Giridih climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Giridih?

Giridih has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,227 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 46.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Giridih?

The coldest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 4.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Giridih?

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

Q: Has the climate of Giridih warmed?

Yes: Giridih warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Giridih?

The wettest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2002, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Giridih?

The windiest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1982, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Giridih?

The warmest month in Giridih is May (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Giridih?

Giridih receives on average 1,227 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Giridih?

Giridih gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Giridih (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,227 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 (30.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Giridih averages 0 frost days, 178 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.

Giridih has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.4 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest 4.0 °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

GiridihJharkhand

coords: 24.19°, 86.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

29.9°C

Average daily low

19.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,227mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

14.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

178 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

138 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.0 °C

Average feels-like low

21.3 °C

Average peak gust

29.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

210 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · 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

46.4 °C

27 May 1944

Coldest day

4.0 °C

9 January 2013

Wettest day

169 mm

4 July 2002

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

4 June 1982

Strongest gust

85.3 km/h

4 June 1982

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

30 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

1.2 °C

9 January 2013

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.7 °C26 April 2025	6.4 °C31 December 2025	24.4 °C	1,533 mm	193
2024	42.7 °C29 May 2024	6.6 °C26 January 2024	25.2 °C	1,266 mm	216
2023	41.5 °C18 April 2023	8.0 °C19 January 2023	25.3 °C	1,070 mm	215
2022	40.9 °C26 April 2022	7.8 °C20 January 2022	24.8 °C	989 mm	215
2021	39.8 °C14 April 2021	7.1 °C1 February 2021	24.5 °C	1,401 mm	212
2020	39.2 °C26 May 2020	7.6 °C20 December 2020	24.0 °C	1,516 mm	197
2019	44.7 °C29 May 2019	6.0 °C31 December 2019	25.2 °C	1,291 mm	205
2018	41.7 °C8 May 2018	5.6 °C8 January 2018	24.5 °C	1,028 mm	221
2017	42.0 °C21 May 2017	6.7 °C15 January 2017	25.0 °C	1,209 mm	203
2016	42.3 °C19 April 2016	6.5 °C23 January 2016	25.3 °C	1,166 mm	228
2015	41.7 °C9 June 2015	7.5 °C12 January 2015	24.8 °C	1,120 mm	215
2014	41.2 °C11 June 2014	6.3 °C9 January 2014	24.2 °C	1,010 mm	190
2013	41.5 °C11 May 2013	4.0 °C9 January 2013	24.2 °C	1,212 mm	189
2012	43.2 °C4 June 2012	6.3 °C30 December 2012	24.7 °C	1,151 mm	206
2011	40.4 °C10 May 2011	6.1 °C18 January 2011	24.3 °C	1,519 mm	199
2010	44.0 °C17 April 2010	7.4 °C7 January 2010	25.7 °C	858 mm	233
2009	42.7 °C1 May 2009	7.6 °C30 December 2009	25.1 °C	1,348 mm	225
2008	41.8 °C26 April 2008	6.6 °C2 January 2008	24.5 °C	1,294 mm	201
2007	42.1 °C2 June 2007	7.0 °C15 January 2007	24.3 °C	1,602 mm	182
2006	40.2 °C2 May 2006	7.2 °C12 January 2006	24.7 °C	1,180 mm	201
2005	44.4 °C18 June 2005	7.4 °C21 January 2005	24.9 °C	969 mm	199
2004	42.1 °C12 May 2004	6.3 °C5 January 2004	24.4 °C	1,013 mm	197
2003	42.3 °C31 May 2003	5.2 °C10 January 2003	24.3 °C	1,191 mm	187
2002	41.7 °C19 April 2002	7.7 °C30 December 2002	24.5 °C	1,452 mm	187
