Jhansi

Climate

Jhansi is known for extreme climate. In winter, mercury may dip to 1°C and on hottest summer day, it may rise to 50 degrees Celsius. But normally, winter temperature ranges between 6 degrees Celsius and 21 degrees Celsius. While summer temperature hovers between 24 degrees Celsius and 45 degrees Celcius. Rainy season starts in the third week of June with Monsoon rains washing the central India. Monsoon rains gradually become weak in September and the season ends in the last week of September.The best season to visit Jhansi is pre-winter and spring. The best months to visit this place are October, November, February, & March. April to August, it is very hot and inadvisable to sightsee in the sun.

Season	Months	Temperature	Conditions
Spring	February-March	18°C to 32°C	Clear skies. Dry winds in February, overall pleasant.
Summer	April-June	25°C to 45°C	Clear skies, very hot during days. Cool in midnight.
Monsoon	July-September	28°C to 38°C	Somewhat hot and humid. Some spells of rain, with sunny, hot days in between.
Autumn	October-November	20°C to 30°C	Clear skies, warm days, cool nights.
Winter	December-January	4°C to 25°C	Dry, but sunny days, colder nights.

Tourist information

There is a tourist information centre at railway station. U.P. Tourism (http://www.up-tourism.com) and M.P. Tourism (http://www.mptourism.com), both have an office at railway staion platform no.1, where you can get all the information about tourist sites of M.P.

U.P. Tourism (http://www.up-tourism.com) also has an office at Hotel Rahi Veerangana which is 1 kilometre from railway station and 4 kilometres from Interstate bus stand.

History

Jhansi is known by the valiant queen, Rani Lakshmi Bai. It gained importance when it came under the rule of Marathas. When Bundela King Chhatrasal gave one-third of his kingdom to Peshwa Bajirao, Bajirao distributed it into his generals, since ruling this part in Bundelkhand from his capital Pune was not feasible. Thus, Jhansi came under the rule of Newalkars. During this period, the town got expanded and developed. The town was earlier known as Shankargarh. The capital of Bundelas was Orchha at that time. To strengthen the security of Orchha, the Bundela King was constructing a fort on a hill in Shankargarh. When he looked at the site of the new fort, from his palace in Orchha, he told his general that the place was looking like a jhain-siblurred shadow, and Jhansi got its present name.