Channagiri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Channagiri?

Channagiri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1998, reaching 39.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Channagiri?

The coldest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1981, at 10.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Channagiri?

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

Q: Has the climate of Channagiri warmed?

Yes: Channagiri warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Channagiri?

The wettest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1987, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Channagiri?

The windiest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 1953, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Channagiri?

The warmest month in Channagiri is April (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Channagiri?

Channagiri receives on average 958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Channagiri?

Channagiri gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Channagiri (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 958 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 April (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is December (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Channagiri averages 0 frost days, 132 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.

Channagiri has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 21 April 1998) and the coldest 10.8 °C (on 11 December 1981).

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

ChannagiriKarnataka

coords: 14.02°, 75.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

24.1°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

20.0°C

Annual rainfall

958mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

141 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

21.2 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

218 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

39.1 °C

21 April 1998

Coldest day

10.8 °C

11 December 1981

Wettest day

117 mm

14 December 1987

Windiest day

43.2 km/h

20 June 1953

Strongest gust

91.4 km/h

24 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

28 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

11 December 1981

Sunniest day

12.1 h

25 May 1964

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C14 March 2025	13.3 °C20 December 2025	24.3 °C	1,055 mm	123
2024	37.8 °C6 April 2024	14.9 °C17 December 2024	25.3 °C	1,471 mm	154
2023	37.8 °C13 April 2023	13.8 °C15 January 2023	25.2 °C	697 mm	201
2022	36.8 °C27 April 2022	14.3 °C25 January 2022	24.3 °C	1,192 mm	125
2021	36.5 °C6 April 2021	14.2 °C21 December 2021	24.4 °C	1,433 mm	117
2020	36.9 °C31 March 2020	15.8 °C22 December 2020	25.0 °C	1,048 mm	160
2019	37.4 °C25 April 2019	15.1 °C8 January 2019	25.2 °C	985 mm	147
2018	36.2 °C27 March 2018	15.4 °C13 November 2018	24.8 °C	856 mm	179
2017	37.9 °C31 March 2017	15.6 °C30 December 2017	25.1 °C	841 mm	167
2016	38.2 °C27 April 2016	12.4 °C11 December 2016	25.1 °C	776 mm	182
2015	36.9 °C21 April 2015	14.0 °C11 January 2015	24.9 °C	879 mm	178
2014	37.3 °C29 March 2014	14.3 °C26 December 2014	24.8 °C	927 mm	159
2013	36.6 °C8 April 2013	12.3 °C11 December 2013	24.4 °C	871 mm	139
2012	36.3 °C29 March 2012	12.5 °C18 January 2012	24.5 °C	805 mm	158
2011	35.2 °C20 March 2011	11.6 °C13 January 2011	24.0 °C	1,055 mm	118
2010	37.5 °C7 April 2010	12.4 °C24 December 2010	24.6 °C	1,112 mm	136
2009	37.0 °C12 May 2009	15.6 °C14 January 2009	24.6 °C	1,170 mm	145
2008	35.2 °C18 April 2008	14.2 °C27 January 2008	24.2 °C	1,054 mm	134
2007	38.1 °C6 April 2007	11.9 °C25 November 2007	24.5 °C	1,070 mm	156
2006	36.0 °C28 April 2006	15.1 °C15 February 2006	24.5 °C	731 mm	138
2005	37.4 °C19 May 2005	13.9 °C19 November 2005	24.5 °C	1,162 mm	138
2004	37.4 °C12 April 2004	14.6 °C7 December 2004	24.4 °C	759 mm	113
2003	37.4 °C9 May 2003	14.5 °C2 January 2003	25.0 °C	666 mm	153
2002	36.7 °C2 May 2002	13.5 °C30 November 2002	24.6 °C	682 mm	149
2001	36.7 °C1 May 2001	14.5 °C10 December 2001	24.5 °C	627 mm	139
