CLIMATE
-
Cold Winters
in the month of November to February with minimum temperatures
dipping to 4 centigrade during January - February. It
is between the month of March and early May when sunshine
is quite abundant. Though summer is officially from
May to October, Sikkim is almost always wet due to the
heavy monsoons, with rains at times continuing for days
on ends. Longest recorded nonstop rain is 11 days. September
to October is Autumn. A peculiar feature of Sikkim weather
is that though there is a classification of sorts of
the various seasons, actually experiences a cold winter
from end of November to February and monsoons throughout
the year with a little respite during May - June and
October - November. Even the winter months can be irritatingly
wet and damp with the unpredictable showers.
BEST SEASON TO VISIT :
March
to June and September to December
MAXIMUM SUMMER TEMPERATURE
:
28 °
C
MINIMUM WINTER TEMPERATURE
:
0 °
C
AVERAGE RAINFALL :
325 cm.
RF / Year. |