Question

The states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu receive a great amount of rainfall during the season of ______.

Answer 1

Hint: The term monsoon is referred to as a rainy phase, in which there are seasonal winds that bring heavy rainfall. In India, these winds blow from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea in the southwest and bring heavy rainfall to the country. But the states of South India and Northeast India don’t receive rainfall during the regular monsoon season.

Complete answer:
The states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu don’t receive rainfall during the normal monsoon season instead they receive a great amount of rainfall in the retreating monsoon season. Retreating monsoon is when the winds become weaker and start to retreat back from the skies of North India to the Bay of Bengal. The skies become clearer and clouds disappear. Thus, the weather becomes extremely hot and humid because of which cyclones start emerging in the Bay of Bengal because of which the coast along the Bay of Bengal receives heavy rainfall. It is a three-month-long process and starts in mid-November and lasts till January. The state of Tamil Nadu receives half of its annual rainfall at this time. It is also the period of tropical cyclones. This period is also referred to as northeast monsoon or winter monsoon as the northeastern states also receive rainfall during this time.

Note: Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are Indian states which are located in the South of India. These are neighboring states and are on the coastline and The Bay of Bengal is on the eastern side of these states.