Canning Town climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Canning Town?

Canning Town has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 1,735 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Canning Town?

The hottest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 1966, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Canning Town?

The coldest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Canning Town?

Almost never: Canning Town sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Canning Town warmed?

Yes: Canning Town warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Canning Town?

The wettest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1989, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Canning Town?

The windiest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2020, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Canning Town?

The warmest month in Canning Town is May (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Canning Town?

Canning Town receives on average 1,735 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Canning Town?

Canning Town gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Canning Town (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 1,735 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 (29.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Canning Town averages 0 frost days, 214 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.

Canning Town has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 4 May 1966) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 9 January 2013).

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

Canning TownWest Bengal

coords: 22.31°, 88.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.1°C

Average daily high

30.4°C

Average daily low

22.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,735mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

10.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

214 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

161 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.3 °C

Average feels-like low

26.3 °C

Average peak gust

29.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

262 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

42.4 °C

4 May 1966

Coldest day

8.8 °C

9 January 2013

Wettest day

189 mm

24 October 1989

Windiest day

52.9 km/h

20 May 2020

Strongest gust

114.1 km/h

20 May 2020

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

18 June 2018

Coldest feels-like

7.1 °C

26 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.7 h

6 July 1948

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.6 °C28 March 2025	10.4 °C31 December 2025	26.6 °C	2,031 mm	242
2024	41.0 °C30 April 2024	11.1 °C23 January 2024	27.0 °C	1,800 mm	241
2023	39.4 °C14 April 2023	11.9 °C7 January 2023	27.1 °C	1,530 mm	254
2022	38.6 °C28 May 2022	11.4 °C29 January 2022	26.6 °C	1,379 mm	239
2021	38.3 °C25 April 2021	11.0 °C1 February 2021	26.8 °C	1,754 mm	243
2020	36.6 °C6 April 2020	11.5 °C20 December 2020	26.4 °C	1,806 mm	240
2019	36.8 °C14 June 2019	11.6 °C5 January 2019	26.7 °C	1,784 mm	240
2018	38.9 °C18 June 2018	10.2 °C11 January 2018	26.5 °C	1,555 mm	249
2017	37.7 °C19 May 2017	10.5 °C15 January 2017	26.6 °C	2,069 mm	252
2016	40.4 °C11 April 2016	10.0 °C25 January 2016	27.0 °C	1,894 mm	244
2015	37.8 °C3 April 2015	12.1 °C23 January 2015	26.7 °C	1,751 mm	245
2014	40.3 °C23 April 2014	10.1 °C9 January 2014	26.5 °C	1,329 mm	239
2013	37.7 °C8 April 2013	8.8 °C9 January 2013	26.2 °C	1,630 mm	227
2012	39.1 °C4 June 2012	9.8 °C15 January 2012	26.4 °C	1,269 mm	244
2011	36.4 °C20 April 2011	11.0 °C11 January 2011	26.3 °C	2,026 mm	240
2010	38.4 °C9 April 2010	11.9 °C23 January 2010	27.0 °C	1,253 mm	268
2009	40.2 °C26 April 2009	11.3 °C28 December 2009	27.0 °C	1,290 mm	253
2008	37.9 °C21 April 2008	11.2 °C3 February 2008	26.2 °C	1,866 mm	223
2007	38.4 °C29 May 2007	11.3 °C5 January 2007	26.2 °C	2,078 mm	218
2006	37.4 °C30 April 2006	10.5 °C11 January 2006	26.6 °C	1,647 mm	244
2005	38.5 °C2 June 2005	11.9 °C21 January 2005	26.5 °C	1,752 mm	225
2004	37.4 °C20 May 2004	11.1 °C10 January 2004	26.4 °C	1,537 mm	233
2003	38.5 °C28 May 2003	9.5 °C22 January 2003	26.1 °C	1,530 mm	224