2000	37.4 °C30 April 2000	13.5 °C19 December 2000	24.2 °C	917 mm	129
1999	36.8 °C3 April 1999	14.1 °C15 November 1999	24.1 °C	769 mm	113
1998	39.1 °C21 April 1998	13.4 °C28 November 1998	24.9 °C	904 mm	147
1997	36.4 °C25 April 1997	13.7 °C22 January 1997	24.7 °C	733 mm	155
1996	38.1 °C23 March 1996	12.9 °C4 December 1996	24.5 °C	968 mm	155
1995	37.1 °C26 April 1995	14.1 °C12 January 1995	24.8 °C	594 mm	156
1994	37.1 °C19 March 1994	13.5 °C10 December 1994	24.0 °C	855 mm	123
1993	36.4 °C5 May 1993	14.5 °C20 January 1993	24.2 °C	891 mm	121
1992	36.9 °C13 April 1992	13.4 °C7 January 1992	24.0 °C	851 mm	135
1991	36.6 °C30 March 1991	13.0 °C29 November 1991	24.3 °C	1,000 mm	151
1990	37.8 °C24 April 1990	13.6 °C15 January 1990	24.0 °C	822 mm	128
1989	36.7 °C8 May 1989	14.4 °C10 February 1989	24.2 °C	751 mm	133
1988	36.7 °C4 April 1988	12.1 °C1 December 1988	24.4 °C	928 mm	139
1987	37.7 °C21 April 1987	13.4 °C21 December 1987	24.5 °C	768 mm	132
1986	36.0 °C16 March 1986	13.7 °C17 February 1986	24.4 °C	676 mm	137
1985	36.2 °C10 May 1985	14.7 °C30 November 1985	24.3 °C	572 mm	136
1984	36.1 °C2 May 1984	12.7 °C1 December 1984	24.1 °C	855 mm	123
1983	37.5 °C28 April 1983	13.4 °C13 November 1983	24.3 °C	972 mm	133
1982	35.9 °C7 April 1982	15.8 °C2 January 1982	24.3 °C	837 mm	134
1981	37.2 °C12 April 1981	10.8 °C11 December 1981	24.1 °C	829 mm	126
1980	35.9 °C11 May 1980	14.9 °C15 December 1980	24.3 °C	936 mm	121
1979	36.6 °C7 April 1979	15.0 °C31 December 1979	24.6 °C	737 mm	130
1978	36.0 °C1 May 1978	12.9 °C19 January 1978	23.9 °C	928 mm	107
1977	36.3 °C24 March 1977	13.9 °C28 December 1977	24.3 °C	684 mm	126
1976	35.2 °C26 March 1976	14.1 °C9 January 1976	24.0 °C	660 mm	138
1975	37.9 °C28 April 1975	11.9 °C3 December 1975	23.6 °C	1,070 mm	121
1974	36.2 °C14 April 1974	13.0 °C17 November 1974	23.6 °C	943 mm	117
1973	37.2 °C8 April 1973	13.3 °C9 November 1973	24.2 °C	861 mm	135
1972	36.1 °C26 April 1972	12.5 °C16 February 1972	24.0 °C	869 mm	121
1971	36.1 °C25 April 1971	12.8 °C21 December 1971	23.6 °C	705 mm	105
1970	35.8 °C26 March 1970	11.9 °C14 December 1970	23.9 °C	915 mm	118
1969	37.1 °C24 April 1969	13.2 °C29 January 1969	24.2 °C	875 mm	132
1968	36.0 °C16 May 1968	13.7 °C13 November 1968	23.8 °C	1,000 mm	117
1967	35.4 °C12 April 1967	12.9 °C7 January 1967	24.0 °C	1,144 mm	130
1966	36.7 °C2 April 1966	12.0 °C14 December 1966	23.5 °C	1,616 mm	118
1965	36.7 °C12 April 1965	13.8 °C14 January 1965	23.6 °C	953 mm	124
1964	37.9 °C9 April 1964	12.4 °C28 November 1964	23.6 °C	1,326 mm	155
1963	34.3 °C13 March 1963	13.2 °C23 January 1963	23.3 °C	1,270 mm	103
1962	36.3 °C29 March 1962	12.7 °C5 January 1962	23.4 °C	1,272 mm	96
1961	35.2 °C27 March 1961	13.4 °C29 December 1961	23.5 °C	1,206 mm	98
1960	38.1 °C6 May 1960	12.8 °C3 December 1960	24.0 °C	967 mm	122
1959	37.4 °C28 March 1959	15.6 °C23 December 1959	24.3 °C	969 mm	135
1958	37.3 °C4 April 1958	15.3 °C22 December 1958	24.1 °C	1,216 mm	145
1957	37.8 °C7 May 1957	14.2 °C26 January 1957	24.1 °C	885 mm	127
1956	37.7 °C27 April 1956	12.4 °C23 December 1956	23.2 °C	1,092 mm	94
1955	36.9 °C18 April 1955	12.6 °C11 December 1955	23.5 °C	1,455 mm	112
1954	37.9 °C22 April 1954	14.2 °C8 November 1954	23.6 °C	1,305 mm	118
1953	36.5 °C19 March 1953	13.0 °C23 January 1953	23.3 °C	1,083 mm	131
1952	37.1 °C1 May 1952	13.8 °C24 December 1952	23.3 °C	859 mm	143
1951	36.1 °C2 March 1951	11.0 °C2 January 1951	23.3 °C	854 mm	122
1950	38.2 °C22 April 1950	11.4 °C25 December 1950	23.0 °C	536 mm	118
1949	36.2 °C26 April 1949	13.2 °C28 January 1949	22.8 °C	894 mm	89
1948	37.0 °C22 March 1948	13.8 °C16 December 1948	23.9 °C	956 mm	135
1947	37.3 °C5 May 1947	14.1 °C29 December 1947	23.7 °C	830 mm	120
1946	37.4 °C28 March 1946	13.6 °C25 January 1946	23.5 °C	1,267 mm	129
1945	36.9 °C25 March 1945	11.5 °C13 December 1945	23.7 °C	910 mm	131
1944	37.0 °C17 April 1944	13.9 °C11 December 1944	23.6 °C	1,149 mm	124
1943	36.4 °C19 April 1943	12.1 °C9 December 1943	22.4 °C	1,621 mm	92
1942	37.2 °C29 March 1942	14.0 °C10 December 1942	23.2 °C	932 mm	119
1941	37.2 °C30 April 1941	12.9 °C11 December 1941	23.3 °C	983 mm	133
1940	36.9 °C3 April 1940	12.5 °C16 January 1940	22.8 °C	1,252 mm	91

