Since the monsoon has only recently retreated, the vegetation is green and rank in the forest. But in the meadows the grasses which have flowered and seeded, turn yellow from the severe frost. By mid-January, some of the deciduous trees have shed their leaves. But late January-February is spring time suddenly, and with the nights no longer so cold, semal trees bloom in their scarlet best. Many of the birds begin to breed.
Peacocks start to strut, and the brainfever bird is heard for the first time in the year.
Tentative showers fall toward the end of the season. Summer in Kanha is not very harsh. Though the daytime temperature reaches 40 C in the shade, there are no hot winds. Rains, if any, are sporadic, but it sometimes hails in March-April. By this time, the grasses begin to wither, and the green shoots on the meadows are either grazed off or lie shrivelled in the sun.