Changanassery climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Changanassery?

Changanassery has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,871 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Changanassery?

The hottest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1951, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Changanassery?

The coldest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1955, at 16.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Changanassery?

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

Q: Has the climate of Changanassery warmed?

Yes: Changanassery warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Changanassery?

The wettest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1972, with 316 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Changanassery?

The windiest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Changanassery?

The warmest month in Changanassery is March (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Changanassery?

Changanassery receives on average 2,871 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Changanassery?

Changanassery gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Changanassery (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,871 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 March (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Changanassery averages 0 frost days, 213 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 253 rainy days per year.

Changanassery has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 1 March 1951) and the coldest 16.7 °C (on 21 December 1955).

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

ChanganasseryKerala

coords: 9.44°, 76.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

30.9°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,871mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

213 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

253 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.6 °C

Average feels-like low

28.8 °C

Average peak gust

31.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

39.3 °C

1 March 1951

Coldest day

16.7 °C

21 December 1955

Wettest day

316 mm

11 May 1972

Windiest day

35.0 km/h

13 November 1992

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

13 November 1992

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

26 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

17.3 °C

2 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 May 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C26 February 2025	20.5 °C21 December 2025	27.5 °C	2,977 mm	277
2024	37.7 °C21 March 2024	21.6 °C25 December 2024	28.1 °C	3,583 mm	301
2023	37.2 °C13 April 2023	21.8 °C13 January 2023	28.1 °C	3,047 mm	322
2022	37.2 °C2 March 2022	21.2 °C24 November 2022	27.6 °C	3,214 mm	273
2021	36.6 °C14 March 2021	21.9 °C28 January 2021	27.6 °C	3,154 mm	273
2020	38.1 °C22 February 2020	21.9 °C13 January 2020	28.2 °C	2,800 mm	301
2019	37.9 °C25 March 2019	19.0 °C3 January 2019	28.2 °C	2,951 mm	304
2018	37.4 °C11 March 2018	21.9 °C3 February 2018	27.7 °C	2,869 mm	284
2017	36.5 °C15 February 2017	21.5 °C18 February 2017	27.8 °C	2,868 mm	286
2016	39.2 °C27 April 2016	20.9 °C1 December 2016	28.2 °C	2,249 mm	267
2015	38.3 °C28 March 2015	21.8 °C3 January 2015	27.9 °C	2,971 mm	312
2014	38.6 °C25 March 2014	22.1 °C28 January 2014	27.9 °C	3,075 mm	285
2013	38.1 °C24 March 2013	19.7 °C24 December 2013	27.7 °C	3,059 mm	267
2012	37.4 °C25 February 2012	20.7 °C3 January 2012	27.7 °C	2,704 mm	303
2011	37.5 °C23 March 2011	21.3 °C27 December 2011	27.6 °C	3,375 mm	284
2010	37.9 °C20 March 2010	21.0 °C14 December 2010	27.7 °C	3,494 mm	251
2009	37.6 °C6 April 2009	19.9 °C14 January 2009	27.7 °C	3,420 mm	275
2008	37.5 °C8 March 2008	20.9 °C30 December 2008	27.3 °C	2,928 mm	285
2007	37.7 °C5 April 2007	21.4 °C6 January 2007	27.6 °C	3,262 mm	281
2006	36.6 °C15 March 2006	19.8 °C17 December 2006	27.5 °C	2,895 mm	279
2005	37.4 °C27 March 2005	20.8 °C29 December 2005	27.6 °C	2,887 mm	267
2004	37.8 °C18 March 2004	20.3 °C18 December 2004	27.4 °C	3,092 mm	253
2003	37.0 °C12 March 2003	19.7 °C9 December 2003	27.2 °C	2,823 mm	260
2002	37.7 °C11 March 2002	19.1 °C23 December 2002	27.1 °C	2,559 mm	251
