page_title: Kakinada
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Kakinada / Geography / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Andhra Sahitya parishat ( ANDHRA SAHITYA PARISHAD GOVERNMENT MUSEUM AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE ) Kakinada
context_page_description: Kakinada is the 5th largest city of Indian State of Andhra Pradesh and serves as the district headquarters of East Godavari district of the State. It lies on the coast of Bay of Bengal to the east in the district. It was once ruled by Dutch India and British East India Company. The reason why the First Polytechnic College of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Polytechnic was established here in 1946 by the British. They even established the Christian missionary school St Joseph's Convent School. It has a canal named Buckingham Canal where goods used to be transported by the boats during the time of Britishers. It was once home for Asia's largest Sea Port. Many people from the city migrated from this Sea Port to many countries like Burma, Mauritius, Fiji and many South-east Asian countries to work there as workers where they were called as Coringas. They still live in those countries, learn Telugu and practice the Andhra culture.
  Kakinada is known for its sweet called Khaja which became a famous recipe in South India known as Kakinada Kaja. Apart from this, it is also known for food. There is a cuisine named Subbaiah Hotel which is known in South India for its authentic Vegetarian meals.
context_section_description: Kakinada has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: Aw/As) with hot, humid weather most of the year. The warmest time of the year is late May and early June, with maximum temperatures around 38–42 °C (100–108 °F). January is the coolest month, with minimum temperatures of 18–20 °C (64–68 °F). The city gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the southwest monsoon, although considerable rain also falls during the northeast monsoon (from mid-October to mid-December). Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal frequently strike the city. Kakinada's prevailing winds are from the southwest for most of the year, except from October to January when they are from the northeast. The city's average annual rainfall is 110–115 centimetres (43–45 in).
caption: Andhra Sahitya Parishat, an Archaeological Museum at Kakinada
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