November cool winds taking a break - posted November 20, 2015

Morning of November 20, 2015 saw minimum temperature in Goa climb to 26.2C which is more than 4C above normal.

Skies were heavily overcast on November 19 and 20, under the influence of the low BB - 11, crossing over from Bay of Bengal. Day's highs are in the range of 34 - 35C.

Under the influence of the low, easterlies are blowing over Goa, preventing the cooler sea breeze from west from setting in.

Similarly while Mumbai, Pune and North Konkan reported minimum temperatures below 20C last few days, the cool winds from North have not yet reached Goa.

Light isolated rainfall has been reported in a few areas in Goa, not exceeding 2- 3 mm.

Not much variation is expected in the temperature pattern over next few days, with day highs in the range of 33 - 35C and low around 24C.

October 2015 Hotter than October 2014 by nearly 1C

Comparison of Average Monthly Temperature data at Panjim - Goa, as recorded by IMD, Goa, for the month of October 2014 and 2015, clearly indicates that during 2015, both the Average Day High Temperature and the Average Night Low Temperature, were higher than that in October 2014 by nearly 1C.

October 2015 has been generally recorded as hotter than usual almost everywhere in the sub-continent.

While July 2015 was officially nominated by NOAA as the hottest month of the year on a global level, climatologists and scientists have been saying that temperatures in 2015 are on track to be hotter by 1C. Click on this link to go to the website of CBC News, Canada, with the same headline.

So far in November 2015, the day and night temperatures have remained remarkably higher than average by nearly 2C except on Nov 10 and 11, when the effect of a low brought down the lows to the normal level of around 22C.

A comparison of Average Monthly Highs and Lows from October 2014 to September 2015 is given in the chart below:

Cool winds from East and North usually start blowing over Goa by mid November, thus making the mornings pleasant.

This development is now eagerly looked forward to!