geograohy) in s.p. college pune
i am study (reserch for soil)in daund (dest-pune)
i havy a tem.& ranfal data for last 25 years
thank you
Dnyaneshwar Bhogawade
s.p.collage pune 30
Mar 17, 2011 @ 10:29:53
Dear Dnyaneshwar,
You can visit the web site of India Meteorological Department at http://www.imd.gov.in and click on ‘Data Store’. There you will know how to get the data that you want. However, since you are located in Pune, I suggest that you go personally to the National Data Centre of IMD at Shivajinagar (Simla Office) and discuss your requirements.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 11, 2011 @ 05:35:43
Dear Sir,
I am trying to find a correlation between the temperature and power demand in the state of Maharashtra. This would be used to project the demand of the state more accurately based on temperature projections.
Would it be possible to get some past data regarding the forecast made by IMD and the actual temperature for the past 8-10 years. What would be the overall accuracy of the projections by IMD?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Anoop Zachariah
Mar 11, 2011 @ 07:57:29
Dear Anoop,
You will have to more specific. Are you studying the whole state of Maharashtra or some parts of it? Which parts? How many days in advance do you need temperature forecasts? On what spatial resolution? Are you more concerned about maximum temperature? Or is it daily mean temperature? Are you interested in summer particularly? If you can narrow down your requirements in clear terms, it will be much easier for me to help you in your search for data.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Mar 11, 2011 @ 08:17:56
Dear Sir,
I would be studying the whole state of Maharashtra. I am looking at data for the past 10 years and would prefer it if there was hourly data on temperature (daily mean temperature would suffice also). I am looking at the effect throughout the year that temperature has on power consumption.
Thanks
Anoop K Zachariah
Mar 12, 2011 @ 01:31:12
Dear Anoop,
Thanks for the clarifications. You can ask IMD for daily mean temperature data for some representative stations across Maharashtra for latest 10 years. I am sure that you will get the data. Please visit the IMD web site at http://imd.gov.in and click on ‘Data Store’ for information on how to proceed with your request.
R R Kelkar
Mar 10, 2011 @ 08:59:19
Dear Sir,
I am a schoolchild and I want the monsoon data of past 50 years of India for an international inter-school project. Your help would be appreciated.
Mar 10, 2011 @ 10:09:46
Dear Rishabh,
I am happy to know about your interest in the monsoons. I could have helped you better had you told me where you are studying and in what class.
I suggest that you see this site about weather and climate which is meant for children:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html
You may also see this site which has a lot of monsoon data and information about it:
http://www.tropmet.res.in/~kolli/mol/index.html
Good luck for your project!
R R Kelkar
Mar 10, 2011 @ 13:08:25
Thank You for your help sir. I am studying in K.V. Ganeshkhind and I am in 9th class.
Mar 10, 2011 @ 13:13:55
You must be knowing my father, Dr. T. Venugopal from IITM.
Mar 10, 2011 @ 14:29:20
Sir, thank you for your support and immediate response. I could find the 110 years monsoon rainfall data (all India) in the monsoon page of the IMD official website which I could locate in the Weather Services link. My teacher is happy to get this long data and she conveys her regards to you.
She further requests information on Monsoon misconceptions. I’ll try to get them from FAQ in the IMD website, failing which I may again disturb you asking about them.
Having in touch with an eminent meteorologist and teacher like you, I would like my other friends to correspond with you. This will help us to know more about weather science.
Feb 20, 2011 @ 07:43:12
dear Sir,
I am an architect,
me plans to build a residence in Ghaziabad. I would like to know where I can obtain the sun path diagrams with 3d software.
Feb 20, 2011 @ 08:51:31
Dear Kuldeep,
You can try these sites:
http://www.luxal.eu/resources/daylighting/sunpath.shtml
http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SunChartProgram.html
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Feb 07, 2011 @ 11:15:56
sir,
i want the month wise rainfall data of deharadun 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2010.i have allready check metrological site.
Feb 07, 2011 @ 11:35:53
Dear Vartika,
Since you have already seen the website, I suggest that you contact the Director, Meteorological Centre, Dehra Dun. His telephone numbers are 0135 – 2654269 and 0135 – 2714143. Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 10, 2011 @ 09:22:42
Sir, Could you please help me out from where can I get the climate data of Gujarat for past 50-80 years… need this for a project. Thanks in advance for help.
Shreejith Nair
Jan 11, 2011 @ 00:37:24
Dear Shreejith,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in. I am sure that you will find the data there or you will know how to get it.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jan 08, 2011 @ 02:48:28
Dear Sir,
I am GPB student of MAU Parbhani. When I search climate data and go through your page I get normal climatic condition of 19 cities. But i require normal climatic condition of Maharashtra in past 3 years. It is my urgent need. Please give me links or data on my e-mail jadhav.prabhakar20@gmail.com.
