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what do you mean climate of southwestindia

The region has a tropical climate with the monsoons playing a major part. The South - West Monsoon accounts for most of the rainfall in the region and much of it falls from about June to October. The south-west monsoon starts from Kerala during June and moves up towards the northern parts of India. Tamil Nadu and southeast Andhra Pradesh receive rains from the Northeast Monsoon from about November to February.
Much of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have a distinct dry season from about October through May when there is not much rainfall. This region experiences cooler nights from October to March while the days are pleasantly warm. In the northern parts of the region temperatures can fall below 10 °C (50 °F) on occasions at night during this time. Days are very hot from March to June when temperatures can go over 40 °C (104 °F). The southern coastal region has an average minimum temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) and maximum of 35 °C (95 °F) .


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