Bandhavgarh Climate & Weather

Bandhavgarh National Park lies on the extreme north- eastern border of the Madhya Pradesh State in Central India. northern flanks of the eastern Satpura Mountain range. Tiger Reserve is spread over Vindhyan Ranges. Latitudes and longitudes are 23°30' to 23°46' North and 80°11' to 80°36'East.The altitude of the park varies between 410 meters or 1,345 ft and 811 meters or 2,657 ft. The geology is soft feldspathic sandstone with quartzite. The soil is generally sandy to sandy-loam. At least twenty streams rise or flow through the park, amongst the streams Umrar flows in the western boundary is the largest.The other important streams are Johilla eastern boundary, Charnganga, Damnar, Janadh, Banbei, Ambanala and Andhyari Jhiria. All of the given streams eventually flow into the Sone river, which is an important southern tributary to the Ganges.At the Center of the Park is the Bandhav hill, rising 811 m above sea level – surrounding it are a large number of smaller hills. Their are about 32 other small hills, separated by gently sloping valley. Some of the prominent hills are: Bamniya, Seeta Mandap, Hanuman-Manch, Ganesh Hill etc. These valleys end in small, swampy meadows. The lowest point in the park is at Tala, 440 m above sea level. The terrain is of great rocky hills rising sharply from the swampy and densely forested valley bottoms. The finest of these hills is Bandhavgarh, sided with great cliffs and eroded sand-stone rocks.

The park lies within the tropical monsoon climatic zone, characterized by well-defined winters, summers and rains. Here Winter season prevails from November to February, Summers are hot and their duration is from April to June. With the beginning of July month rainfall starts in the region. Rainy season lasts from July to September. Temperature as low 2 2 °C or 36 °F as has been to a high of 45 °C or 111 °F as has been recorded. Winter season Average rainfall is 1,173 millimeters or 46 in, most of which falls during the monsoons.Some rains result from the cyclonic depressions as well, between the months of November and February. As Bandhavgarh hills are of sand-stone, they holds rainy water which percolates throughout the season and ensures water supply to many perennials and small forest rivers. Caves under these hills offers cool shelters to wild animals like tiger, sloth bear etc.