Ashta climate — normals and trends
Ashta (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.3 °C and it receives 1,165 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 May (33.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ashta averages 0 frost days, 192 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Ashta has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 21 May 1947) and the coldest 4.3 °C (on 16 January 1968).
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
AshtaMadhya Pradesh
- coords
- 23.02°, 76.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.3°C
Average daily high
31.2°C
Average daily low
20.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,165mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
192 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.4 °C
Average feels-like low
20.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
213 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
45.4 °C
21 May 1947
Coldest day
4.3 °C
16 January 1968
Wettest day
295 mm
7 July 2007
Windiest day
37.1 km/h
23 August 1957
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
30 September 1953
Hottest feels-like
46.5 °C
19 May 2016
Coldest feels-like
0.1 °C
8 January 1946
Sunniest day
12.8 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 29.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 34.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 38.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 35.6 °C | -4.3 °C | 44 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 32.9 °C | -2.7 °C | 272 mm | +133 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 497 mm | +104 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 295 mm | -74 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 250 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 29.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 68 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 26.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ashta?
Ashta has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.3 °C and it receives 1,165 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ashta?
The hottest day measured in Ashta between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1947, reaching 45.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ashta?
The coldest day measured in Ashta between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1968, at 4.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ashta?
Almost never: Ashta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ashta warmed?
Yes: Ashta warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ashta?
The wettest day measured in Ashta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2007, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ashta?
The windiest day measured in Ashta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1957, with winds reaching 37.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ashta?
The warmest month in Ashta is May (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ashta?
Ashta receives on average 1,165 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ashta?
Ashta gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ashta?
Yes: Ashta has on average 213 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ashta?
In Ashta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 19 May 2016, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 8 January 1946.
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