Thanking you, Sir
Jan 08, 2011 @ 03:22:46
Are you sure about what you want? It is difficult to understand your requirement. Kelkar
Dec 21, 2010 @ 07:24:29
Hello Sir,
What is the effect of Aral Sea on Indian monsoon?
Can we correlate the disappearance of Aral sea with Indian monsoon?
Dec 21, 2010 @ 10:34:35
Dear Vartika,
The Aral Sea is located far northwest of the Indian region to affect the monsoon. The shrinking of the Aral Sea, which is really a lake, due to human intervention in the hydrology of the region, started as far back in 1960. There is no evidence of a change in the Indian monsoon rainfall over this period. However, a statistical correlation does exist between the Indian monsoon rainfall and large scale Eurasian snow cover and soil moisture.
You have not indicated the nature of your interest in the problem. So I suggest that you read the paper “On the relationship between the Indian summer monsoon and river flow in the Aral Sea basin”, by Schiemann et al published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2007, or other similar articles which are available on the internet. You may search for them on Google Scholar.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Nov 11, 2010 @ 19:58:16
i want to get the sun path & wind rose chart of Nasik. Where can i get that?
Nov 12, 2010 @ 01:03:19
Have you tried the IMD website imd.gov.in? If not please visit it and click on Data Store.
Kelkar
Nov 07, 2010 @ 10:46:50
Respected Dr. Kelkar, What I think is that the available daily meteorological data be made public for use freely as in foreign countries. this will increase the level and quality of research. I need daily temperature data of almost all the stations of Madhya Pradesh. If you have , please send it to me. I am working on drought assessment in Madhya Pradesh.
Nov 07, 2010 @ 13:36:02
Dear Vinit,
I do not decide such policies nor do I supply any data.
R R Kelkar
Nov 02, 2010 @ 06:01:57
dear sir
Thank u for your reply. Actually, I thought of approaching the airport initially, however the airport is situated around 35 km away from the city. I’m not sure whether the airport data will be applicable to cochin city. Any way i’ll try it. If you are aware of any alternate sources, websites or institutions, providing such data, kindly let me know.
regards
vivek
Nov 01, 2010 @ 07:14:21
Sir,
I’m working in central pollution control board, bangalore as Asst. Environmental Engineer and is associated with the project- ‘air modelling of cochin city’. In this connection surface weather data(hourly)including ceiling height, for a minimum period of one year is required. Although I was able to collect most of the parameters from cochin naval base, ceiling height data was not available and the data was recorded in hard copy. Is there any means of getting soft copy of such data including ceiling height, for the city of cochin in soft copy. Thanking you in advance and hoping that you will be able to provide some guidance,
Regards
Vivek
Nov 01, 2010 @ 08:27:33
Dear Vivek,
Can you please clarify what you mean by ceiling height? Are you to referring to mixing layer height or the height of the cloud base?
R R Kelkar
Nov 01, 2010 @ 13:48:04
Dear sir
Thank u for your response. I’m basically not an expert in subject. The modelling software that we are using is ISC-Aeromod view by lakes Int. Canada. As far as i understood, ceiling height is referred as the height of the cloud base and as per the u.s e.p.a, when opaque cloud cover is less than 5, it can be assumed as unlimited. So i think it is basically the height of the cloud base. Mixing height is a separate parameter and even though it is missing, there are options for estimating it in the soft ware itself
thanks and regards
vivek
Nov 01, 2010 @ 14:54:36
Dear Vivek,
The height of the cloud base is usually recorded by an instrument called a ceilometer or estimated manually at airports as it is required for aviation purposes. You will have to inquire at the Cochin airport if they have such data and if they can give it you in the format you desire.
Best wishes
Kelkar
Oct 29, 2010 @ 11:58:49
Dear Sir,
I am an electrical engineer. I want to know about solar energy and solar PV system.
For that I want latest data of solar radiation in different areas of India. How can I get updated result and data regarding same?
Oct 29, 2010 @ 12:50:25
Dear Shailesh,
You would find some basic information about solar PV systems on the web site of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at http://www.mnre.gov.in.
The India Meteorological Department, Pune, has recently brought out a publication entitled “Solar Radiant Energy over India” (876 pp.). You may like to acquire it for yourself as it may contain the information that you are looking for.
If your data needs are more specific, you may visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department at http://www.imd.gov.in and click on Data Store.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 30, 2010 @ 05:38:15
Dear Sir,
I have gone through all these website already. But I want to collect exact data of solar radiation with specific time. For that should I directly contact to Pune climate dept. office? or can I get it directly from any website?
Thanking you,
Shailesh Patel
Oct 30, 2010 @ 06:40:00
Dear Shailesh,
Yes, in that case, you should contact the National Data Centre of IMD at Pune.
