Colonelganj climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Colonelganj?

Colonelganj has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,210 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1966, reaching 46.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Colonelganj?

The coldest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Colonelganj?

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

Q: Has the climate of Colonelganj warmed?

Yes: Colonelganj warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Colonelganj?

The wettest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1980, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Colonelganj?

The windiest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2008, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Colonelganj?

The warmest month in Colonelganj is May (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Colonelganj?

Colonelganj receives on average 1,210 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Colonelganj?

Colonelganj gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Colonelganj (India) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,210 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 (32.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Colonelganj averages 0 frost days, 214 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.

Colonelganj has warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.9 °C (on 8 June 1966) and the coldest 2.6 °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

ColonelganjUttar Pradesh

coords: 27.13°, 81.70°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

30.8°C

Average daily low

19.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,210mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

214 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

110 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.9 °C

Average feels-like low

21.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

202 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.5 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.013

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

46.9 °C

8 June 1966

Coldest day

2.6 °C

9 January 2013

Wettest day

217 mm

8 June 1980

Windiest day

49.3 km/h

19 September 2008

Strongest gust

93.2 km/h

20 September 1980

Hottest feels-like

51.5 °C

30 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

-0.4 °C

11 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.0 h

26 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.4 °C26 April 2025	7.9 °C11 January 2025	25.1 °C	1,155 mm	228
2024	44.2 °C16 June 2024	6.6 °C23 January 2024	25.5 °C	1,207 mm	233
2023	42.4 °C13 June 2023	6.7 °C18 January 2023	25.3 °C	1,124 mm	240
2022	43.0 °C14 June 2022	6.8 °C1 February 2022	25.6 °C	1,287 mm	234
2021	41.9 °C28 April 2021	5.8 °C1 January 2021	25.0 °C	1,270 mm	225
2020	42.4 °C25 May 2020	5.4 °C1 January 2020	24.2 °C	1,775 mm	218
2019	44.2 °C15 June 2019	4.0 °C31 December 2019	25.3 °C	1,481 mm	224
2018	43.1 °C26 May 2018	4.4 °C12 January 2018	25.3 °C	1,142 mm	239
2017	42.2 °C4 June 2017	3.7 °C13 January 2017	25.6 °C	1,219 mm	237
2016	42.4 °C29 April 2016	4.8 °C18 January 2016	25.6 °C	1,135 mm	249
2015	44.2 °C8 June 2015	4.7 °C21 January 2015	25.3 °C	985 mm	228
2014	42.8 °C5 June 2014	5.3 °C31 December 2014	24.7 °C	917 mm	221
2013	41.9 °C30 April 2013	2.6 °C9 January 2013	24.7 °C	1,532 mm	210
2012	44.7 °C15 June 2012	5.8 °C30 December 2012	25.0 °C	1,126 mm	216
2011	40.9 °C15 May 2011	3.6 °C12 January 2011	24.7 °C	1,037 mm	222
2010	43.2 °C1 June 2010	6.0 °C7 January 2010	25.6 °C	1,218 mm	240
2009	42.6 °C22 June 2009	5.6 °C28 December 2009	25.4 °C	917 mm	239
2008	42.1 °C27 April 2008	4.8 °C2 February 2008	24.7 °C	1,457 mm	213
2007	43.2 °C3 June 2007	5.8 °C9 January 2007	24.8 °C	1,375 mm	204
2006	42.0 °C1 May 2006	5.9 °C9 January 2006	25.5 °C	764 mm	239
2005	44.6 °C18 June 2005	7.1 °C15 December 2005	25.2 °C	1,202 mm	218
2004	43.5 °C15 May 2004	6.0 °C13 January 2004	24.9 °C	872 mm	223
2003	43.0 °C29 May 2003	4.5 °C23 January 2003	24.6 °C	1,476 mm	223
2002	41.8 °C20 April 2002	5.0 °C3 January 2002	25.0 °C	976 mm	217
