Climate
The reserve, with its sub-tropical dry climate, has three very well defined seasons – summers, wintersand monsoons.
October and March are the time when the weather changes from monsoons towinters and from winters to summers, respectively.
Summers start during the end of March and last through the months of April, May and June.
Duringthis season the days are very hot and dry.
During May and June the maximum day temperaturecrosses 40 degrees Centigrade and the minimum night temperature still hovers around 30 degrees
Centigrade.
During the day, hot and dry winds (loo) blow.
In the summers the dangs are almost totallydevoid of wildlife during the day.
Most of the ungulates and the large predators spend thesummer months in the valleys and the khos.
The maximum day temperature often crosses 45 degrees
C in May and June, when the relative humidity is at its lowest.
The monsoons or the rainy season lasts from July to September.
This season is warm and humid, with one or two short thundershowers a week.
Often there are long periods (10 to 15 days) with norains.
During such long breaks in the monsoon rains, the weather can get very hot and humid.
Droughts are a common occurrence in and around Ranthambore.
During monsoons the dangs havegood cover grasses and herbs and as a result the ungulates tend to concentrate on the dangs and thelarger predators follow them there.
The average annual rainfall is 800 mm and there are an averageof 38 rainy days per year and nearly 90 of them are in the monsoon months.
The winter season lasts from November to February.
The night temperature stays below 10 degrees
Centigrade, while the day temperature hovers around the 20 degree Centigrade mark.
There is oftensome rain and fog during the mid winters.
During December and January the lowest night timetemperature goes down to 2 degrees C.

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