Kelkar
Oct 20, 2010 @ 12:54:53
Respected Sir,
I am an architecture student, I am doing a thesis project.My site is in Uttarkhand, Near Muktashewar. In order to design a building in that region, i need to have cliamte data like temperature, annual rainfall, wind direction & speed. Can you please help me
thanks
best regards
ankita
Oct 22, 2010 @ 02:39:52
Dear Ankita,
Have you tried the IMD website imd.gov.in? If not please visit it and click on Data Store. I am sure you will find what you are looking for.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Oct 08, 2010 @ 10:01:39
Dear Sir,
I introduce myself as Sandeep.K., doing research at Mangalore University on paleoclimatic studies.
I have procurred rainfall data for the station Vythiri in Wayanad district. I have one querry in that. For some of the years
while adding up the monthly rainfall does not equal the annual rainfall mentioned in the data supplied. Its silghtly lesser than the annual rainfall.
For most of the data it adds up. But only for some the annual rainfall is more than what we get after adding up all the monthly rainfall. Is it O.K?
If we want to calculate annual rainfall, the value mentioned can be directly taken?or we have to add up all the monthly rainfall?How the annual rainfall is calculated?
is it just adding up the monthly rainfall?If yes, why iit is different then?
Please clear my doubts,
Thanking you
With regards,
Sandeep
Oct 08, 2010 @ 10:48:51
Dear Sandeep,
Thank you for visiting my site. Your problem could be due to a variety of reasons, such as rounding off of decimals, quality control of data and so on. You should, really speaking, ask the data supplier about it. But since you have written to me, please tell me what is the order of magnitude of the difference between the annual rainfall and the sum of the monthly rainfall values. If possible, send me the data as an excel or word file and I can ask examine it. Since you are dealing with just one station, the file should be small. My email id is kelkar_rr@yahoo.com. Maybe I can figure out the cause of the discrepancy.
By the way, do you know Dr R Shankar of Dept of Marine Geology at Mangalore University? He could also guide you in this matter.
Best wishes in your studies,
R R Kelkar
Oct 05, 2010 @ 12:25:15
sir,
i’m pursuing Masters of Computer Application(MCA) from DAVV-Indore.
My project is to design a software which can forecast weather using image processing.
What are the factors on which weather is forecast?
How is weather forecasting done?
Also,role of images from satellite in forecasting?
your help will guide me to move in a right direction
thanks
Tarun
Oct 05, 2010 @ 12:43:16
Dear Tarun,
Nice to hear from you. I suggest that you read my two books, Satellite Meteorology and Monsoon Prediction. Information on how to acquire them is available elsewhere on this blog.
Best wishes,
Kelkar
Oct 23, 2010 @ 06:33:13
thank you sir
Sep 11, 2010 @ 14:47:19
sir i am a final year architecture student from nagpur and i have taken a site for my topic in guwahati . i need to know the prevailing wind and secondary wind directions of guwahati in different months . i have checked the website but couldnot find any data regarding the wind directions. sir i will be very thankful to you if you could help me in this regard.
Sep 12, 2010 @ 01:21:16
Dear Akansha,
I suggest that you visit the Regional Meteorological Centre at Nagpur Airport. I am sure that you will find the required information in their library.
Best wishes,
Kelkar
Sep 10, 2010 @ 10:39:48
Sir,
I want to know ‘3 minutes storm for a return period of 100 years for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala’. What is the maximum rainfall intensity in mm/3 minutes and mm/15 minutes in Thiruvananthapuram? These details are required to design rainwater harvesting system.
Thanks and warm regards.
Sep 10, 2010 @ 11:10:49
Dear Arun,
Are you working on a research project? Where are you based? What is the aim and scope of your research?
Kelkar
Aug 17, 2010 @ 08:58:04
Sir I am last year Mechanical Engineering student from pune.
For my last year project i want hourly basis data of temperature & Relative Humidity of Pune.
So please can you tell me from where i can get this data?
Aug 18, 2010 @ 01:52:28
Dear Tarup,
Since you are in Pune, I suggest that you contact the National Data Centre of IMD located at Simla Office in Shivaji Nagar. I am sure you will get what you want.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar.
Jul 26, 2010 @ 14:44:25
hello,
I am a undergrad student at Indiana University and I am studying the effects of sunlight exposure on happiness… I was wondering if you had or suggest any place to receive historical day by day cloud cover data in Mumbai from 2004-present…
Thanks
Suchir
Jul 27, 2010 @ 01:29:33
Dear Suchir,
I suggest you visit the IMD website at http://imd.gov.in On the right hand side you will find “Data Store” under which there will be several links. You can access those to get the information that you are interested in.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jul 21, 2010 @ 06:28:17
We purchased the Mixing Height Atlas. It is a fantastic publication from IMD. Hats off to the entire team for taking pains to compile the data.
The reason for writing this mail is the Mixing height mentioned in the Atlas is from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Sir what values should we consider for Period between 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Your input in this matter will
help immensely in the air pollution modelling work.
Jul 27, 2010 @ 01:34:52
Dear Mr Verma,
Thank you for your words of appreciation. I am not really involved in this work but you may try sending a mail to Mr B Mukhopadhyaya of IMD New Delhi at mukhoddg@gmail.com He may be able to advise you in the matter.
