Kariapatti climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kariapatti?

Kariapatti has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1973, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kariapatti?

The coldest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1941, at 14.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kariapatti?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kariapatti warmed?

Yes: Kariapatti warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kariapatti?

The wettest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2014, with 196 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kariapatti?

The windiest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kariapatti?

The warmest month in Kariapatti is May (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kariapatti?

Kariapatti receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kariapatti?

Kariapatti gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kariapatti (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 815 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 December (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kariapatti averages 0 frost days, 324 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Kariapatti has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 10 May 1973) and the coldest 14.1 °C (on 27 December 1941).

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

KariapattiTamil Nadu

coords: 9.68°, 78.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.8°C

Average daily high

34.6°C

Average daily low

24.3°C

Annual rainfall

815mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

324 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.8 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

347 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

44.0 °C

10 May 1973

Coldest day

14.1 °C

27 December 1941

Wettest day

196 mm

18 October 2014

Windiest day

36.4 km/h

13 November 1992

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

13 November 1992

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

28 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

14.3 °C

27 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.3 h

15 May 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.3 °C12 May 2025	17.9 °C20 December 2025	29.3 °C	845 mm	337
2024	42.3 °C2 May 2024	21.0 °C27 January 2024	29.6 °C	1,211 mm	344
2023	41.1 °C3 June 2023	19.7 °C20 January 2023	29.6 °C	1,256 mm	349
2022	40.7 °C4 May 2022	21.2 °C16 December 2022	29.1 °C	1,030 mm	348
2021	40.3 °C1 April 2021	18.5 °C11 February 2021	29.1 °C	1,274 mm	331
2020	42.8 °C24 May 2020	20.7 °C15 January 2020	29.9 °C	972 mm	344
2019	42.7 °C31 May 2019	17.4 °C10 January 2019	29.9 °C	761 mm	329
2018	41.5 °C30 March 2018	19.8 °C20 January 2018	29.3 °C	1,007 mm	344
2017	42.3 °C24 April 2017	19.7 °C3 February 2017	29.9 °C	885 mm	350
2016	42.4 °C14 April 2016	19.8 °C4 January 2016	30.3 °C	559 mm	363
2015	41.2 °C7 April 2015	18.5 °C13 January 2015	29.3 °C	1,145 mm	346
2014	42.9 °C23 May 2014	20.3 °C5 December 2014	29.7 °C	1,264 mm	326
2013	42.6 °C22 May 2013	19.5 °C17 December 2013	29.8 °C	690 mm	354
2012	42.4 °C3 June 2012	17.3 °C16 January 2012	30.0 °C	634 mm	355
2011	41.3 °C15 May 2011	18.0 °C27 December 2011	29.4 °C	949 mm	332
