"In general, Indian's climate is governed by the monsoon, or seasonal, rain bearing wind. The burst of the monsoon or the start of the hot and wet seasons, often begins in mid June but may start as early as March".
Monsoon:
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The strong humid winds from the southwest and south bring very heavy rains that fall almost daily in the middle or late afternoon."usually about three quarters of India's yearly precipitation falls during this season". Eventually the rains tapper off , and by late October cool, dry, "northerly air has replaced the humid marine air over all of India except the southeastern third of the Peninsula". This retreat of the monsoon marks the start of the cool and the dry season , which last till February.