Loo (wind)

The path of the Loo (orange arrows) from the deserts of the Indian subcontinent towards and through the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India and Pakistan

The Loo is a strong, dusty, gusty, hot and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan.[1] It is especially strong in the months of May and June. Due to its very high temperatures (45 °C–50 °C or 115 °F–120 °F), exposure to it often leads to fatal heatstrokes.[1]

Since it causes extremely low humidity and high temperatures, the Loo also has a severe drying effect on vegetation leading to widespread browning in the areas affected by it during the months of May and June.[2]

  1. ^ a b S.V.S. Rana (2007), Essentials of Ecology and Environmental Science, Prentice Hall of India, ISBN 978-81-203-3300-0, ... In the plains of northern India and Pakistan, sometimes a very hot and dry wind blows from the west in the months of May and June, usually in the afternoons. It is known as loo. Its temperature invariably ranges between (115°F-120°F) 45 °C and 50 °C (115°F-120°F). People, when exposed to loo ...
  2. ^ Barbara Tufty (1987), 1001 Questions Answered About: Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disasters, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-25455-0, ... This wind dries out crops and makes people fretful by its eerie singing ...