Ambāla climate — normals and trends
Ambāla (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 1,051 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 (32.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ambāla averages 0 frost days, 202 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Ambāla between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.9 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest 1.5 °C (on 10 February 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AmbālaHaryana
- coords
- 30.36°, 76.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.7°C
Average daily high
29.9°C
Average daily low
18.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,051mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
202 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.3 °C
Average feels-like low
19.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
180 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
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
Hottest day
47.9 °C
27 May 1944
Coldest day
1.5 °C
10 February 1950
Wettest day
219 mm
3 August 1974
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
5 October 1955
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
5 October 1955
Hottest feels-like
50.8 °C
10 June 2007
Coldest feels-like
-2.2 °C
11 February 1950
Sunniest day
13.9 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 8 mm | -44 mm |
| Feb | 24.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 29.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 36.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 36.6 °C | -2.4 °C | 51 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 35.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 170 mm | +87 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 325 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 270 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 33.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 252 mm | +117 mm |
| Oct | 31.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 73 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 21.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ambāla?
Ambāla has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 1,051 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambāla?
The hottest day measured in Ambāla between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 47.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ambāla?
The coldest day measured in Ambāla between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1950, at 1.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ambāla?
Almost never: Ambāla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ambāla warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Ambāla.
What is the wettest day in Ambāla?
The wettest day measured in Ambāla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1974, with 219 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ambāla?
The windiest day measured in Ambāla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1955, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ambāla?
The warmest month in Ambāla is June (32.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ambāla?
Ambāla receives on average 1,051 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ambāla?
Ambāla gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ambāla?
Yes: Ambāla has on average 180 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ambāla?
In Ambāla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.8 °C on 10 June 2007, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 11 February 1950.
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