Regards,
R R Kelkar.
Jul 13, 2010 @ 07:36:30
Dear Sir,
I am a Nepalese student studying in India. For thesis research purpose, i need rainfall intensity and pattern of rainfall of Nepal or it would be useful of information of Bihar, UP, and West Bengal stations that are very close to Nepal so that i can use this information as a proxy variable for Nepal.
Here, pattern of rainfall means time of rainfall. I want to see how start of monsoon has been shifted over last few decades.
Could you please suggest me information on this ?
Thanking you, sir
Shyam Kumar Basnet
Jul 13, 2010 @ 08:23:02
Dear Shyam Kumar,
Can you tell me more about yourself? Like where you are studying, for what course or degree, how long you are going to be in India, who is your guide, etc. That will help me in advising you about what you can possibly study about the rainfall pattern. I would also suggest that you visit the IMD web site http://www.imd.gov.in on which you will find help in acquiring data for your study.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Jun 23, 2010 @ 11:49:22
sir , we need daily max & min temperatures of chandigarh for the months of May & june for our school project. Imd is giving only mean temperature for the whle month. Kindly guide.
Jun 23, 2010 @ 14:39:42
Dear Sachika,
Please visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in. On the right hand side of the home page you will find ‘Data Store’. Below it there are more links that will help you get what you want. Good luck.
R R Kelkar
May 30, 2010 @ 11:24:41
sir i require information about the temperatures of delhi and shimla in the past 10 years(2001-2010). I have browsed through the IMD website but could only find climatological tables for period 1931-1960 or 1951-1980. i live in delhi. can you help me?
May 30, 2010 @ 11:22:50
sir i require information about the temperatures of delhi and shimla in the past 10 years(2001ave browsed through the IMD website but could only find climatological tables for period 1931-1960 or 1951-1980. i live in delhi. can you help me?
May 30, 2010 @ 10:57:22
sir i require information about the temperature of delhi and shimla for last ten years(2001-2010). i have browsed through the IMD website but could only find climatological tables of period 1931-1960 or 1951-1980. can you please help me? i live in delhi.
May 30, 2010 @ 11:11:28
Dear Priyal,
Please visit the IMD web site again. On the right hand side green column, you will find ‘Data Store’. Below it, click on the link to ‘Names and Addresses of Officers for Data Supply’. Therein you will get the contact details of the IMD persons in Delhi who can possibly help you in this matter.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
May 13, 2010 @ 13:56:39
Respected Sir,
One of my students is asking if the in coming solar radiation is diverted into space by using proper apparatus [mirrors / filters] at a given place will it be possible to reduce the surface air temperature at that place.
[I am a teacher in a village higher secondary school.]
May 13, 2010 @ 15:07:46
Dear Mr Kaneyen,
Thank you for your comment, which is as you say a question posed by your student.
Yes, if the incoming solar radiation over a place decreases, the surface air temperature also decreases. That is why higher latitudes are cooler than the tropics. We often experience that when a thick cloud develops in the afternoon, the maximum temperature gets reduced. However, there is a question of scale. Even large reflectors would be very tiny compared to a cloud and would not be of help. Further, the surface air temperature is the result of not just the incoming solar radiation, but also the atmospheric radiation from above and the terrestrial radiation from below. The problem is therefore not that simple. On a very small scale, and where the environment is insulated like a room or a car, sun screens on window glasses do help to keep out the direct heat of the sunshine and lower the temperature.
If your student has more questions, I will be happy to discuss them.
Regards,
Sincerely,
R R Kelkar
May 07, 2010 @ 08:02:36
Hello Sir,
I have been trying to understand actual data and forecasted data difference for certain locations.
IMD does provide data for some locations but time of getting updated data on daily basis is not uniform and therefore confusing.
Plese help me to understand IMD timings as they are so different over dates and with different regional meterology stations
May 07, 2010 @ 08:09:08
Dear Anushri,
Can you be more specific? Different observations are made at different times. What parameters are you using?
I can help if I have some more details of your study.
R R Kelkar
May 06, 2010 @ 04:20:36
Dear sir,
i am doing my post graduation and for my Thesis i want climate data of last year of Bharuch(Gujarat).kindly inform me where i can find out that.
Thank you.
May 06, 2010 @ 10:16:28
Dear Kirit,
Have you visited the IMD web site?
Kelkar
Apr 30, 2010 @ 08:23:03
Dear Sir
I am a student of Environmental Studies in New Delhi and I have to use AERMOD software to model air dispersion for my Thesis. I require the opaque cloud cover (in tenths), ceiling height and global solar radiation data for Delhi for dec 2009 and jan and feb 2010. Can You please tell me whwere and whom should i approach?
Thanks
May 01, 2010 @ 13:18:39
Dear Priyanka,
Since you are in Delhi, you can easily visit Mausam Bhavan on Lodi Road. I am sure you will get help there.
