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It stretches from the mouth of Tapi river to Goa. The average annual rainfall is more than 200 cm, of which over 90 per cent is recorded from the Arabian stream of the South-West Monsoon. The mean January temperature remains around 24°C while the mean July temperature reads about 27°C. The average annual range of temperature varies between 3°C to 6°C depending on the distance from the coast and the equator. In general, the annual range of temperature increases from south to north.