Jowai climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jowai?

Jowai has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 2,524 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2024, reaching 31.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jowai?

The coldest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1962, at 1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jowai?

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

Q: Has the climate of Jowai warmed?

Yes: Jowai warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jowai?

The wettest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1995, with 293 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jowai?

The windiest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1965, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jowai?

The warmest month in Jowai is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jowai?

Jowai receives on average 2,524 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 227 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jowai?

Jowai gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jowai (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 2,524 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Jowai averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 227 rainy days per year.

Jowai has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.8 °C (on 26 July 2024) and the coldest 1.4 °C (on 18 January 1962).

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

JowaiMeghalaya

coords: 25.44°, 92.19°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

22.8°C

Average daily low

15.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,524mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

10.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

227 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

78 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

31.8 °C

26 July 2024

Coldest day

1.4 °C

18 January 1962

Wettest day

293 mm

17 June 1995

Windiest day

34.9 km/h

2 June 1965

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

21 June 1974

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

19 September 2024

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

3 February 1968

Sunniest day

13.2 h

2 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.1 °C10 June 2025	7.5 °C9 February 2025	19.9 °C	2,359 mm	8
2024	31.8 °C26 July 2024	6.4 °C20 January 2024	19.7 °C	3,305 mm	12
2023	31.3 °C31 May 2023	4.1 °C19 January 2023	19.8 °C	2,210 mm	8
2022	30.7 °C14 July 2022	5.5 °C6 February 2022	19.5 °C	2,416 mm	4
2021	30.0 °C12 October 2021	5.8 °C1 February 2021	19.6 °C	1,902 mm	1
2020	30.4 °C3 August 2020	3.6 °C25 January 2020	19.3 °C	2,627 mm	1
2019	30.9 °C1 September 2019	5.8 °C3 January 2019	19.4 °C	2,475 mm	4
2018	31.2 °C19 July 2018	4.5 °C9 January 2018	19.1 °C	1,841 mm	4
2017	29.6 °C22 August 2017	5.7 °C14 January 2017	19.6 °C	3,344 mm	0
2016	30.2 °C25 August 2016	4.1 °C28 January 2016	19.6 °C	2,640 mm	1
2015	29.5 °C18 September 2015	4.7 °C26 December 2015	19.1 °C	3,097 mm	0
2014	29.6 °C22 April 2014	5.6 °C1 January 2014	19.2 °C	2,158 mm	0
2013	31.6 °C11 June 2013	2.6 °C10 January 2013	19.1 °C	2,171 mm	2
2012	29.5 °C8 September 2012	2.8 °C15 January 2012	18.8 °C	2,272 mm	0
2011	29.4 °C30 August 2011	2.4 °C18 January 2011	18.8 °C	2,098 mm	0
2010	30.1 °C20 March 2010	4.6 °C10 January 2010	19.4 °C	2,617 mm	1
2009	29.7 °C19 July 2009	5.2 °C28 December 2009	19.5 °C	2,477 mm	0
2008	29.9 °C8 August 2008	4.0 °C3 February 2008	18.9 °C	2,248 mm	0
2007	30.6 °C10 August 2007	3.4 °C15 January 2007	18.8 °C	2,959 mm	1
2006	31.1 °C16 August 2006	5.4 °C13 January 2006	19.2 °C	2,056 mm	2
2005	28.8 °C25 July 2005	5.1 °C14 January 2005	18.9 °C	1,955 mm	0
2004	28.2 °C8 May 2004	4.6 °C4 February 2004	18.6 °C	3,288 mm	0
2003	29.1 °C5 August 2003	3.7 °C25 January 2003	18.7 °C	2,271 mm	0
2002	29.2 °C14 May 2002	4.5 °C31 December 2002	18.7 °C	2,939 mm	0
2001	28.6 °C8 July 2001	3.8 °C8 January 2001	18.8 °C	2,051 mm	0
2000	28.9 °C13 May 2000	4.5 °C8 January 2000	18.3 °C	3,088 mm	0