2001	41.2 °C29 April 2001	5.6 °C12 January 2001	24.1 °C	992 mm	196
2000	39.9 °C19 May 2000	6.1 °C8 January 2000	24.1 °C	1,036 mm	196
1999	42.4 °C1 May 1999	7.1 °C19 January 1999	24.5 °C	1,274 mm	179
1998	43.6 °C1 June 1998	7.1 °C20 January 1998	24.4 °C	1,299 mm	174
1997	42.1 °C15 May 1997	6.5 °C27 January 1997	24.0 °C	1,390 mm	169
1996	42.6 °C29 May 1996	7.6 °C17 December 1996	24.3 °C	1,307 mm	191
1995	43.3 °C29 May 1995	6.2 °C2 January 1995	24.6 °C	1,252 mm	182
1994	42.0 °C1 June 1994	7.1 °C19 January 1994	24.3 °C	1,208 mm	175
1993	42.2 °C5 May 1993	7.5 °C15 January 1993	24.1 °C	1,074 mm	178
1992	42.1 °C6 June 1992	6.7 °C6 January 1992	24.3 °C	830 mm	197
1991	40.9 °C1 May 1991	6.1 °C21 January 1991	24.2 °C	1,091 mm	186
1990	41.1 °C18 April 1990	5.2 °C4 January 1990	23.8 °C	1,360 mm	148
1989	42.0 °C6 May 1989	5.5 °C19 January 1989	24.1 °C	1,253 mm	182
1988	44.1 °C27 May 1988	7.5 °C27 January 1988	24.4 °C	1,052 mm	181
1987	41.9 °C22 May 1987	7.7 °C4 January 1987	24.6 °C	1,035 mm	186
1986	42.1 °C9 June 1986	7.1 °C6 January 1986	24.2 °C	1,121 mm	162
1985	43.0 °C30 May 1985	8.8 °C17 January 1985	24.6 °C	1,006 mm	184
1984	43.9 °C24 May 1984	7.1 °C19 January 1984	23.9 °C	1,459 mm	156
1983	43.6 °C8 June 1983	6.7 °C4 January 1983	24.2 °C	922 mm	187
1982	41.3 °C31 May 1982	7.8 °C21 January 1982	24.3 °C	802 mm	197
1981	39.8 °C15 May 1981	6.5 °C10 January 1981	23.7 °C	964 mm	186
1980	42.7 °C5 May 1980	7.1 °C9 February 1980	24.6 °C	999 mm	195
1979	42.0 °C5 June 1979	6.8 °C4 February 1979	25.1 °C	829 mm	218
1978	43.1 °C20 May 1978	6.0 °C7 January 1978	23.7 °C	1,230 mm	146
1977	41.8 °C2 June 1977	6.7 °C30 January 1977	24.3 °C	1,025 mm	172
1976	41.7 °C1 June 1976	7.1 °C13 December 1976	24.6 °C	1,012 mm	200
1975	41.7 °C21 May 1975	5.9 °C20 January 1975	24.2 °C	1,191 mm	182
1974	41.7 °C8 May 1974	5.8 °C18 January 1974	24.4 °C	1,221 mm	201
1973	42.7 °C22 April 1973	6.8 °C18 January 1973	24.5 °C	1,443 mm	178
1972	43.6 °C19 May 1972	6.6 °C12 January 1972	24.8 °C	1,081 mm	187
1971	37.5 °C2 May 1971	6.4 °C3 January 1971	23.1 °C	2,042 mm	131
1970	44.0 °C13 May 1970	7.8 °C30 January 1970	24.4 °C	1,182 mm	172
1969	42.0 °C25 May 1969	5.9 °C12 January 1969	24.4 °C	1,092 mm	187
1968	44.4 °C25 May 1968	5.8 °C30 December 1968	24.1 °C	1,242 mm	166
1967	44.0 °C5 June 1967	6.5 °C14 January 1967	24.7 °C	1,298 mm	182
1966	45.1 °C8 June 1966	5.9 °C24 December 1966	24.8 °C	1,036 mm	162
1965	43.3 °C2 June 1965	7.3 °C11 January 1965	24.5 °C	1,233 mm	158
1964	44.5 °C10 June 1964	5.9 °C19 January 1964	24.7 °C	1,321 mm	170
1963	43.1 °C25 May 1963	6.8 °C4 January 1963	24.5 °C	1,349 mm	189
1962	43.0 °C26 May 1962	5.7 °C17 January 1962	24.1 °C	1,126 mm	155
1961	43.6 °C19 May 1961	4.8 °C25 December 1961	24.0 °C	1,172 mm	162
1960	44.2 °C1 June 1960	7.1 °C29 January 1960	24.7 °C	1,330 mm	172
1959	44.4 °C22 May 1959	5.9 °C4 January 1959	24.4 °C	1,479 mm	148
1958	45.1 °C5 June 1958	8.2 °C27 December 1958	25.6 °C	1,483 mm	174
1957	45.5 °C29 May 1957	7.6 °C16 February 1957	25.1 °C	1,298 mm	194
1956	44.3 °C3 May 1956	7.1 °C8 February 1956	24.2 °C	1,545 mm	147
1955	44.0 °C30 May 1955	6.7 °C2 January 1955	24.7 °C	1,061 mm	172
1954	42.5 °C10 May 1954	5.7 °C26 January 1954	24.4 °C	1,131 mm	156
1953	35.8 °C30 May 1953	4.9 °C25 January 1953	22.6 °C	1,948 mm	113
1952	35.7 °C12 April 1952	7.4 °C30 December 1952	22.5 °C	1,598 mm	101
1951	41.2 °C20 May 1951	6.7 °C26 January 1951	23.1 °C	1,488 mm	137
1950	41.1 °C24 May 1950	5.9 °C15 February 1950	23.5 °C	1,771 mm	116
1949	36.5 °C24 June 1949	7.8 °C7 December 1949	22.6 °C	1,984 mm	79
1948	43.9 °C8 June 1948	8.5 °C19 December 1948	24.5 °C	1,324 mm	152
1947	44.9 °C1 June 1947	8.3 °C15 January 1947	24.8 °C	1,101 mm	158
1946	41.3 °C4 June 1946	5.8 °C2 January 1946	24.4 °C	1,022 mm	160
1945	44.1 °C26 May 1945	6.5 °C25 December 1945	24.1 °C	1,085 mm	164
1944	46.4 °C27 May 1944	9.1 °C20 January 1944	24.6 °C	1,210 mm	159
1943	40.0 °C17 May 1943	7.6 °C8 February 1943	23.5 °C	1,132 mm	147
1942	43.6 °C30 May 1942	7.4 °C6 January 1942	24.3 °C	1,099 mm	137
1941	41.6 °C29 May 1941	6.5 °C13 January 1941	23.7 °C	1,290 mm	145
1940	42.6 °C11 May 1940	6.4 °C4 January 1940	23.9 °C	914 mm	153