2001	36.9 °C13 March 2001	19.3 °C11 December 2001	26.9 °C	2,714 mm	238
2000	36.9 °C21 March 2000	18.9 °C15 December 2000	26.8 °C	2,400 mm	245
1999	37.0 °C3 March 1999	20.1 °C21 December 1999	26.7 °C	2,876 mm	192
1998	38.6 °C6 April 1998	20.6 °C26 December 1998	27.5 °C	2,927 mm	228
1997	36.9 °C25 April 1997	20.2 °C1 January 1997	27.2 °C	2,775 mm	263
1996	37.0 °C20 March 1996	19.9 °C31 December 1996	26.9 °C	2,838 mm	224
1995	37.8 °C3 April 1995	19.4 °C16 December 1995	27.1 °C	2,880 mm	229
1994	37.2 °C19 March 1994	19.3 °C14 December 1994	26.9 °C	2,884 mm	227
1993	37.1 °C7 March 1993	17.5 °C3 January 1993	26.9 °C	2,775 mm	206
1992	37.4 °C2 April 1992	18.4 °C28 December 1992	26.8 °C	3,052 mm	209
1991	37.0 °C25 February 1991	19.3 °C9 December 1991	27.2 °C	2,713 mm	248
1990	38.1 °C30 March 1990	20.3 °C16 January 1990	26.9 °C	2,545 mm	216
1989	37.4 °C7 April 1989	20.1 °C3 February 1989	26.8 °C	2,757 mm	232
1988	37.7 °C11 March 1988	20.4 °C22 December 1988	27.1 °C	2,679 mm	228
1987	38.4 °C23 March 1987	21.0 °C4 January 1987	27.5 °C	2,274 mm	269
1986	37.2 °C26 March 1986	20.6 °C4 January 1986	27.1 °C	2,088 mm	235
1985	37.8 °C11 March 1985	20.4 °C26 November 1985	26.7 °C	2,462 mm	166
1984	36.7 °C23 March 1984	18.5 °C19 October 1984	26.5 °C	2,353 mm	186
1983	38.2 °C1 April 1983	19.3 °C1 January 1983	27.3 °C	2,213 mm	244
1982	37.2 °C22 March 1982	19.7 °C9 December 1982	27.1 °C	2,072 mm	255
1981	38.0 °C7 April 1981	19.3 °C10 January 1981	27.0 °C	2,661 mm	219
1980	37.8 °C14 March 1980	20.9 °C6 December 1980	27.1 °C	2,389 mm	263
1979	37.8 °C8 April 1979	21.3 °C25 December 1979	27.2 °C	2,340 mm	220
1978	36.9 °C24 March 1978	20.7 °C12 January 1978	26.8 °C	3,053 mm	198
1977	37.2 °C26 March 1977	19.6 °C7 January 1977	26.8 °C	2,225 mm	207
1976	36.3 °C17 March 1976	19.7 °C23 January 1976	26.6 °C	2,511 mm	206
1975	36.9 °C20 March 1975	18.7 °C27 December 1975	26.4 °C	3,110 mm	151
1974	36.6 °C24 March 1974	19.2 °C7 January 1974	26.4 °C	2,398 mm	174
1973	38.9 °C25 March 1973	20.4 °C24 December 1973	26.7 °C	2,347 mm	182
1972	36.6 °C29 March 1972	19.3 °C13 January 1972	26.7 °C	2,994 mm	204
1971	36.3 °C1 April 1971	19.7 °C21 December 1971	26.3 °C	2,678 mm	168
1970	36.8 °C26 March 1970	19.6 °C22 December 1970	26.6 °C	2,884 mm	166
1969	36.7 °C6 March 1969	19.2 °C10 November 1969	26.8 °C	3,365 mm	181
1968	36.5 °C5 March 1968	20.3 °C15 December 1968	26.5 °C	2,931 mm	192
1967	36.6 °C14 February 1967	20.1 °C5 January 1967	26.6 °C	3,514 mm	199
1966	36.0 °C1 April 1966	19.0 °C5 January 1966	26.2 °C	3,651 mm	148
1965	35.3 °C12 March 1965	18.2 °C13 January 1965	26.0 °C	3,259 mm	152
1964	36.1 °C13 March 1964	19.7 °C13 January 1964	26.2 °C	3,468 mm	153
1963	35.8 °C17 February 1963	19.1 °C20 December 1963	26.3 °C	2,834 mm	153
1962	38.3 °C14 March 1962	20.7 °C12 February 1962	26.7 °C	3,454 mm	175
1961	38.1 °C12 March 1961	21.4 °C14 January 1961	26.6 °C	3,189 mm	183
1960	36.3 °C14 February 1960	20.6 °C9 October 1960	26.2 °C	3,095 mm	135
1959	37.6 °C20 March 1959	19.7 °C25 December 1959	26.6 °C	2,479 mm	160
1958	38.6 °C7 March 1958	20.0 °C12 January 1958	26.7 °C	2,854 mm	157
1957	36.0 °C20 January 1957	18.9 °C8 January 1957	26.5 °C	2,834 mm	159
1956	36.9 °C29 March 1956	16.9 °C20 December 1956	25.9 °C	2,938 mm	135
1955	36.1 °C18 April 1955	16.7 °C21 December 1955	26.0 °C	3,054 mm	138
1954	36.9 °C2 March 1954	18.6 °C30 November 1954	26.0 °C	3,414 mm	138
1953	35.9 °C5 March 1953	18.6 °C9 December 1953	26.2 °C	2,243 mm	207
1952	36.4 °C28 March 1952	19.7 °C21 January 1952	26.1 °C	2,570 mm	170
1951	39.3 °C1 March 1951	17.1 °C2 January 1951	26.1 °C	2,591 mm	193
1950	35.8 °C25 February 1950	18.2 °C15 November 1950	25.8 °C	2,047 mm	165
1949	35.2 °C18 April 1949	18.9 °C12 November 1949	25.7 °C	2,593 mm	159
1948	37.2 °C1 March 1948	20.5 °C16 February 1948	26.3 °C	2,584 mm	173
1947	35.3 °C17 March 1947	19.9 °C8 November 1947	26.0 °C	2,172 mm	147
1946	37.2 °C9 March 1946	18.5 °C12 December 1946	25.8 °C	3,307 mm	139
1945	36.7 °C27 March 1945	18.9 °C14 December 1945	25.9 °C	3,368 mm	130
1944	33.8 °C26 April 1944	18.4 °C26 December 1944	25.8 °C	3,421 mm	129
1943	36.6 °C21 February 1943	17.8 °C25 January 1943	25.1 °C	3,501 mm	125
1942	36.6 °C1 April 1942	18.3 °C30 December 1942	25.4 °C	3,122 mm	116
1941	36.2 °C6 April 1941	17.9 °C3 February 1941	25.6 °C	3,440 mm	124
1940	36.0 °C3 April 1940	18.1 °C24 December 1940	25.5 °C	3,513 mm	127