1999	29.4 °C10 June 1999	4.8 °C14 January 1999	19.3 °C	2,538 mm	0
1998	28.3 °C18 May 1998	4.5 °C23 January 1998	19.0 °C	2,751 mm	0
1997	30.2 °C27 August 1997	3.3 °C18 January 1997	18.1 °C	2,387 mm	1
1996	29.5 °C15 September 1996	4.3 °C23 January 1996	18.9 °C	2,647 mm	0
1995	29.2 °C16 September 1995	3.6 °C3 January 1995	18.8 °C	3,456 mm	0
1994	29.8 °C15 July 1994	5.0 °C13 December 1994	18.6 °C	2,270 mm	0
1993	28.4 °C14 July 1993	3.1 °C15 January 1993	18.3 °C	3,364 mm	0
1992	29.4 °C2 September 1992	3.4 °C3 January 1992	18.2 °C	1,768 mm	0
1991	30.2 °C20 August 1991	3.7 °C17 January 1991	18.5 °C	2,549 mm	1
1990	28.9 °C20 August 1990	4.4 °C1 January 1990	18.6 °C	2,674 mm	0
1989	28.4 °C22 July 1989	2.8 °C14 January 1989	18.3 °C	2,850 mm	0
1988	28.5 °C2 June 1988	3.7 °C28 January 1988	18.8 °C	3,696 mm	0
1987	28.6 °C16 June 1987	3.9 °C3 January 1987	18.7 °C	2,365 mm	0
1986	29.3 °C10 August 1986	4.9 °C18 January 1986	18.4 °C	2,422 mm	0
1985	27.8 °C22 June 1985	3.5 °C17 January 1985	18.5 °C	2,007 mm	0
1984	29.7 °C13 August 1984	3.5 °C20 January 1984	18.5 °C	2,311 mm	0
1983	28.1 °C31 May 1983	2.4 °C5 January 1983	18.2 °C	2,563 mm	0
1982	29.1 °C25 May 1982	3.6 °C10 February 1982	18.2 °C	2,431 mm	0
1981	28.7 °C11 June 1981	4.0 °C10 January 1981	18.3 °C	1,904 mm	0
1980	28.4 °C29 June 1980	3.3 °C8 February 1980	18.4 °C	2,366 mm	0
1979	29.5 °C13 August 1979	3.3 °C8 January 1979	18.7 °C	2,165 mm	0
1978	29.2 °C16 May 1978	1.5 °C12 January 1978	18.2 °C	2,332 mm	0
1977	28.7 °C7 September 1977	1.5 °C30 January 1977	18.1 °C	2,455 mm	0
1976	27.2 °C28 July 1976	3.8 °C22 January 1976	18.2 °C	2,405 mm	0
1975	28.7 °C26 August 1975	2.3 °C20 January 1975	18.3 °C	2,431 mm	0
1974	28.4 °C15 June 1974	2.9 °C7 February 1974	18.2 °C	2,611 mm	0
1973	29.2 °C31 March 1973	3.7 °C27 December 1973	18.7 °C	3,136 mm	0
1972	29.1 °C5 July 1972	3.5 °C9 February 1972	18.3 °C	2,798 mm	0
1971	29.1 °C14 July 1971	1.7 °C2 February 1971	18.1 °C	2,554 mm	0
1970	29.3 °C21 August 1970	2.7 °C9 January 1970	18.3 °C	2,819 mm	0
1969	28.4 °C31 May 1969	2.7 °C16 January 1969	18.5 °C	1,959 mm	0
1968	28.1 °C11 May 1968	1.6 °C3 February 1968	18.0 °C	2,448 mm	0
1967	28.2 °C31 August 1967	2.9 °C31 January 1967	18.0 °C	2,305 mm	0
1966	28.0 °C16 May 1966	5.4 °C29 December 1966	18.4 °C	2,961 mm	0
1965	27.8 °C4 September 1965	4.3 °C9 January 1965	18.1 °C	2,519 mm	0
1964	29.5 °C15 March 1964	2.0 °C28 January 1964	18.6 °C	2,979 mm	0
1963	29.4 °C10 September 1963	4.8 °C4 January 1963	18.4 °C	2,614 mm	0
1962	29.6 °C14 July 1962	1.4 °C18 January 1962	18.4 °C	2,323 mm	0
1961	29.4 °C25 June 1961	2.9 °C12 February 1961	18.3 °C	2,523 mm	0
1960	30.4 °C30 April 1960	4.1 °C27 January 1960	18.9 °C	2,554 mm	1
1959	29.2 °C21 March 1959	3.8 °C2 February 1959	18.3 °C	2,965 mm	0
1958	28.3 °C9 September 1958	3.6 °C11 February 1958	18.8 °C	2,605 mm	0
1957	31.5 °C13 April 1957	4.0 °C15 February 1957	18.3 °C	2,186 mm	10
1956	30.2 °C17 April 1956	3.8 °C24 January 1956	18.4 °C	2,800 mm	2
1955	29.2 °C12 March 1955	4.4 °C28 December 1955	18.5 °C	2,506 mm	0
1954	28.3 °C22 March 1954	3.8 °C25 January 1954	18.4 °C	3,076 mm	0
1953	28.8 °C20 June 1953	2.1 °C26 January 1953	17.9 °C	2,395 mm	0
1952	27.8 °C14 April 1952	5.1 °C13 January 1952	18.2 °C	2,602 mm	0
1951	28.4 °C25 July 1951	5.2 °C26 January 1951	18.2 °C	2,650 mm	0
1950	28.4 °C26 July 1950	3.6 °C13 February 1950	18.3 °C	2,569 mm	0
1949	27.5 °C22 September 1949	3.4 °C1 January 1949	18.1 °C	2,582 mm	0
1948	27.9 °C12 March 1948	5.3 °C16 December 1948	18.2 °C	2,359 mm	0
1947	29.5 °C16 August 1947	5.6 °C26 December 1947	18.7 °C	2,463 mm	0
1946	30.4 °C13 March 1946	5.2 °C2 January 1946	18.7 °C	2,069 mm	1
1945	27.9 °C20 April 1945	4.0 °C8 January 1945	18.3 °C	2,467 mm	0
1944	28.6 °C18 August 1944	5.4 °C21 January 1944	18.5 °C	1,895 mm	0
1943	27.9 °C10 July 1943	3.6 °C3 February 1943	17.7 °C	2,167 mm	0
1942	28.8 °C17 March 1942	4.8 °C4 January 1942	18.1 °C	2,659 mm	0
1941	27.5 °C16 August 1941	4.3 °C23 January 1941	17.8 °C	2,405 mm	0
1940	28.2 °C30 June 1940	5.2 °C12 January 1940	17.8 °C	2,590 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2359 mm

