Barnāla climate — normals and trends
Barnāla (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 643 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 (34.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Barnāla averages 0 frost days, 222 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Barnāla has changed by -0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.5 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 16 January 1964).
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
BarnālaPunjab
- coords
- 30.37°, 75.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.4°C
Average daily high
31.1°C
Average daily low
18.9°C
Annual rainfall
643mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
222 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.3 °C
Average feels-like low
19.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
185 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.7 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.09 · p = 0.004
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
49.5 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
0.4 °C
16 January 1964
Wettest day
272 mm
4 October 1955
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
25 March 1967
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
15 March 1956
Hottest feels-like
50.3 °C
25 May 1998
Coldest feels-like
-3.5 °C
10 February 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 19 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 23.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 29.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 38.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 38.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 40 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 37.4 °C | -2.9 °C | 149 mm | +99 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 230 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 265 mm | +105 mm |
| Sep | 33.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 87 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 31.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 83 mm | +63 mm |
| Nov | 27.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 22.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 3 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barnāla?
Barnāla has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 643 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barnāla?
The hottest day measured in Barnāla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 49.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barnāla?
The coldest day measured in Barnāla between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Barnāla?
Almost never: Barnāla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Barnāla warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Barnāla.
What is the wettest day in Barnāla?
The wettest day measured in Barnāla between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1955, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barnāla?
The windiest day measured in Barnāla between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1967, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barnāla?
The warmest month in Barnāla is June (34.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Barnāla?
Barnāla receives on average 643 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barnāla?
Barnāla gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Barnāla?
Yes: Barnāla has on average 185 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barnāla?
In Barnāla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.3 °C on 25 May 1998, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 10 February 1950.
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