Anantnag climate — normals and trends
Anantnag (India) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 1,178 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 July (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Anantnag averages 170 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Anantnag has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 189 to 151 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 23 June 1990) and the coldest -21.7 °C (on 4 January 1967).
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
AnantnagJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 33.73°, 75.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,178mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
7.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
275.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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).
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
29.5 °C
23 June 1990
Coldest day
-21.7 °C
4 January 1967
Wettest day
171 mm
24 September 1988
Windiest day
15.5 km/h
15 December 2018
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
8 February 1950
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
13 December 1964
Snowiest day
51.3 cm
19 February 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 41 mm | -73 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 190 mm | +56 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 102 mm | -53 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 49 mm | -64 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 68 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 66 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 185 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 285 mm | +144 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 122 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 61 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 36 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Anantnag?
Anantnag has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 1,178 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Anantnag?
The hottest day measured in Anantnag between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1990, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Anantnag?
The coldest day measured in Anantnag between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1967, at -21.7 °C.
Does it snow in Anantnag?
Yes. Anantnag gets on average 275.8 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Anantnag warmed?
Yes: Anantnag warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Anantnag?
The wettest day measured in Anantnag between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1988, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Anantnag?
The windiest day measured in Anantnag between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 2018, with winds reaching 15.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Anantnag?
The warmest month in Anantnag is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Anantnag?
Anantnag receives on average 1,178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Anantnag?
Anantnag gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Anantnag?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Anantnag between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1984, with 51.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Anantnag?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Anantnag.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Anantnag?
In Anantnag, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 5 July 2025, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 13 December 1964.
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