 Peshawar is not a monsoon region, unlike other parts of Pakistan; however, rainfall occurs in both winter and summer.Due to western disturbances, the winter rainfall shows a higher record between the months of February and April.The highest amount of winter rainfall, measuring , was recorded in February 2007, while the highest summer rainfall of was recorded in July 2010; during this month, a record-breaking rainfall level of fell within a 24-hour period on 29 July 2010—the previous record was of rain, recorded in April 2009.