Almora climate — normals and trends
Almora has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate, averaging 16.7 °C annually with 3,058 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
AlmoraUttarakhand
- coords
- 29.60°, 79.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
3,058mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
14.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
191 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
35.2 °C
8 June 1966
Coldest day
-8.4 °C
18 January 1953
Wettest day
295 mm
20 July 1954
Windiest day
20.3 km/h
22 April 1989
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
19 September 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
20 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-11.8 °C
18 January 1953
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
16 January 1953
Sunniest day
13.2 h
2 July 1962
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 18 mm | -47 mm |
| Feb | 18.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 88 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 22.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | -52 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 97 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 325 mm | +145 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 496 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 466 mm | -359 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 649 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 410 mm | +43 mm |
| Oct | 23.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 72 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 20.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 17.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -29 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Almora (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 3,058 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Almora averages 1 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.
Almora has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 8 June 1966) and the coldest -8.4 °C (on 18 January 1953).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Almora?
Almora has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 3,058 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Almora?
The hottest day measured in Almora between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1966, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Almora?
The coldest day measured in Almora between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1953, at -8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Almora?
Yes. Almora gets on average 2.2 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Almora warmed?
Yes: Almora warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Almora?
The wettest day measured in Almora between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1954, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Almora?
The windiest day measured in Almora between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1989, with winds reaching 20.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Almora?
The warmest month in Almora is June (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Almora?
Almora receives on average 3,058 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Almora?
Almora gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Almora?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Almora between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1953, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Almora?
Yes: Almora has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Almora?
In Almora, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 20 July 1983, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 18 January 1953.
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