Roha

Roha in the 1970s
Roha railway station

Roha (English: /ˈroʊə/) is a town and subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in the Raigad district of Maharashtra state in India, 120 km southeast of Mumbai between the banks of the Kundalika River and the hills of Kalasgiri. It has a population of over 20,849. Roha is connected to Mumbai by Panvel-Roha railway line. Roha is off of the Mumbai Goa Highway, via the Kolad road.

Notable people

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Climate data for Roha
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.1
(84.4) 		29.6
(85.3) 		31.2
(88.2) 		32.5
(90.5) 		33.1
(91.6) 		31.4
(88.5) 		29.4
(84.9) 		29
(84) 		29.7
(85.5) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.7
(89.1) 		30.4
(86.7) 		30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.8
(74.8) 		24.3
(75.7) 		26.5
(79.7) 		28.6
(83.5) 		29.8
(85.6) 		28.6
(83.5) 		27.2
(81.0) 		26.8
(80.2) 		27
(81) 		27.7
(81.9) 		26.5
(79.7) 		24.9
(76.8) 		26.8
(80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.6
(65.5) 		19.1
(66.4) 		21.8
(71.2) 		24.7
(76.5) 		26.5
(79.7) 		25.9
(78.6) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		23.8
(74.8) 		21.4
(70.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		22.9
(73.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		2
(0.1) 		24
(0.9) 		687
(27.0) 		1,364
(53.7) 		889
(35.0) 		398
(15.7) 		113
(4.4) 		14
(0.6) 		1
(0.0) 		3,492
(137.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 9m)[1]

Summers are hot and humid with temperatures touching 37-39 degrees Celsius. Rains are pretty heavy during monsoon. Winters are not so chilly with temperatures falling to 11-12 degrees Celsius. Average annual rainfall in Roha is 3450mm.

References

  1. ^ "Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.