Denkanikota climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Denkanikota?

Denkanikota has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,065 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1956, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Denkanikota?

The coldest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at 9.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Denkanikota?

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

Q: Has the climate of Denkanikota warmed?

Yes: Denkanikota warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Denkanikota?

The wettest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1972, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Denkanikota?

The windiest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2006, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Denkanikota?

The warmest month in Denkanikota is April (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Denkanikota?

Denkanikota receives on average 1,065 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Denkanikota?

Denkanikota gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Denkanikota (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,065 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is December (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Denkanikota averages 0 frost days, 105 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.

Denkanikota has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 25 April 1956) and the coldest 9.6 °C (on 16 January 1940).

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

DenkanikotaTamil Nadu

coords: 12.53°, 77.79°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

23.6°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

19.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,065mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

138 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.2 °C

Average feels-like low

20.8 °C

Average peak gust

36.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

184 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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

38.3 °C

25 April 1956

Coldest day

9.6 °C

16 January 1940

Wettest day

108 mm

13 May 1972

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

3 July 2006

Strongest gust

86.0 km/h

1 August 2013

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

8.0 °C

12 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.4 h

16 May 1953

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C29 March 2025	13.9 °C20 December 2025	23.8 °C	1,090 mm	97
2024	37.8 °C1 May 2024	16.2 °C17 December 2024	24.9 °C	1,367 mm	117
2023	33.8 °C14 April 2023	13.3 °C10 January 2023	24.2 °C	1,014 mm	115
2022	34.6 °C29 April 2022	14.7 °C22 December 2022	23.7 °C	1,572 mm	90
2021	35.8 °C1 April 2021	14.6 °C10 February 2021	24.1 °C	1,491 mm	112
2020	36.0 °C23 April 2020	15.1 °C22 November 2020	24.4 °C	1,052 mm	117
2019	35.9 °C16 April 2019	12.8 °C5 January 2019	24.7 °C	1,113 mm	134
2018	34.4 °C23 April 2018	14.1 °C5 February 2018	24.0 °C	1,070 mm	89
2017	36.5 °C15 April 2017	14.7 °C21 December 2017	24.4 °C	1,167 mm	108
2016	37.6 °C24 April 2016	13.5 °C11 December 2016	24.7 °C	832 mm	126
2015	34.6 °C24 March 2015	14.0 °C13 January 2015	24.3 °C	1,439 mm	123
2014	36.8 °C19 May 2014	15.0 °C6 January 2014	24.7 °C	966 mm	140
2013	35.8 °C17 April 2013	13.7 °C10 December 2013	24.0 °C	878 mm	97
2012	36.2 °C17 April 2012	11.8 °C16 January 2012	24.1 °C	967 mm	128
2011	33.6 °C23 March 2011	11.9 °C13 January 2011	23.4 °C	1,238 mm	86
2010	35.9 °C11 April 2010	12.9 °C23 December 2010	24.1 °C	1,266 mm	122
2009	35.2 °C18 April 2009	12.5 °C18 January 2009	23.9 °C	1,286 mm	98
2008	35.0 °C21 April 2008	12.9 °C30 December 2008	23.4 °C	1,281 mm	81
2007	34.5 °C2 April 2007	11.7 °C25 November 2007	23.7 °C	1,146 mm	111
2006	34.6 °C7 April 2006	12.8 °C14 February 2006	23.6 °C	930 mm	91
2005	34.4 °C23 March 2005	13.5 °C19 November 2005	23.6 °C	1,587 mm	108
2004	35.5 °C24 March 2004	13.3 °C7 December 2004	23.4 °C	1,164 mm	80
2003	36.2 °C1 June 2003	12.9 °C8 December 2003	24.2 °C	754 mm	131
2002	35.6 °C30 April 2002	12.5 °C19 December 2002	24.0 °C	746 mm	122
