Climate Zhob
The climate of the district is cold. In summer the weather does not get very hot. In autumn the weather becomes very dry. The region receives heavy rainfall during summer, accompanied by thunder storms from July to September as a result of diversion of monsoon winds westward from Punjab. The average annual rainfall in Zhob was 320.5 mm. over the period 1992-1995. Most of the rainfall is received during the winter months from October to March. The hilly area at higher altitude has heavy snow fall and snow storms during winters. Dust storms blow in summer and winter, but dust pollution is not so much an issue as in lower situated districts.
|
|
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
|
Mean Rainfall (in mm) |
37 |
26 |
63 |
37 |
33 |
9 |
64 |
51 |
7 |
5 |
20 |
29 |
|
Max. Temp. (in °C) |
12.6 |
16.7 |
20.8 |
26.4 |
31.4 |
36.7 |
35.8 |
35.6 |
33.3 |
28.1 |
21.1 |
15.5 |
|
Min Temp. (in °C) |
0.4 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
12.4 |
16.8 |
22.2 |
23.3 |
22.9 |
19.2 |
11.1 |
5.2 |
1.9 |
Source: Pakistan Meteorological Department, Karachi