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The temperature ranges from a daytime maximum of about 42 °C (108 °F) at the height of summer to a nighttime minimum of about 0 °C (32 °F) during the coldest period of winter. There are five seasons: hot and dry summer, monsoonal rains, mild autumn, moderate winter and mild
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has resulted in some economic equalization, with a more evenly distributed pattern of land ownership, including by Dalits. Many youth from all segments of the population seek careers in the small towns nearby
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spring. Midwinter frost is common, and often damaging to crops and fruit. As with many areas of northwestern India, northern
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are also produced. In non-agricultural activity, there are some retail outlets, doctors, flour mills and teachers. Land reform and urban-bound migration and divestment by the former
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climate of Bijnor cool and pleasant, while the abundance of drainage channels prevents the
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