Gulgam climate — normals and trends
Gulgam (India) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 1,310 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gulgam averages 167 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Gulgam has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 188 to 146 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.0 °C (on 8 June 1947) and the coldest -23.0 °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
GulgamJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 34.55°, 74.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.0°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,310mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
167 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
344.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.8 °C
Average peak gust
24.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
31.0 °C
8 June 1947
Coldest day
-23.0 °C
31 December 1954
Wettest day
124 mm
4 July 1959
Windiest day
14.7 km/h
1 May 2023
Strongest gust
72.7 km/h
9 February 2010
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
4 January 1967
Snowiest day
69.0 cm
28 December 1990
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 | 3.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 58 mm | -51 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 157 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 155 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 101 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 116 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 148 mm | +71 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 294 mm | +119 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 216 mm | +58 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 68 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 90 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gulgam?
Gulgam has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 1,310 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gulgam?
The hottest day measured in Gulgam between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1947, reaching 31.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gulgam?
The coldest day measured in Gulgam between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1954, at -23.0 °C.
Does it snow in Gulgam?
Yes. Gulgam gets on average 344.5 cm of snow per year and has around 167 frost days.
Has the climate of Gulgam warmed?
Yes: Gulgam warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gulgam?
The wettest day measured in Gulgam between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gulgam?
The windiest day measured in Gulgam between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2023, with winds reaching 14.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gulgam?
The warmest month in Gulgam is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Gulgam?
Gulgam receives on average 1,310 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gulgam?
Gulgam gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gulgam?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gulgam between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1990, with 69.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gulgam?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gulgam.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gulgam?
In Gulgam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 5 July 2025, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 4 January 1967.
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