Found inside – Page 19The climate of Spiti is not systematically recorded , and hence the selection of Kailang and Leh . ... Zapscar to which the Professor aludes is an upimportant valley between the two points selectod . ... these tables of temperature and rainfall will show that the crops that mature in Loh and Kailang during July and August might ... Found inside – Page 327Temperatures in Spiti region are more difficult to predict than in Lahaul due to lack of vegetation . ... Generally the weather is cloudless in August and September . ... had been crossing the passes and making inroads into Kullu and had formed settlements at the head of all the side ravines leading down into the main valleys . Found inside – Page 120The highest temperature is about 25 ° C during August . present investigation ... and Methods formations of mica schists , talc schists , gneisses , The study area in the Spiti division of Lahaul granites and quartzites are present in Spiti valley . Found inside – Page 253Upon the elevated table land of Rúpskú , or at the tenanted environs of Spiti , whatever be the degree of midday heat , it flies off so rapidly in ... Towards the end of August , the climate of the middle regions of Spiti had a day temperature of 83 ° ; and clouds of dust wheeling ... upon the very verge of seventeen thousand feet . are the pasturing regions of innumerable flocks , where it R 3 spiti VALLEY , & c . Found inside – Page 5elevation and hence less rigours of the climate . ... Spiti and Pin valleys have average elevation , between 3,660 and 4,270 metres . Found inside – Page 10The Spiti valley hydel project G. S. Randhawa THE PEOPLE OF SPITI VALLEY , forming a fiftyfour metre long tunnel ... More than fourteen hundred necessitated by the extremities of the weather conworkers and engineers of the Himachal Pradesh State ditions and makes the project unique . ... August , 1986 the project is likely to improve the There is lack of oxygen in the atmosphere because economic ... Found inside – Page 88The valley is The District . similarly described by Mr. Theobald :Villages and scenery “ All along the course of the Spiti river are ... Slight showers of rain fall in July and August , though the district is beyond the regular influence of the monsoon ... The climate , " he adds , “ is a remarkably healthy one ; excepting a few simple complaints , such as colic or rheumatism ; sickness appears to be almost unknown . Found inside – Page 5THE LAND 5 But Kyelang is only representative of the beauty and charm of the Lahaul valley . With the ... The heavy monsoon clouds are unable to cross the Great Himalayan Divide , and therefore , even in the months of July and August , there is little rain . ... The temperature falls sharply below freezing point . But the ... Found inside – Page 344while the tobacco is exported both into Láhul and Spiti , and into the Simla States . Rice , wheat , and barley are also ... The mean temperature for the month of August amounts to 78 ° F .; that of November to 55o . The climate cannot be ... Found inside – Page 35Alternatively one can climb up the valley from Dunali or Dharbala in Chamba ... to cross these passes in November due to sharp drop in temperature . Found inside – Page 123The temperature record for Kyelong . shows that the maximum temperature 29.7 ° C occurs during August and is coldest ... a part of the Greater Himalayan mountain Range in Kulu - Manali and Lahul - Spiti Valleys , Himachal Pradesh In the ... Found inside – Page 19The climate of Spiti is not systematically recorded , and hence the selection of Kailang and Leh . ... Zanscar to which the Professor alludes is an unimportant valley between the two points selected . ... these tables of temperature and rainfall will show that the crops that mature in Leb and Kailang during July and August might ... Found inside – Page 19The climate of Spiti is not systematically recorded , and hence the selection of Kailang and Leh . ... Zanecar to which the Professor alludes is an unimportant valley between the two points selected . ... these tables of temperature and rainfall will show that tho crops that matare in Leh and Kailang during July and August might ... Found inside – Page 164The mean temperature of the upper Spiti valley is given in Messrs . Schlagintweit's table as follows :WINTER . SPRING . SUMMER . AUTUMN . Year . 