2002	40.8 °C20 May 2002	11.5 °C2 January 2002	26.3 °C	1,710 mm	229
2001	36.6 °C22 April 2001	9.3 °C12 January 2001	26.0 °C	1,906 mm	225
2000	36.5 °C10 April 2000	10.1 °C8 January 2000	26.1 °C	1,370 mm	231
1999	37.2 °C1 June 1999	11.0 °C20 January 1999	26.3 °C	1,652 mm	236
1998	37.1 °C10 June 1998	10.4 °C3 January 1998	26.2 °C	1,821 mm	230
1997	36.3 °C6 June 1997	10.2 °C27 January 1997	25.8 °C	1,869 mm	230
1996	38.5 °C21 April 1996	11.2 °C17 December 1996	26.2 °C	1,526 mm	225
1995	37.9 °C30 April 1995	10.6 °C3 January 1995	26.1 °C	1,875 mm	208
1994	38.3 °C6 May 1994	11.4 °C14 December 1994	26.2 °C	1,717 mm	225
1993	35.9 °C6 April 1993	10.0 °C24 January 1993	26.0 °C	2,142 mm	205
1992	38.0 °C25 April 1992	10.7 °C3 January 1992	26.1 °C	1,439 mm	219
1991	36.2 °C5 April 1991	11.1 °C5 January 1991	26.2 °C	1,631 mm	220
1990	35.1 °C23 May 1990	10.6 °C4 January 1990	25.8 °C	2,187 mm	182
1989	38.8 °C8 May 1989	9.3 °C14 January 1989	26.0 °C	1,711 mm	219
1988	38.3 °C13 April 1988	11.9 °C29 January 1988	26.4 °C	2,025 mm	235
1987	37.9 °C4 April 1987	10.9 °C3 January 1987	26.5 °C	1,184 mm	228
1986	37.4 °C5 June 1986	10.9 °C5 January 1986	26.2 °C	1,866 mm	212
1985	38.1 °C15 April 1985	12.4 °C31 December 1985	26.2 °C	1,489 mm	216
1984	37.2 °C18 March 1984	12.0 °C21 December 1984	26.0 °C	1,863 mm	213
1983	38.3 °C4 April 1983	11.1 °C7 January 1983	26.1 °C	1,622 mm	212
1982	38.5 °C6 May 1982	12.4 °C4 January 1982	26.2 °C	984 mm	217
1981	36.1 °C4 June 1981	11.5 °C10 January 1981	25.6 °C	1,652 mm	211
1980	37.1 °C24 April 1980	11.0 °C9 January 1980	26.3 °C	1,313 mm	215
1979	40.0 °C19 May 1979	11.6 °C5 February 1979	26.8 °C	1,369 mm	260
1978	36.6 °C31 May 1978	9.6 °C7 January 1978	26.0 °C	1,507 mm	215
1977	36.7 °C29 March 1977	10.3 °C30 January 1977	26.1 °C	1,384 mm	208
1976	40.1 °C3 June 1976	10.7 °C8 January 1976	26.4 °C	1,310 mm	229
1975	39.9 °C9 May 1975	10.4 °C16 January 1975	25.8 °C	1,528 mm	185
1974	38.4 °C25 May 1974	10.0 °C11 February 1974	25.8 °C	1,760 mm	194
1973	39.1 °C18 April 1973	10.9 °C26 December 1973	26.2 °C	1,604 mm	209
1972	40.1 °C24 April 1972	10.5 °C10 January 1972	26.4 °C	1,271 mm	235
1971	36.3 °C4 April 1971	10.9 °C3 January 1971	25.4 °C	2,181 mm	154
1970	36.5 °C17 April 1970	11.6 °C3 January 1970	25.9 °C	2,008 mm	204
1969	37.1 °C15 April 1969	10.5 °C16 January 1969	26.1 °C	1,680 mm	225
1968	37.6 °C10 May 1968	10.5 °C30 December 1968	25.8 °C	2,129 mm	197
1967	37.4 °C6 June 1967	10.1 °C15 January 1967	26.0 °C	2,101 mm	204
1966	42.4 °C4 May 1966	9.7 °C21 December 1966	26.2 °C	1,838 mm	203
1965	41.7 °C30 April 1965	11.0 °C28 December 1965	25.9 °C	2,036 mm	185
1964	40.5 °C10 April 1964	11.1 °C16 December 1964	26.3 °C	1,700 mm	193
1963	38.0 °C1 April 1963	9.2 °C6 January 1963	26.1 °C	1,937 mm	218
1962	38.0 °C29 March 1962	9.2 °C16 January 1962	25.8 °C	1,568 mm	205
1961	40.2 °C14 April 1961	10.0 °C25 December 1961	25.7 °C	1,413 mm	201
1960	41.3 °C29 April 1960	10.3 °C25 January 1960	26.1 °C	1,768 mm	206
1959	40.0 °C9 April 1959	9.5 °C3 January 1959	25.9 °C	2,285 mm	172
1958	39.5 °C27 March 1958	12.2 °C26 December 1958	26.8 °C	1,707 mm	208
1957	41.7 °C14 May 1957	12.4 °C14 January 1957	26.6 °C	1,443 mm	215
1956	42.0 °C11 April 1956	10.5 °C8 February 1956	25.9 °C	1,989 mm	192
1955	41.3 °C13 May 1955	10.3 °C4 January 1955	26.2 °C	1,624 mm	201
1954	41.2 °C16 April 1954	9.8 °C26 January 1954	26.1 °C	1,402 mm	210
1953	35.7 °C24 May 1953	9.1 °C20 January 1953	25.1 °C	2,494 mm	161
1952	35.8 °C3 June 1952	12.2 °C14 January 1952	25.3 °C	2,165 mm	171
1951	36.5 °C10 May 1951	11.0 °C27 January 1951	25.5 °C	2,175 mm	172
1950	38.2 °C24 April 1950	10.1 °C13 February 1950	25.5 °C	2,726 mm	155
1949	35.9 °C23 June 1949	11.9 °C9 February 1949	25.1 °C	2,825 mm	125
1948	38.1 °C12 March 1948	12.1 °C16 December 1948	25.9 °C	2,119 mm	185
1947	42.2 °C24 April 1947	11.8 °C17 January 1947	26.5 °C	1,415 mm	211
1946	40.8 °C13 March 1946	10.8 °C3 January 1946	26.1 °C	1,753 mm	208
1945	40.9 °C6 June 1945	10.1 °C9 January 1945	25.8 °C	1,637 mm	209
1944	38.9 °C4 June 1944	12.8 °C20 January 1944	26.1 °C	1,756 mm	188
1943	38.8 °C27 March 1943	12.8 °C8 February 1943	25.5 °C	1,430 mm	178
1942	41.8 °C7 May 1942	11.7 °C23 January 1942	26.0 °C	1,539 mm	179
1941	36.4 °C5 April 1941	10.7 °C1 January 1941	25.6 °C	2,095 mm	172
1940	38.1 °C13 April 1940	10.4 °C7 January 1940	25.6 °C	1,408 mm	192