2001	34.3 °C28 March 2001	12.2 °C10 December 2001	23.6 °C	929 mm	98
2000	35.1 °C9 April 2000	12.1 °C14 December 2000	23.3 °C	1,146 mm	98
1999	34.3 °C6 April 1999	12.7 °C24 January 1999	23.3 °C	896 mm	83
1998	35.8 °C18 April 1998	13.3 °C24 December 1998	24.1 °C	1,140 mm	115
1997	33.0 °C17 March 1997	13.0 °C30 January 1997	23.5 °C	1,005 mm	75
1996	35.2 °C31 March 1996	12.2 °C3 December 1996	23.4 °C	1,415 mm	100
1995	35.0 °C13 April 1995	11.6 °C2 January 1995	23.8 °C	910 mm	104
1994	35.1 °C22 March 1994	11.1 °C13 December 1994	23.3 °C	1,206 mm	86
1993	36.5 °C7 May 1993	12.0 °C3 January 1993	23.5 °C	1,051 mm	92
1992	34.5 °C6 April 1992	10.9 °C8 January 1992	23.2 °C	996 mm	95
1991	35.7 °C20 March 1991	11.2 °C29 November 1991	23.6 °C	1,397 mm	109
1990	34.5 °C4 April 1990	11.2 °C18 January 1990	23.5 °C	856 mm	92
1989	35.4 °C16 April 1989	12.1 °C3 February 1989	23.4 °C	1,173 mm	99
1988	34.6 °C28 March 1988	11.2 °C1 December 1988	23.6 °C	1,036 mm	106
1987	35.7 °C14 April 1987	13.3 °C30 January 1987	24.2 °C	792 mm	146
1986	35.3 °C25 April 1986	12.3 °C7 December 1986	23.8 °C	888 mm	112
1985	34.7 °C18 May 1985	12.6 °C30 November 1985	23.7 °C	689 mm	105
1984	34.5 °C19 May 1984	11.9 °C13 December 1984	23.2 °C	1,052 mm	82
1983	35.5 °C6 May 1983	12.5 °C8 January 1983	23.8 °C	992 mm	111
1982	33.9 °C1 May 1982	13.1 °C5 January 1982	23.4 °C	737 mm	110
1981	33.7 °C13 April 1981	10.9 °C11 December 1981	23.1 °C	1,250 mm	82
1980	36.3 °C15 April 1980	12.2 °C15 January 1980	23.5 °C	1,074 mm	94
1979	35.1 °C10 April 1979	12.8 °C29 December 1979	23.8 °C	895 mm	106
1978	35.2 °C13 April 1978	11.7 °C19 January 1978	23.4 °C	894 mm	85
1977	34.3 °C5 April 1977	12.7 °C15 December 1977	23.5 °C	895 mm	101
1976	34.5 °C11 April 1976	12.4 °C12 February 1976	23.8 °C	628 mm	126
1975	36.9 °C25 April 1975	11.5 °C9 January 1975	23.4 °C	861 mm	103
1974	35.2 °C27 April 1974	12.4 °C23 January 1974	23.2 °C	727 mm	96
1973	35.8 °C29 April 1973	12.9 °C24 December 1973	23.6 °C	836 mm	96
1972	35.0 °C7 May 1972	11.0 °C12 January 1972	23.3 °C	1,146 mm	102
1971	34.6 °C15 April 1971	11.7 °C21 December 1971	22.9 °C	865 mm	68
1970	35.3 °C26 April 1970	11.1 °C7 December 1970	23.1 °C	1,110 mm	80
1969	35.5 °C13 April 1969	12.5 °C26 January 1969	23.7 °C	1,201 mm	106
1968	34.2 °C18 April 1968	11.8 °C13 December 1968	23.3 °C	1,118 mm	86
1967	35.2 °C5 April 1967	11.6 °C7 February 1967	23.2 °C	1,187 mm	96
1966	35.9 °C27 March 1966	12.0 °C15 December 1966	23.3 °C	1,755 mm	112
1965	35.1 °C12 April 1965	11.8 °C14 January 1965	23.0 °C	1,001 mm	96
1964	36.7 °C29 April 1964	11.4 °C8 January 1964	23.1 °C	1,206 mm	111
1963	33.8 °C8 April 1963	12.6 °C29 December 1963	22.7 °C	1,157 mm	79
1962	33.5 °C1 April 1962	10.8 °C5 January 1962	22.7 °C	1,441 mm	66
1961	35.8 °C17 April 1961	12.9 °C28 December 1961	23.0 °C	952 mm	87
1960	36.9 °C6 May 1960	12.2 °C20 December 1960	23.7 °C	905 mm	141
1959	37.0 °C5 May 1959	12.8 °C24 December 1959	23.7 °C	953 mm	112
1958	36.4 °C10 April 1958	13.4 °C10 January 1958	23.8 °C	1,196 mm	131
1957	37.4 °C6 May 1957	11.8 °C6 January 1957	23.5 °C	872 mm	103
1956	38.3 °C25 April 1956	11.5 °C21 December 1956	22.9 °C	1,254 mm	90
1955	37.0 °C15 April 1955	11.7 °C11 December 1955	22.9 °C	1,374 mm	100
1954	37.8 °C20 April 1954	12.7 °C29 November 1954	23.2 °C	1,172 mm	109
1953	37.7 °C14 April 1953	13.4 °C22 December 1953	23.6 °C	894 mm	118
1952	36.8 °C15 May 1952	13.2 °C20 January 1952	24.1 °C	680 mm	171
1951	36.3 °C9 April 1951	11.5 °C3 January 1951	23.6 °C	995 mm	135
1950	37.3 °C26 April 1950	12.7 °C15 November 1950	24.1 °C	554 mm	187
1949	37.5 °C26 April 1949	13.1 °C19 December 1949	23.3 °C	850 mm	107
1948	36.8 °C17 April 1948	13.0 °C25 December 1948	23.7 °C	1,003 mm	142
1947	35.4 °C27 April 1947	13.1 °C13 January 1947	23.5 °C	791 mm	124
1946	36.1 °C8 April 1946	11.6 °C14 January 1946	23.0 °C	1,239 mm	104
1945	37.8 °C15 May 1945	10.9 °C12 December 1945	23.5 °C	834 mm	117
1944	36.7 °C27 April 1944	11.6 °C10 December 1944	23.1 °C	1,220 mm	81
1943	36.2 °C19 April 1943	11.3 °C20 January 1943	22.0 °C	1,354 mm	85
1942	34.7 °C28 March 1942	11.5 °C2 January 1942	22.5 °C	1,031 mm	85
1941	34.9 °C30 April 1941	10.2 °C26 December 1941	22.7 °C	1,220 mm	103
1940	35.7 °C3 April 1940	9.6 °C16 January 1940	22.5 °C	1,242 mm	72

