Question

What are mango showers?

Answer 1

Some of the important points regarding Mango showers are given below:

• Mango Showers are Pre-monsoon showers which are common in the states of Karnataka and Kerala.
• These rains are usually seen at the end of the summer season.
• These rains help in the ripening of the mangoes. Therefore, these rains are usually known as ‘Mango showers’.

Some other Local Storms of Hot Weather Season

Apart from Mango showers there are three more local storms of hot weather season, they are briefly described below.

Blossom Shower

• In Kerala and other nearby areas, coffee flowers blossom due to ‘blossom showers’.

Loo

• Oppressing, Dry, and Hot winds blowing with high intensity between Delhi and Patna.
• These winds usually blow from Punjab to Bihar in the Northern Plains.

Nor Westers

• These are massive evening thunderstorms in Assam and Bengal.
• These showers are useful for rice, jute, and tea cultivation.
• ‘Bardoli Chheerha’ is the name of these storms in Assam.
• They are showers in the month of Baisakh. Due to the notorious nature of these storms they are known as Kalbaisakhi.