2001	41.4 °C28 April 2001	4.9 °C12 January 2001	24.6 °C	1,189 mm	230
2000	40.9 °C12 May 2000	6.2 °C8 January 2000	24.5 °C	1,077 mm	224
1999	43.7 °C29 April 1999	6.5 °C20 January 1999	25.1 °C	1,016 mm	238
1998	43.5 °C31 May 1998	5.9 °C20 January 1998	24.9 °C	1,379 mm	211
1997	42.8 °C17 June 1997	5.9 °C14 January 1997	24.3 °C	1,462 mm	211
1996	43.7 °C28 May 1996	5.5 °C9 December 1996	24.8 °C	1,395 mm	216
1995	44.5 °C16 June 1995	4.2 °C2 January 1995	25.2 °C	1,086 mm	222
1994	44.0 °C29 May 1994	6.0 °C19 January 1994	25.3 °C	892 mm	240
1993	43.2 °C6 June 1993	6.5 °C20 January 1993	24.9 °C	1,077 mm	219
1992	44.2 °C7 June 1992	4.6 °C3 January 1992	25.0 °C	900 mm	230
1991	43.1 °C14 May 1991	5.0 °C31 December 1991	25.0 °C	750 mm	239
1990	43.2 °C5 June 1990	5.0 °C4 January 1990	24.7 °C	1,432 mm	209
1989	42.3 °C3 May 1989	5.0 °C13 January 1989	24.8 °C	1,312 mm	231
1988	44.0 °C12 May 1988	6.5 °C28 January 1988	25.5 °C	1,259 mm	231
1987	44.2 °C30 June 1987	5.4 °C3 January 1987	25.4 °C	616 mm	227
1986	42.2 °C9 June 1986	5.7 °C5 January 1986	24.9 °C	913 mm	210
1985	43.7 °C17 June 1985	7.1 °C14 February 1985	25.4 °C	1,115 mm	216
1984	44.7 °C17 May 1984	5.4 °C7 February 1984	24.7 °C	1,145 mm	230
1983	45.3 °C7 June 1983	5.6 °C6 February 1983	24.6 °C	1,523 mm	199
1982	41.9 °C30 May 1982	6.6 °C26 December 1982	24.6 °C	1,177 mm	227
1981	43.3 °C14 June 1981	5.0 °C9 January 1981	24.6 °C	1,305 mm	216
1980	43.8 °C28 April 1980	5.1 °C8 January 1980	25.3 °C	1,491 mm	223
1979	44.2 °C6 June 1979	5.5 °C2 January 1979	25.7 °C	784 mm	246
1978	44.5 °C20 May 1978	3.8 °C4 January 1978	24.5 °C	1,231 mm	216
1977	43.3 °C2 June 1977	5.7 °C2 January 1977	25.1 °C	839 mm	233
1976	42.5 °C6 May 1976	5.9 °C11 January 1976	24.8 °C	1,063 mm	228
1975	43.3 °C2 May 1975	5.4 °C20 January 1975	25.0 °C	1,268 mm	211
1974	43.6 °C5 June 1974	4.9 °C17 January 1974	25.1 °C	925 mm	233
1973	41.1 °C14 April 1973	4.5 °C26 December 1973	24.8 °C	1,901 mm	194
1972	44.1 °C12 June 1972	5.0 °C9 January 1972	25.2 °C	1,035 mm	211
1971	37.8 °C2 May 1971	5.8 °C2 January 1971	24.1 °C	1,622 mm	177
1970	43.8 °C13 May 1970	6.3 °C31 December 1970	24.8 °C	1,325 mm	214
1969	43.3 °C24 May 1969	4.9 °C17 January 1969	25.1 °C	1,270 mm	227
1968	44.0 °C28 May 1968	6.0 °C2 February 1968	24.4 °C	1,244 mm	194
1967	44.5 °C4 June 1967	4.4 °C18 January 1967	24.8 °C	1,252 mm	207
1966	46.9 °C8 June 1966	6.7 °C20 January 1966	25.7 °C	1,085 mm	240
1965	44.4 °C4 June 1965	6.0 °C11 January 1965	25.4 °C	807 mm	196
1964	46.0 °C10 June 1964	4.3 °C2 February 1964	25.6 °C	1,374 mm	231
1963	43.6 °C20 May 1963	5.9 °C19 January 1963	25.0 °C	1,375 mm	227
1962	43.6 °C27 May 1962	5.5 °C17 January 1962	24.5 °C	1,430 mm	207
1961	43.5 °C20 May 1961	4.5 °C27 December 1961	24.5 °C	1,302 mm	203
1960	45.0 °C14 June 1960	6.8 °C11 January 1960	25.2 °C	1,167 mm	213
1959	44.0 °C3 May 1959	6.4 °C28 December 1959	25.2 °C	1,221 mm	202
1958	45.3 °C23 May 1958	7.5 °C26 December 1958	25.5 °C	1,517 mm	203
1957	46.1 °C29 May 1957	6.8 °C12 January 1957	25.0 °C	1,263 mm	212
1956	44.5 °C5 May 1956	6.8 °C1 February 1956	25.0 °C	1,334 mm	201
1955	44.8 °C30 May 1955	7.0 °C2 January 1955	24.9 °C	1,459 mm	183
1954	44.2 °C9 May 1954	4.4 °C26 January 1954	24.9 °C	1,278 mm	185
1953	37.7 °C31 May 1953	4.8 °C25 January 1953	23.2 °C	1,762 mm	151
1952	34.8 °C12 June 1952	6.5 °C13 January 1952	22.7 °C	1,919 mm	160
1951	43.2 °C20 May 1951	4.1 °C4 February 1951	24.0 °C	1,178 mm	188
1950	45.0 °C23 May 1950	4.3 °C11 February 1950	24.4 °C	1,835 mm	167
1949	40.3 °C22 June 1949	6.8 °C7 January 1949	23.5 °C	1,523 mm	149
1948	45.4 °C3 June 1948	7.0 °C18 January 1948	25.2 °C	1,002 mm	186
1947	45.7 °C1 June 1947	6.4 °C17 January 1947	25.5 °C	1,039 mm	211
1946	42.7 °C9 June 1946	4.2 °C2 January 1946	25.4 °C	681 mm	239
1945	44.5 °C4 June 1945	5.3 °C25 December 1945	24.9 °C	1,055 mm	200
1944	44.9 °C16 May 1944	6.0 °C5 January 1944	25.0 °C	1,053 mm	197
1943	43.2 °C17 May 1943	7.9 °C18 January 1943	24.3 °C	1,371 mm	164
1942	45.0 °C11 June 1942	6.5 °C22 December 1942	25.1 °C	1,263 mm	180
1941	44.6 °C29 May 1941	6.2 °C13 January 1941	25.1 °C	1,125 mm	209
1940	44.6 °C13 June 1940	6.2 °C31 December 1940	24.7 °C	741 mm	210