17 38 60 6 39 5 39-4 Light showers of rain occur in July and August , and in the winter snow ... Found inside – Page 269Spiti valley formed by the Spiti river is known as the cold desert because of the extreme climatic conditions . The night temperature in winters drops down to - 40 degrees Celsius . Fairs and Festivals Halda , Phagli ... of July is the main event in Spiti . Pauri celebrated in August at Udaipur is the main festival of Pattan Valley . Found inside – Page 40Keylong This town in Lahaul - Spiti district of H.P. experiences a typical dry sub - arctic to arctic climate . Summers are mild and the temperature usually ... Found inside – Page 78In the interior of Lalwul and Spiti and in the the atmosphere , and a cessation of the rainfall , over barometer , a corresponding decrease in the humidity « Pangi valley the snowfall was very deficient . ... the eastern half of the province the prevailing high Extract from a Memorandum of the Chief Weath temperature was mitigated by an occasional dustCharacteristics of August , 1883 , in the “ Gasette storm . Found inside – Page 2The working period in these valleys is , thus , restricted between mid - August to September , when the melting of ... to fall in atmospheric temperature A few fair - weather link - roads connect Kaza , the sub - divisional headquarters of Spiti , with ... Found inside – Page 559The Lahaul–Spiti valley region, falling in monsoon-arid transition zone, ... The climate of this region is very cold, alpine, and glacial due to its high ... Found inside – Page 367India is witnessing soaring temperature , especially during summer months ... spread across spiti in Himanchal Pradesh and Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir ” . Found inside – Page 323Table 1 Mean of meteorological data of Kaza ( Spiti sub - division ) and Namgia ( Pooh sub - division ) in the cold desert areas of Himachal Pradesh ( 1984-1994 ) 02.3 -10.0 -02.5 -11.2 Table 2 Physico - chemical properties of upper Sutlej Valley. Rainfall Maximun & Dry Bulb Minimum Temperature Temperature ( ° C ) ( ° C ) Kaza Namgiya Kaza Namgiya Wet Bulb ... -12.7 March -10.1 April -02.4 May 07.2 June 13.2 July 16.8 August 17.8 September 11.7 October 06.7 November -00.8 ... Found inside – Page 10Zanscar , to which the Professor alludes , is an unimportant valley between the two points selected . ... comparison of these tables * of temperature and rainfall will show that the crops that mature in Leh and Kailang during July and August might be sent to ... in Canada is increased very considerably beyond the list that could be furnished were attention to be confined solely to Spiti , Lahoul , and Zanscar . Found inside – Page 183With Notices of the Surrounding Countries Sir Alexander Cunningham. Temperature . Extremes . Moisture . Sum . ... August September October November December 38.0 60.0 49.00 45.0 74.059.50 48.0 80.0 63.60 43.0 74.358.60 37.275.3 55.50 28.0 56.0 40.12 ... and October , which , when compared with the Spiti observations , would give a mean annual temperature of 39 ° for the valley of the Indus . Found inside – Page 10The Climate Because of its elevation the district has temperate zone climate . Winter is long , extending ... June is the warmest month in the lower regions and July - August in the upper regions . January is the ... Spiti valley too starts from here . Found inside – Page 13... largely mica and talc schists and Phyllites of Vaikrita Group is the oldest formation encountered in Spiti valley . ... months of February , mercury dips down to around -22 ° C . The maximum temperature is about 25 ° C during August ( Table ... Found inside – Page 441... July and August , though the valley lies beyond the regular influence of the monsoon . The health of the people is excellent ; goitre and cretinism are unknown . Messrs . Schlagintweit give the mean temperature of the Upper Spiti valley at 17 ... Found inside – Page 19Fog covers the valley in winter. Temperature variation between lower portions of Lahoul and higher reaches of Spiti is considerable. At times it goes even below 0°C in January, which is, generally, regarded as the coldest; August is the hottest ... Found inside – Page 72... mercury dips down to -22 ° C . The maximum temperature during August has been recorded at 25 ° C . Geological Set up ... The Spiti valley is surrounded by rocks , which have been studied by eminent geologists like Griesbach , Hayden ... Found inside – Page 400Climate nuary to _4.9 ° C at Simla ( 12-1-57 ) and -0.5 ° C ( 21-1-60 ) at Dharamsala and may rise to 38.3 ° C In the Himachal ... and weather , a somewhat higher precipitation and monsoon period ( July - August and September ) . colder and more ... Spiti experience drier conditions as they are almost Generally the rainfall increases from the plains cut off by the high ... trend of rainfall in the maximum temperatures in June are 15.6 ° C at Himalaya , the Kangra Valley marks an exception ... Found inside – Page 214Mean diurnal and annual ranges of temperature at places in the Himálaya . ... August . . November . . October . . December . o .. Bareilly m 26 : 3 25.5 28.0 31.0 28.8 22.1 142 142 18024.3 30 4 / 28 0 ... At all the stations but Leb and the Spiti valley , which lie beyond the snowy mountains , the months of the year which are ... Found inside – Page 22Ewa Panejko - Pankiewicz and Amalia Kaploniak ascended on 2 August the summit by the Burevestnik buttress as a ladies ' only team . ... MOUNTAIN MATTERS Lalung ( 3600 m ) the temperature of water inside the " solar bottle " in a polythene bag rose by ENVIRONMENT 20 ... The " solar an expedition to Spiti Valley in ... Found inside – Page 19The falls occurring in August . ... Manali's average maximum temperature is 30 ° C , and the minimum is 13 ° C . The Kullu Valley experiences a ... Found inside – Page 19The climate of Spiti is not systematically recorded , and hence the selection of Kailang and Leb . ... Zanscar to which the Professor alludes is an unimportant valley between the two points selected . ... these tables of temperature and rainfall will show that the crops that mataro in Leh and Kailang during July and August might ... Found inside – Page 18348.0 80.0 63.60 August 43.0 74.3 58.60 September ..37.2 75.3 55.50 ... annual temperature in Spiti is just one - third less than the mean temperature ... Found inside – Page 426The seasons in Spiti correspond generally with those of Láhaul ; though the spring is someClimate of Spiti . what later , and the winter of longer duration . ... Slight show . ers of rain fall in July and August , though the district is beyond the regular influence of the monsoon ; severe frosts ... The mean temperature of the upper Spiti valley is given in Messrs Soblagintweit's tables as follows :January 17 ° April . Found inside – Page 48Travels in Lahaul and Spiti Manohar Singh Gill ... while the apple harvest of the lower Kulu valley is falling—a clear indicator of increasing temperatures. Found inside – Page 776Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of Entomology Montreal, August 17-25, 1956 Edward C. Becker. 22.5'N . 77o , 15'E . ) , Ca. 14,000 ft . , as the meeting point of the Kulu Valley in the South and the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys in the north . ... As we go higher up the conditions of life become severe ; the rigours of climate and the relative scarcity of food make these areas increasingly inhospitable . Found inside – Page 298the Zanskar range of northwestern Himalaya which separates it from Lahul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh . GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND AND CLIMATE The striking features of the region is the parallelism of its mountain ranges which stretch from southeast to northwest . The three ... In Leh , Nubra and Changthang , it usually drizzles at intervals during the moonsoon season ( July - August ) . Found inside – Page 46Ripening of fruits generally sets in by the middle to end of August under Ladakh ... In Lahaul and the Spiti Valley there are many home-scale pulping units, ... Found inside – Page 93The month of September was most sunny with 5.05 hrs of average sunshine followed by August with 3.5 hrs . ... parameters , Hamtah glacier , Lahaul & Spiti district , HP The recording of temperature and precipitation data at the base camp Chhatru observatory was continued . ... disposition , i.e. proximity to the Hamtah pass where it receives precipitation through influence of monsoon from Beas valley . Found inside – Page 9June 72 : 7 July 752 August 78-1 September 70-8 October ... 58.9 November 55-6 The climate is on the whole healthy , especially to Euro Disease . peans ... Found inside – Page 461the plain is washed by a stream called Lípak , falling into the Spiti a bowshot distance . “ They halted on the 15th August , on account of rain . Found inside – Page 162In July and August the weather often becomes close and sultry for days together ; but in the upper portion of the valley these months are far from disagreeable , and by September , as a general rule , the season is as enjoyable as it can be ... Found inside – Page 16Leh Rainfall mm 800 in 32 ° C 40 Temperature ° F 104 600 400 30 86 24 20 68 16 10 50 olan 0 32 8 SH -10 14 0 -20 -4 JFMAMJ JASOND JFMAMJ ... During July and August , the valley becomes hazy and humid . ... The exceptions are Kinnaur and Lahaul & Spiti , which have a modified monsoon and a severe winter . Found inside – Page 469wheat go chiefly to supply the barren valley of Láhúl , though a little grain also finds its way to the plains . ... towns and neighbouring hill States buy up the opium , while the tobacco is exported both into Láhúl and Spiti , and into ... The mean temperature for the month of August amounts to 78 ° F .; that of November to 55o . Found inside – Page 19The influence of altitude modifies the climate into a mountainous type, ... Spiti valley is closed from all sides by high mountains and therefore it is ... Found inside – Page 461the plain is washed by a stream called Lípak , falling into the Spití a bowshot distance . “ They halted on the 15th August , on account of rain . Found inside – Page 183August September October November December 38.0 60.0 49.00 45.0 74.0 59.50 48.0 80.0 63.60 43.0 74 : 3 58.60 37.2 75.3 55.50 ... Mean annual temperature 38.89 By this table it will be seen that the mean annual temperature in Spiti is just one - third less than the mean ... which , when compared with the Spiti observations , would give a mean annual temperature of 39 ° for the valley of the Indus . Found inside – Page 2The working period in these valleys is , thus , restricted between mid - August to September , when the melting of glacier is considerably arrested due to fall in atmospheric temperature . 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