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

277 d/yr

+64

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2977 mm

+106 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+0.4 °C	36 mm	+14 mm
Feb	35.0 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-19 mm
Mar	35.4 °C	+0.7 °C	71 mm	+15 mm
Apr	33.3 °C	-0.2 °C	179 mm	+29 mm
May	31.1 °C	0.0 °C	495 mm	+127 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+1.2 °C	524 mm	-24 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	618 mm	+133 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.9 °C	383 mm	-9 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.0 °C	225 mm	-64 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	271 mm	-12 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+0.2 °C	142 mm	-49 mm
Dec	30.9 °C	+0.5 °C	31 mm	-34 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.5 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

74.3 mm

21 Jul 2025

Windiest day

30.1 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

7 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.7 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Changanassery?

Changanassery has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,871 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Changanassery?

The hottest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1951, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Changanassery?

The coldest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1955, at 16.7 °C.

Does it snow in Changanassery?

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

Has the climate of Changanassery warmed?

Yes: Changanassery warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Changanassery?

The wettest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1972, with 316 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Changanassery?

The windiest day measured in Changanassery between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Changanassery?

The warmest month in Changanassery is March (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Changanassery?

Changanassery receives on average 2,871 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Changanassery?

Changanassery gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Changanassery?

Yes: Changanassery has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Changanassery?

In Changanassery, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 26 April 2016, and the lowest was 17.3 °C on 2 January 1951.

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