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

193 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1533 mm

+306 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.7 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+1.6 °C	10 mm	-11 mm
Mar	32.1 °C	+0.2 °C	34 mm	+12 mm
Apr	35.2 °C	-1.1 °C	45 mm	+18 mm
May	34.5 °C	-2.7 °C	173 mm	+108 mm
Jun	32.7 °C	-1.6 °C	232 mm	+43 mm
Jul	30.4 °C	-0.3 °C	407 mm	+100 mm
Aug	30.5 °C	+0.3 °C	290 mm	+25 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.4 °C	251 mm	+44 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.7 °C	91 mm	+10 mm
Nov	26.3 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Dec	21.7 °C	-1.8 °C	0 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

6.4 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

65.8 mm

31 May 2025

Windiest day

28.0 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

21 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Giridih?

Giridih has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,227 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giridih?

The hottest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 46.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Giridih?

The coldest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 4.0 °C.

Does it snow in Giridih?

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

Has the climate of Giridih warmed?

Yes: Giridih warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Giridih?

The wettest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2002, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Giridih?

The windiest day measured in Giridih between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1982, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Giridih?

The warmest month in Giridih is May (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Giridih?

Giridih receives on average 1,227 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Giridih?

Giridih gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Giridih?

Yes: Giridih has on average 210 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giridih?

In Giridih, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 30 May 2024, and the lowest was 1.2 °C on 9 January 2013.

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