he climate of the district is temperate in plains and cool in western Ghats. The Eastern region represents dry weather and it experiences hot winds during April and May. The nights over the whole district are generally cool due to the influences of the sea Breezes. The Kolhapur district receives its major rainfall from the South West monsoon winds, it also gets some rainfall from thunderstorms during the month of April and May. The rainy season is from June to October. The Western Ghats receives the heavy rainfall and Gaganbavada which receives 5000 mm average rainfall is known as the Cherapunji of the Maharashtra. Shirol and Hatkanangle talukas record poor rainfall around 500 mm