R R Kelkar
Apr 27, 2010 @ 14:46:33
Dear Sir,
How can I get proper radiation data for the city of Jodhpur without visiting Jodhpur.(may be all Meteo data)
Thanks
Sam Joseph
Apr 27, 2010 @ 16:06:32
Have you visited the IMD web site?
Apr 20, 2010 @ 14:07:07
Dear Sir,
I want the details of wind speed for the a location named Phursungi in Pune.
Regards
Apr 21, 2010 @ 00:41:35
Dear Dilip,
Why can you not use data for Pune? This is available on the IMD Pune web site.
R R Kelkar
Mar 30, 2010 @ 14:53:55
Sir,
I’m pursuing my masters in Renewable Energy Engineering & Management. I need wind energy data for Guwahati for preparing report. Sir would you be able to suggest me the source where i can find the latest data.
Thanking you
Regards,
Smiti Mittal
Mar 30, 2010 @ 15:30:42
Dear Smiti,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
You may also visit the web site of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology, Chennai at http://www.cwet.tn.nic.in.
R R Kelkar
Mar 12, 2010 @ 06:38:14
Sir,
I am working in the area of Solar Photovoltaic Energy. For my calculation I require the daily Solar insolation Data of Gwalior City month wise. Where I can get it. Pl letme know about it.
Thanks & Regards
Ashok Sharma
9810919038
Mar 12, 2010 @ 09:58:17
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Mar 04, 2010 @ 14:49:12
sir i am a final year architectural student studying in jaipur. i am currently doing my thesis on naturopathy centre t pushkar,ajmer. so, in relation to my thesis i need the climatic data of pushkar, its max temp. min temp, and av. temp, rain fall, humidity, wind direction and all othe metrological data which should be taken care of while designing….
sir can u provide me the reuired help
Mar 04, 2010 @ 15:13:18
Have you contacted the Meteorological Centre at Jaipur?
Feb 15, 2010 @ 07:17:25
Sir,
i am a final year architecture student studying from manipal doing my thesis on a resort in Uttaranchal (Sitlakhet). for this, Sir, will you kindly suggest website where I can find the wind direction, wind rose diagram, sun path diagram, max. min. temp., humidity, rainfall etc.
Feb 15, 2010 @ 09:08:57
Dear Sumedha,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Jan 06, 2010 @ 14:48:56
hi professor
I need district wise data for delhi climate and rainfall. i Can’t locate it on imd either. Is there any way I can find it. need it urgently.
Please help.
Anubha
Jan 09, 2010 @ 09:05:22
Dear Anubha,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Dec 16, 2009 @ 11:21:14
Dear All,
I am Badri. I am working on Solar Thermal Energy. I would like to know the climate data across the India.
And also, I would like to know the Sunshine days over a year?
Thanks
Badri
Dec 19, 2009 @ 14:01:11
Dear Badri,
Thanks for your interest in my blog. I would suggest that you visit the IMD web site at http://www.imd.gov.in. On the right side of the web page there is a green colored column. There you will find a heading “Data Store”. If you click on the links below it you will find what data are available in the archives and how you can get them.
Best of luck,
Kelkar
Dec 22, 2009 @ 06:38:34
Dear Professor,
Thankyou very much for valuable information. I am goining to contact those people having data.
My question is “from last 100 years, what was the number for Sunshine hours over year for diffetent locations?”.
Can I get that data in the web??
Jan 16, 2010 @ 17:44:01
You can see a research paper on “Sunshine duration climatology and trends….” by A. K. Jaswal published in Mausam, 60, vol. 4.
Jan 17, 2010 @ 01:16:24
Dear Mr Jaswal,
Thanks for the information. Is the paper available online?
Kelkar
Feb 09, 2010 @ 09:52:43
Sir, i did not refer back to your blog. I am extremely sorry for this delay in reply. This paper is not available online but I will send pdf file of this paper.
With regards.
A. K. Jaswal.
Dec 01, 2009 @ 14:19:51
Dear Sir,
How useful is monsoon prediction if it is not accurate enough to predict rainfall on MY piece of land? It appears to be impossible to predict that. General forecast that it will rain sporadically in western maharashtra has little meaning to me as a farmer.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.Rajiv C. Sharangpani
Dec 01, 2009 @ 14:51:51
Dear Dr Sharangpani,
Your question has two aspects, philosophical and technical. If we could predict our future lives in every detail, by whatever means, we would become God. As human beings, we are subject to many limitations and constraints. At the same time, everyone wants to know the future, although it is not his hands. This is all paradoxical and can be frustrating.
As far the technical aspect is concerned, there are two types of situations. One in which the weather conditions over a widespread area are very similar. In such a situation it makes sense to say that it will rain over that area, and an individual farmer will benefit from that information because his farm lies within it. But there are times when the weather is not uniform over a region and it could differ from one farm to another. In that case the forecast may come true over some farms but not over others. It becomes more and more difficult to make good weather predictions as the area becomes smaller and the time period becomes longer.