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.9 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

242 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2031 mm

+296 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.6 °C	-0.1 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Feb	29.6 °C	+0.9 °C	10 mm	-13 mm
Mar	33.4 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	-39 mm
Apr	33.7 °C	-0.3 °C	104 mm	+20 mm
May	33.7 °C	0.0 °C	177 mm	+41 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+0.4 °C	429 mm	+145 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+0.4 °C	533 mm	+172 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.4 °C	339 mm	+7 mm
Sep	32.5 °C	+1.6 °C	277 mm	+19 mm
Oct	32.1 °C	+1.6 °C	143 mm	-5 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-27 mm
Dec	25.1 °C	-0.9 °C	0 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

28 Mar 2025

Coldest day

10.4 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

104.6 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

28.7 km/h

18 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

18 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.4 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Canning Town?

Canning Town has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 1,735 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Canning Town?

The hottest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 1966, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Canning Town?

The coldest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Canning Town?

Almost never: Canning Town sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Canning Town warmed?

Yes: Canning Town warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Canning Town?

The wettest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1989, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Canning Town?

The windiest day measured in Canning Town between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2020, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Canning Town?

The warmest month in Canning Town is May (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Canning Town?

Canning Town receives on average 1,735 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Canning Town?

Canning Town gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Canning Town?

Yes: Canning Town has on average 262 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Canning Town?

In Canning Town, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 18 June 2018, and the lowest was 7.1 °C on 26 December 1945.

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