Pilani
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
| PIN | 333031 |
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| Telephone code | 91-1596 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ18 |
Pilani is a small town located, near the city of Jhunjhunu in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India. Administratively, it forms a part of Jhunjhunu district. The town is best known as the location of BITS Pilani.
Pilani also has an assembling centre for India's BrahMos missile.[1]
Demographics
As of the
Geography
Climate
Pilani has a semi-arid climate, typical of North Western India. Summers, which last from late March till the end of June are extremely hot and dry. They are followed by the monsoon months of July, August and early September, where temperatures drop slightly, and the humidity rises sharply. The months from late October to early March see warm days, and cool to chilly nights, with very dry conditions.
| Climate data for Pilani (1981–2010, extremes 1958–2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
35.1 (95.2) |
44.8 (112.6) |
47.1 (116.8) |
47.1 (116.8) |
46.9 (116.4) |
45.7 (114.3) |
42.6 (108.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.4 (104.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
47.1 (116.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
37.1 (98.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
40.2 (104.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.7 (94.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 8.9 (0.35) |
12.6 (0.50) |
10.7 (0.42) |
6.4 (0.25) |
32.1 (1.26) |
65.7 (2.59) |
109.9 (4.33) |
105.6 (4.16) |
52.1 (2.05) |
7.0 (0.28) |
3.3 (0.13) |
2.1 (0.08) |
416.3 (16.39) |
| Average rainy days | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 26.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
47 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 63 | 54 | 37 | 38 | 45 | 42 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Education and research
Pilani is home to the
Apart from BITS, Pilani also has one of the major CSIR labs for advanced research in electronics, the
Transportation
Pilani is not accessible directly by rail; the nearest stations are
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Primary Census Abstract Data Tables - Rajasthan".
- ^ "Station: Pilani Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 611–612. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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