Gūduvāncheri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gūduvāncheri?

Gūduvāncheri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The coldest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at 15.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gūduvāncheri?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gūduvāncheri warmed?

Yes: Gūduvāncheri warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The wettest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 262 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The windiest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 2016, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gūduvāncheri?

The warmest month in Gūduvāncheri is May (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gūduvāncheri?

Gūduvāncheri receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gūduvāncheri?

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

Gūduvāncheri (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 927 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 (31.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Gūduvāncheri averages 0 frost days, 259 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.

Gūduvāncheri has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 13 May 1956) and the coldest 15.9 °C (on 17 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

GūduvāncheriTamil Nadu

coords: 12.85°, 80.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.0°C

Average daily high

32.3°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

927mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

16.3km/h

Seasonal range

7.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

259 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

126 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

351 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

44.3 °C

13 May 1956

Coldest day

15.9 °C

17 January 1940

Wettest day

262 mm

14 June 1996

Windiest day

55.2 km/h

12 December 2016

Strongest gust

104.4 km/h

12 December 2016

Hottest feels-like

48.1 °C

16 May 2023

Coldest feels-like

16.2 °C

11 December 1981

Sunniest day

12.7 h

31 May 1972

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.6 °C8 July 2025	21.1 °C20 December 2025	28.8 °C	846 mm	277
2024	39.2 °C31 May 2024	21.7 °C17 January 2024	29.1 °C	1,327 mm	306
2023	40.0 °C16 May 2023	20.2 °C13 February 2023	28.8 °C	1,198 mm	294
2022	37.6 °C1 June 2022	21.0 °C9 December 2022	28.5 °C	1,198 mm	290
2021	39.0 °C2 April 2021	20.3 °C11 February 2021	28.6 °C	1,429 mm	278
2020	40.7 °C20 May 2020	19.7 °C14 January 2020	28.6 °C	1,160 mm	293
2019	40.0 °C9 June 2019	19.5 °C9 January 2019	29.0 °C	909 mm	278
2018	38.2 °C21 June 2018	18.8 °C7 January 2018	28.7 °C	738 mm	289
2017	41.0 °C18 May 2017	19.8 °C9 January 2017	28.8 °C	1,153 mm	283
2016	38.8 °C25 May 2016	19.9 °C24 December 2016	28.8 °C	919 mm	312
2015	39.7 °C6 July 2015	19.7 °C13 January 2015	28.6 °C	1,219 mm	291
2014	40.5 °C23 May 2014	19.1 °C9 February 2014	28.6 °C	898 mm	271
2013	42.1 °C25 May 2013	19.3 °C29 December 2013	28.4 °C	855 mm	281
2012	40.5 °C3 June 2012	17.5 °C17 January 2012	28.6 °C	782 mm	274
2011	39.0 °C6 May 2011	18.5 °C13 February 2011	28.2 °C	932 mm	270
2010	40.3 °C27 May 2010	19.6 °C22 January 2010	28.2 °C	1,360 mm	263
2009	39.1 °C11 May 2009	18.5 °C11 February 2009	28.5 °C	880 mm	267
2008	40.5 °C17 May 2008	18.9 °C18 January 2008	28.0 °C	1,124 mm	246
2007	40.3 °C10 May 2007	19.2 °C16 November 2007	27.8 °C	1,194 mm	255
2006	38.8 °C30 April 2006	18.5 °C14 February 2006	28.1 °C	961 mm	267
2005	39.3 °C17 June 2005	18.9 °C11 January 2005	28.1 °C	1,323 mm	253
2004	38.2 °C18 April 2004	18.8 °C18 January 2004	27.9 °C	963 mm	252
2003	41.3 °C30 May 2003	19.1 °C31 January 2003	28.4 °C	640 mm	274
2002	40.8 °C11 May 2002	18.7 °C26 December 2002	28.3 °C	562 mm	253
2001	40.8 °C15 May 2001	19.8 °C11 February 2001	28.3 °C	1,077 mm	261
2000	40.9 °C15 May 2000	18.1 °C23 January 2000	27.9 °C	767 mm	257