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

-9

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1055 mm

+97 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	-0.7 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Feb	31.9 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Mar	33.8 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Apr	33.5 °C	-0.8 °C	40 mm	-1 mm
May	30.4 °C	-2.2 °C	188 mm	+107 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	-0.1 °C	200 mm	+48 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+0.2 °C	231 mm	+15 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+0.4 °C	197 mm	+41 mm
Sep	27.4 °C	+0.2 °C	50 mm	-62 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+0.7 °C	136 mm	+11 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	0.0 °C	8 mm	-41 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	-0.5 °C	2 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.3 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

72.5 mm

12 Jun 2025

Windiest day

35.2 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Channagiri?

Channagiri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Channagiri?

The hottest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1998, reaching 39.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Channagiri?

The coldest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1981, at 10.8 °C.

Does it snow in Channagiri?

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

Has the climate of Channagiri warmed?

Yes: Channagiri warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Channagiri?

The wettest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1987, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Channagiri?

The windiest day measured in Channagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 1953, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Channagiri?

The warmest month in Channagiri is April (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Channagiri?

Channagiri receives on average 958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Channagiri?

Channagiri gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Channagiri?

Yes: Channagiri has on average 218 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Channagiri?

In Channagiri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 28 April 2016, and the lowest was 7.3 °C on 11 December 1981.

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