What I would say is that weather predictions have to be considered along with other information and guidance available, including the farmer’s traditional knowledge and intuition and his deep understanding of local conditions.
Does this make sense to you? If not, write to me again.
Regards and best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Mar 05, 2010 @ 04:17:05
Sir,
Your reply was really good. We are trying to work in a different manner so I asked you the question.
We are trying to plant crops in pairs so that we should be able to get some crops whatever the rainfall.
We feel rather than spending time on predicting rain we should make the best use of whatever rain fall on my plot of land.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Dr.Rajiv Sharangpani
Nov 25, 2009 @ 08:58:55
sir i am presently work in a project related to forest in Jodhpur. i am currently doing my project report in District wise Gujarat and Rajasthan states. so, in relation to my thesis i need the climatic data of District wise Gujarat and Rajasthan in India, its max temp. min temp, and av. temp, rain fall, humidity, wind direction and all othe metrological data which should be taken care of while designing….
sir can u provide me the reuired help
I am thanking you
Nov 27, 2009 @ 01:28:46
Dear Mahadeo,
Visit the IMD web site http://www.imd.gov.in and go the “Data Store”.
Kelkar
Oct 18, 2009 @ 04:37:14
Hello Sir,
I am an architecture student and doing a project on Palmyra house in Nandgaon in alibaug(Panvel) and wanted to know the prevailing wind patterns as described by wind roses over there.
My other questions were about the dominant features of the site’s climate and microclimate. What are the recommended passive environment design strategies for this climate?
and the passive environmental design strategies of the project. Were there any opportunities missed? What active systems supplement the passive elements?
Thanks,
Jigar
Can you please help me.
Oct 18, 2009 @ 05:18:40
Sorry, I am not an architechtural design expert.
Oct 08, 2009 @ 08:40:29
Hello Sir,
I’m looking for historical snowfall data for India, either city-wise or district-wise. Is it available somewhere?
Thanks,
Vikas
Oct 09, 2009 @ 01:51:35
Would you please give full details of your requirements or clarify what you are looking for? Maybe then I can help. Kelkar
Oct 09, 2009 @ 04:39:01
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have a small travel website. I have a lot of people asking questions about snow in places in Himalayas – what time does it snow usually, how heavy etc.
I wanted historical data so that I can get an idea of average snowfall for a particular date at a place and guide travelers accordingly. I looked out but wasn’t able to get this data on net anywhere.
Looking forward to your help on this.
Vikas
Oct 16, 2009 @ 12:27:13
Dear Vikas,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
R R Kelkar
Aug 30, 2009 @ 07:35:47
sir i want to know the following answers.
1. from the climatic data of a given location can we draw sunpath diagram?
2. if yes, then how? if no, then how to get it?
with regards
maitreyee
Aug 30, 2009 @ 11:12:37
You will have to consult a textbook for this purpose. Kelkar
Aug 30, 2009 @ 13:09:59
sir
thanks for your answer. may i know which text book to refer?is sunpath diagram for a particular location is available in the nearest meteorological station?
waiting for your answers.
with warm regards
maitreyee
Aug 30, 2009 @ 14:11:08
Dear Maitreyee,
I believe you are a student and perhaps doing some research. You should visit a good library and look for a good book on the subject in the reference section. If you find a book on solar radiation that should be of help otherwise refer to a book on meteorology and see if it has a chapter on it. Good luck! This is all that I can do!
Kelkar
Aug 27, 2009 @ 07:14:23
Hello Sir,
I am a PhD scholar working on the hydrology of river basins in the Western Ghats. Now I am in need of ‘seasonal wind rose diagrams’ of the location (especially of Palakkad gap in the Western Ghats) for concluding some of my findings. It will be very nice of you if you could let me know the places where those diagrams available.
Thank you,
Regrads,
PPN Raj
Aug 27, 2009 @ 09:26:40
Dear Raj,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it. I can give more specific guidance if you tell me where you are based.
R R Kelkar
Aug 03, 2009 @ 08:59:26
Dear Professor,
I am writing from UNEP in Nairobi, and we are doing a publication titled compendium on climate change. We have a report about the effects of climate change in India. We would need a temperature map, showing the temperature extremes, for example showing days when temperature was over 35 degrees celsius. Here’s a link to an example of what we are thinking of: http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/noaa-heat-waves.gif
And here’s a report about it: http://www.slideshare.net/GlobalChange.gov/globalchangegovus-impacts-summary-1550347?type=presentation
If you would like more information concerning our project, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you very much for your assistance,
Marton
Aug 03, 2009 @ 10:14:18
Dear Marton,
The person who you should write to in this matter is Dr Ajit Tyagi, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. His email id is ajit.tyagi@gmail.com. I am sure that he would be of help.