1999	39.3 °C14 April 1999	18.2 °C27 January 1999	28.1 °C	626 mm	263
1998	40.8 °C28 May 1998	19.8 °C16 December 1998	28.5 °C	911 mm	273
1997	40.3 °C19 May 1997	18.2 °C16 February 1997	28.1 °C	907 mm	263
1996	40.4 °C14 May 1996	18.0 °C2 December 1996	27.8 °C	1,551 mm	252
1995	38.1 °C7 June 1995	18.9 °C2 January 1995	27.8 °C	892 mm	257
1994	39.5 °C10 May 1994	17.3 °C11 December 1994	28.0 °C	776 mm	240
1993	39.2 °C25 May 1993	18.3 °C19 January 1993	27.9 °C	1,070 mm	241
1992	39.3 °C21 May 1992	17.1 °C7 January 1992	27.8 °C	621 mm	257
1991	40.0 °C29 April 1991	18.3 °C29 November 1991	28.0 °C	865 mm	258
1990	38.7 °C20 April 1990	16.9 °C15 January 1990	28.0 °C	1,023 mm	253
1989	39.4 °C29 April 1989	17.1 °C3 February 1989	27.6 °C	1,012 mm	237
1988	40.4 °C10 May 1988	17.9 °C30 November 1988	28.0 °C	998 mm	256
1987	40.4 °C5 June 1987	18.6 °C11 February 1987	28.2 °C	912 mm	253
1986	40.9 °C18 May 1986	19.1 °C23 February 1986	28.2 °C	802 mm	232
1985	40.6 °C24 May 1985	19.2 °C28 January 1985	27.9 °C	798 mm	250
1984	40.2 °C2 June 1984	18.0 °C14 December 1984	27.8 °C	1,097 mm	226
1983	41.6 °C31 May 1983	18.5 °C9 January 1983	28.1 °C	773 mm	264
1982	38.6 °C5 June 1982	19.4 °C17 January 1982	28.1 °C	550 mm	263
1981	40.7 °C20 May 1981	16.6 °C11 December 1981	27.8 °C	789 mm	249
1980	41.7 °C20 May 1980	18.4 °C28 January 1980	28.1 °C	701 mm	261
1979	38.5 °C4 June 1979	19.0 °C10 January 1979	28.2 °C	723 mm	235
1978	40.7 °C18 May 1978	17.1 °C19 January 1978	28.1 °C	1,096 mm	245
1977	39.2 °C2 June 1977	16.9 °C27 January 1977	27.9 °C	776 mm	238
1976	41.7 °C24 May 1976	17.5 °C22 January 1976	27.7 °C	958 mm	255
1975	40.0 °C12 May 1975	16.9 °C11 January 1975	27.9 °C	942 mm	255
1974	38.7 °C10 June 1974	17.7 °C7 February 1974	27.7 °C	547 mm	257
1973	41.5 °C13 May 1973	17.5 °C10 December 1973	28.1 °C	735 mm	251
1972	42.0 °C5 June 1972	17.7 °C6 January 1972	27.9 °C	758 mm	236
1971	39.6 °C4 May 1971	18.1 °C21 December 1971	27.5 °C	840 mm	237
1970	39.4 °C6 May 1970	17.0 °C2 December 1970	27.8 °C	794 mm	247
1969	39.0 °C10 June 1969	16.1 °C27 January 1969	28.2 °C	1,125 mm	244
1968	39.2 °C30 May 1968	18.3 °C20 January 1968	28.0 °C	896 mm	233
1967	40.2 °C26 May 1967	17.1 °C17 February 1967	27.6 °C	1,148 mm	231
1966	43.8 °C24 May 1966	17.4 °C14 December 1966	27.5 °C	1,359 mm	231
1965	42.4 °C28 May 1965	18.3 °C14 January 1965	27.6 °C	1,162 mm	255
1964	43.7 °C26 May 1964	17.5 °C15 January 1964	27.8 °C	907 mm	244
1963	42.4 °C27 May 1963	17.6 °C23 January 1963	27.7 °C	848 mm	254
1962	39.0 °C25 May 1962	18.6 °C12 January 1962	27.5 °C	794 mm	235
1961	39.0 °C27 May 1961	18.4 °C27 December 1961	27.5 °C	632 mm	247
1960	40.7 °C5 June 1960	17.5 °C4 February 1960	27.8 °C	962 mm	251
1959	40.5 °C24 May 1959	19.2 °C12 February 1959	28.0 °C	672 mm	261
1958	41.4 °C4 June 1958	18.6 °C18 January 1958	28.2 °C	921 mm	261
1957	39.1 °C31 May 1957	17.5 °C26 January 1957	27.7 °C	673 mm	238
1956	44.3 °C13 May 1956	17.0 °C22 January 1956	27.3 °C	1,135 mm	223
1955	40.0 °C7 June 1955	17.0 °C30 December 1955	27.1 °C	1,223 mm	244
1954	42.1 °C29 May 1954	17.2 °C19 January 1954	27.5 °C	982 mm	260
1953	41.5 °C28 March 1953	18.9 °C22 December 1953	28.1 °C	779 mm	268
1952	42.2 °C19 May 1952	18.6 °C21 January 1952	28.6 °C	495 mm	312
1951	40.4 °C10 May 1951	17.6 °C27 February 1951	28.0 °C	868 mm	294
1950	41.0 °C24 May 1950	17.9 °C2 January 1950	28.0 °C	632 mm	331
1949	40.0 °C15 May 1949	19.5 °C20 December 1949	27.5 °C	817 mm	261
1948	41.1 °C21 May 1948	19.7 °C26 December 1948	28.2 °C	1,042 mm	256
1947	40.1 °C23 June 1947	18.2 °C7 February 1947	27.8 °C	725 mm	250
1946	43.5 °C12 May 1946	16.2 °C30 January 1946	27.9 °C	1,089 mm	253
1945	42.1 °C17 May 1945	17.4 °C7 February 1945	27.9 °C	709 mm	260
1944	39.6 °C17 June 1944	19.1 °C26 January 1944	27.8 °C	999 mm	245
1943	40.2 °C29 April 1943	17.9 °C22 February 1943	26.7 °C	1,370 mm	220
1942	38.0 °C19 June 1942	16.5 °C1 January 1942	27.1 °C	809 mm	240
1941	43.0 °C24 May 1941	16.1 °C26 December 1941	27.8 °C	1,153 mm	265
1940	40.1 °C3 June 1940	15.9 °C17 January 1940	27.8 °C	557 mm	281

