Open AccessMonsoon in Sierra Leone
Author(s) -
Avinandan Mukherjee
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v27i4.2621
Subject(s) - sierra leone , monsoon , climatology , evening , morning , thunderstorm , geography , diurnal temperature variation , environmental science , meteorology , geology , history , medicine , ethnology , physics , astronomy
General characteristic of monsoon in Sierra Leone is discussed in this paper. The months July, August, September may be considered as monsoon months in Sierra Leone, Most of the rain in this country occurs in these three months. Rainfall data for the period 1954 to 1973 were analysed. It was found that rainfall gradually decreases from west to east and from south to north. Though the rainfall increases in monsoon, there is considerable reduction in the thunderstorm activity. The diurnal variation of rainfall indicates, that the rainfall is maximum in early morning and minimum in the evening. A comparison of rainfall characteristic has been made with those over west.