 In some of the western parts of the district the average annual rainfall exceeds 5 m.; but on the eastern side water is scanty, the rainfall varying from 1 m in Satara town to less than 30 cm in some places farther east.The district is traversed from north to south by a railway line, which passes 15 km east of Satara town.The Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi, near Wai, is the Kalubai temple.