Bālāghāt climate — normals and trends
Bālāghāt (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 1,501 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 (33.5 °C on average) and the coldest is December (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bālāghāt averages 0 frost days, 198 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Bālāghāt has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.2 °C (on 22 May 1947) and the coldest 4.1 °C (on 28 December 1983).
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
BālāghātMadhya Pradesh
- coords
- 21.82°, 80.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
31.6°C
Average daily low
19.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,501mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
14.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
198 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.9 °C
Average feels-like low
21.1 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
208 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
47.2 °C
22 May 1947
Coldest day
4.1 °C
28 December 1983
Wettest day
356 mm
18 June 1996
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
16 June 1998
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
8 July 1973
Hottest feels-like
49.8 °C
12 May 1989
Coldest feels-like
1.4 °C
8 January 1946
Sunniest day
13.0 h
23 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 | 28.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 32.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 36.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 38.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 7 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 36.8 °C | -3.8 °C | 74 mm | +61 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | -1.7 °C | 99 mm | -124 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 879 mm | +396 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 359 mm | -73 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 253 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 30.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 109 mm | +61 mm |
| Nov | 28.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 27.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bālāghāt?
Bālāghāt has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 1,501 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bālāghāt?
The hottest day measured in Bālāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1947, reaching 47.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bālāghāt?
The coldest day measured in Bālāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, at 4.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bālāghāt?
Almost never: Bālāghāt sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bālāghāt warmed?
Yes: Bālāghāt warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bālāghāt?
The wettest day measured in Bālāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1996, with 356 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bālāghāt?
The windiest day measured in Bālāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1998, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bālāghāt?
The warmest month in Bālāghāt is May (33.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bālāghāt?
Bālāghāt receives on average 1,501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bālāghāt?
Bālāghāt gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bālāghāt?
Yes: Bālāghāt has on average 208 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bālāghāt?
In Bālāghāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.8 °C on 12 May 1989, and the lowest was 1.4 °C on 8 January 1946.
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