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.3 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

-8

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1090 mm

+25 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.2 °C	-0.6 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Mar	31.8 °C	-0.2 °C	29 mm	+10 mm
Apr	31.5 °C	-1.4 °C	132 mm	+68 mm
May	29.3 °C	-2.3 °C	236 mm	+78 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	74 mm	-34 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.2 °C	101 mm	-22 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+0.2 °C	140 mm	+22 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	-0.2 °C	96 mm	-47 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+0.2 °C	193 mm	+2 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+0.5 °C	64 mm	-29 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+0.2 °C	18 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

50.6 mm

10 Oct 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

28 May 2025

Strongest gust

72.4 km/h

25 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.0 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Denkanikota?

Denkanikota has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,065 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Denkanikota?

The hottest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1956, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Denkanikota?

The coldest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at 9.6 °C.

Does it snow in Denkanikota?

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

Has the climate of Denkanikota warmed?

Yes: Denkanikota warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Denkanikota?

The wettest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1972, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Denkanikota?

The windiest day measured in Denkanikota between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2006, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Denkanikota?

The warmest month in Denkanikota is April (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Denkanikota?

Denkanikota receives on average 1,065 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Denkanikota?

Denkanikota gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Denkanikota?

Yes: Denkanikota has on average 184 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Denkanikota?

In Denkanikota, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 8.0 °C on 12 December 1945.

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