R R Kelkar
Aug 03, 2009 @ 10:43:32
Dear Professor,
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards,
Marton
Jul 30, 2009 @ 12:53:17
Dear Sir,
I want daily temperature data (min & max) of some of the parts of Gujarat for a reserch project for the period of one year (preferably latest).
Can you suggest me the source?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Amol
Jul 30, 2009 @ 14:30:24
Dear Amol,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
R R Kelkar
Jul 27, 2009 @ 13:28:03
I am working for a sugar major company in U.P., on 10th May 2009 at about 11 Pm a massive storm came which effected sugar stocks in our RANI NAGAL Unit, Tehsil THAKURDWARA, Dist MORADABAD, U.P., I need some documented support to settle my Insurance claims, Where do I get them, I understand there is a Metrological office at LUCKNOW, I dont have its full add and phone no, can u share. Also pls tell if I can get such authentic information from any other source
Jul 27, 2009 @ 14:39:20
You can contact the Meteorological Centre, Lucknow, which is located at Amausi Airport.
Jul 18, 2009 @ 04:10:31
i require climatic data of raigad dist.(Maharashtra)which cover up all the infomations such as sunpath diagram,humidity, wind direction, house build according to climate and even mumbai’s climatic condition.
Jul 19, 2009 @ 01:09:00
Please visit the IMD web site imd.gov.in, click on “Climate Normals”, then on “Important Cities” and then on “Mumbai”. The table that you will see may be good enough for you. If not, please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
R R Kelkar
Jul 16, 2009 @ 13:50:13
sir, i m 3rd yr architecture student.We have been alloted a site in Pali(sudhagad,konkan).I need climatic data, sun diagram,humidity, wind direction and all such information.
Thanks and regards,
Jul 16, 2009 @ 15:51:15
I do not think there is a weather station at this site. Will data for Mumbai suffice for your study?
Kelkar
Jun 18, 2009 @ 05:29:00
climatological data for rudrapur,uttaranchal needed for HVAC load calculations.Pls do the needful
Jun 18, 2009 @ 06:19:14
Can you tell me more about yourself, your company or institute, your project and the type of data you need? Can you clarify what are HVAC calculations? Kelkar
May 29, 2009 @ 07:14:05
Hello Professor!
I have been to the website of the IMD. I was searching for the montly mean relative humidity of Jaipur. But i couldnt find it. In my continued search, I stumbled into your site.
Would you be able to guide me as to where I may obtain this data?
Thank you very much!
Ms. Noosh Tolouei
Singapore
May 29, 2009 @ 09:29:38
Dear Noosh,
Please visit the IMD web site again. Click on “Climate Normals”, then on “Important Cities” and then on “Jaipur”. The table that you will see may be good enough for you. If not, please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
R R Kelkar
May 29, 2009 @ 14:47:25
thank you
May 08, 2009 @ 05:24:04
sir,
i am field civil Engineer working in irrigation & F.C. Department of J&K Srinagar. i will remain highly obliged if u could provide me the informtion or web links regarding Pan evaporation Ep values of srinagar,Budgam , Bramulla , Anantnag for computation of discharge requirements of irrigation canals of various projects.
thanx .
your’s sincerly,
ER. MOHMMED ASLAM ZARGAR, M.I.E(I)
Chartered civil Engineer
May 08, 2009 @ 06:43:15
There is a Meteorological Centre at Srinagar from where you can get help and guidance in the matter. Otherwise, please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
May 04, 2009 @ 11:35:07
Respected Sir,
I am a research scholar at JNCASR,Bangalore,and studying the effects of cosmic rays on cloud formation;I am keenly interested to analyze the results at places located in India for which i need following data:
(1)gulmarg CosmicRays(neutron count) data
(2)precipitation data from 1951-1975 at Ahmedabad,Kodaikanal and Gulmarg
(3)cloud cover data from 1951-1975 at Ahmedabad,Kodaikanal and Gulmarg
I’ll be highly obliged to you if you please let me know the links for the same data types..
Thanking you
koapl
May 04, 2009 @ 13:35:50
Dear Kopal,
I suggest that you get in touch with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. They may be able to guide or help you. Their contact details are
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
II Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034
Tel : 91 (80) 2553 0672
E-Mail : webmaster@iiap.res.in
R R Kelkar
May 03, 2009 @ 05:21:17
Hello,
I am an architect who plans to build a residence in Bangalore. I would like to know where I can obtain the wind rose diagrams for Bangalore for over a few years.
Thanks and regards,
Sam
May 03, 2009 @ 08:30:08
Dear Sam,
The data can be obtained from the Director, Meteorological Centre, Central Observatory, Palace Road,
Bangalore 560 001. If you live in Bangalore, you may possibly visit the Centre. Otherwise the telephone number is 080-2244419, and E-mail id is mcbangalore@imdmail.gov.in.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Apr 17, 2009 @ 05:27:33
Dear Sir
I am Neha Singhal, pursuing my masters in Interior Architecture and Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India.
