Ganderbal climate — normals and trends
Ganderbal (India) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 990 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 July (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ganderbal averages 135 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Ganderbal has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 17 August 2020) and the coldest -20.5 °C (on 31 December 1954).
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
GanderbalJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 34.23°, 74.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
990mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
6.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
230.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · p = < 0.001
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
33.6 °C
17 August 2020
Coldest day
-20.5 °C
31 December 1954
Wettest day
128 mm
4 July 1959
Windiest day
13.3 km/h
5 July 2019
Strongest gust
74.9 km/h
17 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-26.0 °C
31 December 1954
Snowiest day
54.3 cm
19 March 1983
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 72 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 146 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 160 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 60 mm | -43 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 48 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 67 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 144 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 168 mm | +62 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 65 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 36 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 63 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ganderbal?
Ganderbal has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 990 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ganderbal?
The hottest day measured in Ganderbal between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2020, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ganderbal?
The coldest day measured in Ganderbal between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1954, at -20.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ganderbal?
Yes. Ganderbal gets on average 230.3 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Ganderbal warmed?
Yes: Ganderbal warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ganderbal?
The wettest day measured in Ganderbal between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ganderbal?
The windiest day measured in Ganderbal between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2019, with winds reaching 13.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ganderbal?
The warmest month in Ganderbal is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ganderbal?
Ganderbal receives on average 990 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ganderbal?
Ganderbal gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ganderbal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ganderbal between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, with 54.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ganderbal?
Yes: Ganderbal has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ganderbal?
In Ganderbal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 5 July 2025, and the lowest was -26.0 °C on 31 December 1954.
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