Editing Rajkot (section)

===Climate===
Rajkot has a [[semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|hot semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSh''), with hot, dry summers from mid-March to mid-June and the wet [[monsoon]] season from mid-June to October, when the city receives {{convert|670|mm|in|0|disp=or}} of rain on average. However, this rainfall varies greatly from year to year<ref>Dewar, Robert E. and Wallis, James R; ‘Geographical patterning of interannual rainfall variability in the tropics and near tropics: An L-moments approach’; in ''[[Journal of Climate]]'', 12; pp. 3457</ref> – for instance less than {{convert|160|mm|in|1|disp=or}} fell in 1911 and 1939 but more than {{convert|1300|mm|in|0|disp=or}} in 1878 and over {{convert|1450|mm|in|0|disp=or}} in the incomplete year of 1959.<ref>See Kane, R.P.; ‘Extreme of the ENSO Phenomenon and Indian Summer
Monsoon Rainfall’; International Journal of Climatology, vol. 18 (1998), pp. 775-791</ref> The months from November to February are mild, the average temperature being around {{convert|20|°C|disp=or}}, with low humidity.

One of the most important weather phenomena that is associated with the city of Rajkot is the cyclone. The cyclones generally occur in the Arabian Sea during the months after the rainy season. The region experiences a lot of rainfall and high-speed winds during the time of the year after the monsoon season as well as the months of May and June. However, June experiences lesser amount of rainfall and winds than the post-monsoon time. Thunderstorms are another important part of the Rajkot weather in the months of June and July.  During summer time, the temperature ranges between {{convert|24|and|42|°C|°F|1}}. In the months of winter, Rajkot temperature varies between {{convert|10|and|22|°C|°F|1}} but on a whole winters are pleasant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajkot, India |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=73724&refer=&units=metric |website=Weatherbase |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Cloudyweather.jpg|thumb|left|Rajkot's skyline in cloudy weather]]
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| location = [[Rajkot Airport]] (1991–2020, extremes 1952–present)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 36.4
| Feb record high C = 40.0
| Mar record high C = 43.9
| Apr record high C = 44.8
| May record high C = 47.9
| Jun record high C = 45.8
| Jul record high C = 40.6
| Aug record high C = 38.8
| Sep record high C = 42.8
| Oct record high C = 41.9
| Nov record high C = 39.8
| Dec record high C = 37.6
|year record high C = 47.9
| Jan high C = 28.6
| Feb high C = 31.4
| Mar high C = 36.0
| Apr high C = 39.6
| May high C = 41.0
| Jun high C = 38.1
| Jul high C = 33.0
| Aug high C = 31.7
| Sep high C = 33.4
| Oct high C = 36.0
| Nov high C = 33.6
| Dec high C = 30.3
|year high C = 34.4
|Jan mean C = 20.6
|Feb mean C = 23.4
|Mar mean C = 27.7
|Apr mean C = 31.2
|May mean C = 33.2
|Jun mean C = 31.9
|Jul mean C = 28.9
|Aug mean C = 28.0
|Sep mean C = 28.6
|Oct mean C = 29.3
|Nov mean C = 26.0
|Dec mean C = 22.3
| Jan low C = 12.7
| Feb low C = 15.3
| Mar low C = 19.5
| Apr low C = 23.0
| May low C = 25.7
| Jun low C = 26.6
| Jul low C = 25.4
| Aug low C = 24.5
| Sep low C = 23.9
| Oct low C = 22.6
| Nov low C = 18.6
| Dec low C = 14.3
|year low C = 21.1
| Jan record low C = -0.6
| Feb record low C = 1.1
| Mar record low C = 6.1
| Apr record low C = 10.0
| May record low C = 16.1
| Jun record low C = 20.0
| Jul record low C = 19.4
| Aug record low C = 20.1
| Sep record low C = 16.7
| Oct record low C = 12.2
| Nov record low C = 7.2
| Dec record low C = 2.8
|year record low C = -0.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.7
| Feb rain mm = 0.1
| Mar rain mm = 0.1
| Apr rain mm = 1.3
| May rain mm = 3.8
| Jun rain mm = 130.0
| Jul rain mm = 293.3
| Aug rain mm = 195.2
| Sep rain mm = 125.1
| Oct rain mm = 23.7
| Nov rain mm = 2.7
| Dec rain mm = 0.2
|year rain mm = 776.3
| Jan rain days = 0.1
| Feb rain days = 0.0
| Mar rain days = 0.0
| Apr rain days = 0.3
| May rain days = 0.3
| Jun rain days = 4.6
| Jul rain days = 10.3
| Aug rain days = 8.5
| Sep rain days = 5.4
| Oct rain days = 1.3
| Nov rain days = 0.2
| Dec rain days = 0.0
|year rain days = 31.0
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 29
| Feb humidity = 25
| Mar humidity = 19
| Apr humidity = 19
| May humidity = 28
| Jun humidity = 50
| Jul humidity = 71
| Aug humidity = 71
| Sep humidity = 60
| Oct humidity = 35
| Nov humidity = 30
| Dec humidity = 30
|year humidity = 39
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Rajkot (A) Climatological Table 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| pages = 651–652
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M60
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name= IMD >
{{cite web
|url=http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/rajkot2.htm
| title = Rajkot Climatological Table Period: 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = 10 April 2015
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414111548/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/rajkot2.htm
| archive-date = 14 April 2015
| url-status = live
| df = dmy-all
}}
</ref><ref name=IMDcityextremes2>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230101061732/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| archive-date = 1 January 2023
| title = Climatological Tables 1991-2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = 1 January 2023
| page = 21}}</ref>
|source 2 = Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)<ref name=TCC1>
{{cite web
| url = https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=42737
| title = Normals Data: Rajkot - India Latitude: 22.30°N Longitude: 70.78°E Height: 134 (m)
| publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency
| access-date = 1 December 2022}}</ref>
}}Rajkot has been ranked 14th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' <ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024}}</ref>