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.8 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

228 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1156 mm

-55 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.7 °C	-1.0 °C	3 mm	-24 mm
Feb	26.7 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-24 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-9 mm
Apr	36.9 °C	-0.2 °C	9 mm	-4 mm
May	37.0 °C	-1.8 °C	24 mm	-5 mm
Jun	36.7 °C	-0.3 °C	110 mm	-36 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+1.4 °C	191 mm	-157 mm
Aug	32.3 °C	+0.5 °C	354 mm	+42 mm
Sep	33.0 °C	+1.4 °C	326 mm	+114 mm
Oct	30.8 °C	0.0 °C	127 mm	+68 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Dec	21.0 °C	-2.6 °C	0 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.4 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

7.9 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

81.7 mm

16 Sep 2025

Windiest day

36.6 km/h

17 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

17 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

49.9 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.5 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

27 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Colonelganj?

Colonelganj has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,210 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Colonelganj?

The hottest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1966, reaching 46.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Colonelganj?

The coldest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Colonelganj?

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

Has the climate of Colonelganj warmed?

Yes: Colonelganj warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Colonelganj?

The wettest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1980, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Colonelganj?

The windiest day measured in Colonelganj between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2008, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Colonelganj?

The warmest month in Colonelganj is May (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Colonelganj?

Colonelganj receives on average 1,210 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Colonelganj?

Colonelganj gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Colonelganj?

Yes: Colonelganj has on average 202 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Colonelganj?

In Colonelganj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.5 °C on 30 May 2024, and the lowest was -0.4 °C on 11 February 1950.

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