My main focus is Energy Efficiency. Currentely i am doing my Thesis in Daylighting.
The topic is related to Daylighting systems for New Delhi. For this study i need climatic data of New Delhi. I browse your site also and even the Meteorological department of Delhi, but i did not get the data.
Basically i need the number of Cloudy/Overcast days and Clear sky days for each month For New Delhi. It will be kind if you Try to send the latest data.
I will be highly obliged to you.
Hoping for the same.
Apr 17, 2009 @ 06:49:15
Dear Neha,
There is a Meteorological Centre at Ahmedabad Airport. If you can go there, and discuss your data needs, they will tell you what to do. Otherwise, please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Best wishes for your project,
R R Kelkar
Mar 28, 2009 @ 17:43:51
sir i m in lucknow
Mar 29, 2009 @ 00:21:15
Dear Tripti,
There is a Meteorological Centre at Amausi Airport in Lucknow. If you can go there, and discuss your data needs, they will tell you what to do. Otherwise, please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Hope you get what you want,
Kelkar
Mar 26, 2009 @ 00:06:18
sir i m final yr. architecture student. i m doing thesis on resort in dehradun , i need climatic data, sun diagram,humidity, eind direction and all such information…
Mar 26, 2009 @ 00:36:22
Dear Tripti,
Are you studying at Dehra Dun? If yes, please visit the Meteorological Centre, Dehra Dun, where you can get help in the matter. If not, let me know where you are located.
R R Kelkar
Mar 24, 2009 @ 07:21:49
Sir, I am working in a NGO, where we are planning to carry out watershed programme. For making peoject proposal of watershed programme, we need last 25 years rainfall data of Icchawar block of Sehore District of Madhya Pradesh. Please suggest me how to avail this data.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 08:13:08
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Feb 16, 2009 @ 19:06:54
sir, i am a final yera architecture student studying from napur doing my thesis on aan institute in vasco da gama, goa. for this , sir , will you kindly suggest website where i can find the wind direction, wind rose diagram, sun path diagram, max. min. temp., humidity, rainfall etc.
Feb 17, 2009 @ 00:37:14
Dear Jahnabi,
Please visit the site http://www.imd.gov.in. In the middle of the home page, you will find a dialogue box ‘Select station for climatological information’. Here you will get a dropdown list. Choose the station you want.
The IMD web site provides a lot of other information, some of which may also be of interest to you.
R R Kelkar
Feb 28, 2010 @ 08:37:46
sir,
I m Nupur, 1st year architectural student from MBSSPA,Dwarka.I m unable to find the climatic data of goa on web.www.imd.gov.in..Can u explain how to proceed …..I mainly want wind directions of goa throughout the year
Feb 28, 2010 @ 11:28:15
Dear Nupur,
Please visit the web site of the India Meteorological Department Pune at http://www.imdpune.gov.in/research/ndc/ndc_index.html where you will find information on available data and how to acquire it.
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
Mar 17, 2010 @ 02:38:59
Dear Sir,
I am graduate student from Illinois USA. My present research focuses on developing a appropriate rain model for satellite communication in India. Right now we are looking in to a method of obtaining rain height in India. Can you please share any idea that would probably help us to start with. i have pretty good gridded data from NASA TRMM but not appropriate for my purpose. I heard that radiosonde observation will help me get there. Can you please share if there’s any other method to derive rain height and place to get radiosonde observations. Thank you.
Mar 17, 2010 @ 04:26:24
Dear Rahul,
I suggest that you get in touch with Dr M Rajeevan of the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory at Gadanki, India. His email id is rajeevan@narl.gov.in
He may be able to help you or recommend someone who is working on a similar problem in ISRO.
Kelkar
Feb 06, 2009 @ 00:47:13
Dear Bhringraj,
Please visit the web site of the Regional Meteorological Centre. Guwahati at http://www.imdguwahati.org/ where you may get what you want. It also has the contact details for further direct communication.
Kelkar
Feb 05, 2009 @ 19:19:56
sir i am a final year architectural student studying in jaipur. i am currently doing my thesis on hill resort at guwahti. so, in relation to my thesis i need the climatic data of guwahati, its max temp. min temp, and av. temp, rain fall, humidity, wind direction and all othe metrological data which should be taken care of while designing….
sir can u provide me the reuired help
Jul 01, 2008 @ 12:31:41
Could you please clarify your comment? Are you looking for the maximum temperature ever recorded in India?
May 19, 2010 @ 17:10:54
sir,
Iam doing my thesis on climate and agriculture in kyrghyzstan ineed rainfall data
May 19, 2010 @ 17:30:18
Iam doing my thesis on agriculture and climate in kyrghyzstan. iam in need of rainfall and temperature data of previous 10 years regarding kyrghyzstan countru sir can you help me
May 20, 2010 @ 00:54:43
I am sorry, I am not in a position to help you.
Jul 01, 2008 @ 11:10:06
city with maximum temperature in india