-165 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+2.1 °C	6 mm	-12 mm
Feb	21.1 °C	+1.2 °C	16 mm	-12 mm
Mar	23.7 °C	+1.0 °C	52 mm	-34 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+0.9 °C	167 mm	-38 mm
May	24.7 °C	+0.2 °C	539 mm	+180 mm
Jun	26.8 °C	+1.8 °C	257 mm	-235 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	+2.2 °C	466 mm	+29 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.9 °C	353 mm	-24 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+2.2 °C	337 mm	+52 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+2.4 °C	122 mm	-61 mm
Nov	23.2 °C	+1.7 °C	43 mm	+2 mm
Dec	20.6 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.1 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

7.5 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

213.1 mm

30 May 2025

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

12 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jowai?

Jowai has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 2,524 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jowai?

The hottest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2024, reaching 31.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jowai?

The coldest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1962, at 1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Jowai?

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

Has the climate of Jowai warmed?

Yes: Jowai warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jowai?

The wettest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1995, with 293 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jowai?

The windiest day measured in Jowai between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1965, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jowai?

The warmest month in Jowai is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Jowai?

Jowai receives on average 2,524 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 227 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jowai?

Jowai gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jowai?

Yes: Jowai has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jowai?

In Jowai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 19 September 2024, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 3 February 1968.

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