{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "states-hbs",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "as published",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States (via DBIE)",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "latestPeriod": "2024-01",
  "unit": "days",
  "periodKind": "calendar",
  "sparse": false,
  "hbs": {
   "table": "103",
   "report": "1730",
   "section": "ENVIRONMENT",
   "title": "State-wise Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "duplicates": []
  },
  "coverage": "State-wise Average Number of Cold Wave Days: RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, Table 103",
  "note": "DBIE report 1730, data provider \"Query 1\". Values exactly as DBIE serves them; each series carries its unit (scripts/lib/products/states.mjs HBS_UNITS, read from the table's unit column and divisor). Periods: calendar years. Dimensions: none; measures: value. Jammu & Kashmir to 2018-19 (with Ladakh) and from 2019-20 (the UT) are separate series; 2019-20 straddles the change of 31 October 2019."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2012-01-01",
  "2013-01-01",
  "2014-01-01",
  "2015-01-01",
  "2016-01-01",
  "2017-01-01",
  "2018-01-01",
  "2019-01-01",
  "2020-01-01",
  "2021-01-01",
  "2022-01-01",
  "2023-01-01",
  "2024-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "assam": {
   "name": "assam",
   "label": "Assam: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    1,
    2,
    1,
    1,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    4,
    0,
    1
   ]
  },
  "bihar": {
   "name": "bihar",
   "label": "Bihar: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    7,
    11,
    4,
    7,
    2,
    2,
    5,
    9,
    5,
    6,
    1,
    3,
    7
   ]
  },
  "jharkhand": {
   "name": "jharkhand",
   "label": "Jharkhand: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    8,
    4,
    3,
    4,
    2,
    2,
    5,
    5,
    3,
    2,
    0,
    0,
    1
   ]
  },
  "west_bengal": {
   "name": "west_bengal",
   "label": "West Bengal: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    1,
    6,
    1,
    1,
    1,
    1,
    3,
    1,
    1,
    1,
    1,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "odisha": {
   "name": "odisha",
   "label": "Odisha: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    4,
    3,
    2,
    2,
    1,
    1,
    3,
    8,
    4,
    2,
    5,
    2,
    0
   ]
  },
  "sikkim": {
   "name": "sikkim",
   "label": "Sikkim: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "tripura": {
   "name": "tripura",
   "label": "Tripura: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    2,
    7,
    2,
    2,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    2,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "uttar_pradesh": {
   "name": "uttar_pradesh",
   "label": "Uttar Pradesh: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    4,
    11,
    7,
    4,
    5,
    2,
    6,
    4,
    7,
    5,
    3,
    3,
    4
   ]
  },
  "uttarakhand": {
   "name": "uttarakhand",
   "label": "Uttarakhand: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    2,
    4,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "delhi": {
   "name": "delhi",
   "label": "Delhi: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    7,
    4,
    5,
    5,
    0,
    3,
    0,
    9,
    6,
    7,
    1,
    5,
    7
   ]
  },
  "punjab": {
   "name": "punjab",
   "label": "Punjab: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    13,
    4,
    3,
    2,
    2,
    1,
    0,
    2,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    0
   ]
  },
  "haryana": {
   "name": "haryana",
   "label": "Haryana: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    18,
    11,
    11,
    5,
    5,
    4,
    5,
    10,
    9,
    6,
    6,
    4,
    6
   ]
  },
  "jammu_and_kashmir_state": {
   "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_state",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (state, with Ladakh, to 2018-19): Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    9,
    5,
    6,
    7,
    4,
    5,
    7,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "himachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "himachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Himachal Pradesh: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    13,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    null,
    17,
    1,
    7,
    0,
    0
   ],
   "gaps": [
    "2019-01-01"
   ],
   "gapsNote": "Not in the Handbook table for these years."
  },
  "rajasthan": {
   "name": "rajasthan",
   "label": "Rajasthan: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    6,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    2,
    2,
    7,
    5,
    5,
    4,
    2,
    4,
    1
   ]
  },
  "gujarat": {
   "name": "gujarat",
   "label": "Gujarat: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    4,
    0,
    2,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    0,
    0,
    1,
    1,
    0
   ]
  },
  "maharashtra": {
   "name": "maharashtra",
   "label": "Maharashtra: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    7,
    4,
    1,
    7,
    3,
    1,
    2,
    10,
    2,
    0,
    2,
    3,
    0
   ]
  },
  "madhya_pradesh": {
   "name": "madhya_pradesh",
   "label": "Madhya Pradesh: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    8,
    9,
    1,
    4,
    4,
    2,
    1,
    8,
    4,
    4,
    6,
    3,
    1
   ]
  },
  "chhattisgarh": {
   "name": "chhattisgarh",
   "label": "Chhattisgarh: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    7,
    5,
    4,
    10,
    5,
    4,
    2,
    6,
    6,
    4,
    6,
    1,
    0
   ]
  },
  "andhra_pradesh": {
   "name": "andhra_pradesh",
   "label": "Andhra Pradesh: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    16,
    2,
    3,
    5,
    1,
    3,
    8,
    1,
    6,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "telangana": {
   "name": "telangana",
   "label": "Telangana: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    6,
    3,
    6,
    8,
    2,
    1,
    7,
    8,
    2,
    1,
    2,
    1,
    0
   ]
  },
  "karnataka": {
   "name": "karnataka",
   "label": "Karnataka: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "tamil_nadu": {
   "name": "tamil_nadu",
   "label": "Tamil Nadu: Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0
   ]
  },
  "jammu_and_kashmir_ut": {
   "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_ut",
   "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (UT, from 2019-20): Average Number of Cold Wave Days",
   "unit": "days",
   "group": "Environment",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    14,
    8,
    8,
    2,
    2,
    12
   ]
  }
 }
}