CLIMATE & RAINFALL IN SAMBALPUR DISTRICT. 

This district experiences extreme type of climate with hot and dry Summer followed by humid monsoon and severely cold Winter. The hot season commences from 1^st week of March and lasts till the second half of June. In the month of May, temperature rises up to 46°. Similarly in the month of December, the temperature comes down to 10° C. The district gets rainfall from South-Western monsoon. The relative humidity is high during rainy season being generally over 75%. After rainy season the humidity gradually decreases and the weather becomes dry towards the winter.