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.7 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

277 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

846 mm

-81 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+0.8 °C	18 mm	-2 mm
Feb	31.5 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Mar	33.2 °C	+0.6 °C	27 mm	+11 mm
Apr	34.6 °C	+0.1 °C	20 mm	+1 mm
May	35.2 °C	-1.4 °C	87 mm	+44 mm
Jun	36.5 °C	+0.3 °C	29 mm	-30 mm
Jul	35.7 °C	+0.9 °C	62 mm	-16 mm
Aug	33.4 °C	-0.6 °C	97 mm	-6 mm
Sep	33.3 °C	+0.2 °C	69 mm	-49 mm
Oct	31.0 °C	+0.1 °C	201 mm	+19 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+1.0 °C	179 mm	-1 mm
Dec	28.6 °C	+0.7 °C	56 mm	-44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

8 Jul 2025

Coldest day

21.1 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

69.0 mm

30 Nov 2025

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

12 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.3 °C

15 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gūduvāncheri?

Gūduvāncheri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gūduvāncheri?

The hottest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The coldest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at 15.9 °C.

Does it snow in Gūduvāncheri?

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

Has the climate of Gūduvāncheri warmed?

Yes: Gūduvāncheri warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The wettest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 262 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gūduvāncheri?

The windiest day measured in Gūduvāncheri between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 2016, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gūduvāncheri?

The warmest month in Gūduvāncheri is May (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Gūduvāncheri?

Gūduvāncheri receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gūduvāncheri?

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

Are there tropical nights in Gūduvāncheri?

Yes: Gūduvāncheri has on average 351 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gūduvāncheri?

In Gūduvāncheri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 16 May 2023, and the lowest was 16.2 °C on 11 December 1981.

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