2010	42.2 °C17 May 2010	19.4 °C23 December 2010	29.5 °C	1,106 mm	326
2009	42.6 °C3 May 2009	17.4 °C1 January 2009	29.7 °C	1,046 mm	331
2008	41.9 °C3 May 2008	17.3 °C29 December 2008	29.2 °C	1,034 mm	333
2007	42.1 °C12 May 2007	17.7 °C4 January 2007	29.3 °C	1,042 mm	333
2006	41.3 °C7 April 2006	17.4 °C20 January 2006	29.2 °C	1,024 mm	319
2005	43.0 °C26 May 2005	18.3 °C14 February 2005	29.3 °C	1,000 mm	319
2004	42.4 °C17 April 2004	17.9 °C19 December 2004	29.1 °C	1,135 mm	313
2003	43.3 °C22 May 2003	17.1 °C8 December 2003	29.4 °C	678 mm	336
2002	41.6 °C12 May 2002	17.0 °C14 January 2002	29.2 °C	744 mm	320
2001	42.4 °C12 May 2001	17.7 °C10 December 2001	29.1 °C	726 mm	322
2000	41.5 °C22 May 2000	17.2 °C14 December 2000	28.9 °C	815 mm	334
1999	42.2 °C16 April 1999	16.9 °C27 January 1999	28.9 °C	760 mm	318
1998	42.4 °C20 April 1998	17.6 °C26 December 1998	29.5 °C	899 mm	328
1997	41.6 °C29 May 1997	18.8 °C1 February 1997	29.2 °C	804 mm	332
1996	41.8 °C30 March 1996	18.3 °C26 December 1996	28.9 °C	849 mm	341
1995	39.8 °C4 July 1995	18.2 °C2 January 1995	28.9 °C	888 mm	350
1994	41.6 °C24 May 1994	18.0 °C12 December 1994	28.8 °C	759 mm	318
1993	43.4 °C11 May 1993	17.3 °C19 January 1993	28.8 °C	685 mm	297
1992	41.5 °C4 May 1992	17.0 °C27 December 1992	28.8 °C	752 mm	322
1991	42.7 °C24 May 1991	18.0 °C28 January 1991	29.0 °C	729 mm	339
1990	41.5 °C26 April 1990	15.7 °C20 January 1990	29.2 °C	798 mm	323
1989	43.1 °C15 May 1989	17.6 °C7 February 1989	29.0 °C	641 mm	346
1988	41.7 °C21 May 1988	19.1 °C6 February 1988	29.0 °C	857 mm	353
1987	42.1 °C9 April 1987	18.2 °C13 November 1987	29.5 °C	693 mm	345
1986	43.1 °C21 May 1986	18.3 °C17 November 1986	29.3 °C	604 mm	345
1985	43.3 °C13 May 1985	18.7 °C27 January 1985	29.2 °C	562 mm	336
1984	42.2 °C24 May 1984	17.5 °C12 December 1984	28.3 °C	882 mm	302
1983	42.1 °C24 May 1983	18.0 °C11 January 1983	29.6 °C	736 mm	340
1982	41.7 °C3 April 1982	18.3 °C17 January 1982	29.1 °C	517 mm	328
1981	42.2 °C27 May 1981	18.3 °C8 December 1981	28.9 °C	696 mm	326
1980	42.2 °C26 May 1980	17.5 °C2 January 1980	29.3 °C	535 mm	360
1979	41.6 °C7 May 1979	17.9 °C12 January 1979	28.7 °C	861 mm	282
1978	41.5 °C22 May 1978	17.8 °C19 January 1978	28.8 °C	798 mm	320
1977	41.7 °C14 April 1977	17.7 °C14 January 1977	28.5 °C	1,069 mm	311
1976	42.0 °C22 May 1976	17.4 °C22 January 1976	28.8 °C	665 mm	328
1975	41.4 °C10 May 1975	17.8 °C3 December 1975	28.4 °C	762 mm	329
1974	41.8 °C8 May 1974	15.7 °C7 January 1974	28.9 °C	377 mm	344
1973	44.0 °C10 May 1973	18.8 °C24 December 1973	28.8 °C	774 mm	320
1972	42.1 °C5 June 1972	16.2 °C7 January 1972	28.8 °C	803 mm	319
1971	40.9 °C6 April 1971	16.4 °C21 December 1971	28.5 °C	616 mm	322
1970	42.9 °C16 May 1970	16.8 °C4 December 1970	28.7 °C	668 mm	331
1969	40.8 °C29 March 1969	18.5 °C26 January 1969	28.8 °C	995 mm	318
1968	41.0 °C15 May 1968	18.6 °C12 December 1968	28.2 °C	834 mm	322
1967	41.5 °C8 May 1967	17.8 °C11 February 1967	28.2 °C	966 mm	303
1966	42.4 °C24 May 1966	17.6 °C15 December 1966	28.0 °C	1,163 mm	288
1965	39.8 °C20 May 1965	18.4 °C23 January 1965	27.8 °C	845 mm	308
1964	41.6 °C1 May 1964	16.7 °C13 January 1964	28.0 °C	858 mm	305
1963	41.7 °C27 May 1963	16.9 °C31 December 1963	28.1 °C	876 mm	282
1962	40.3 °C28 April 1962	17.8 °C17 January 1962	28.3 °C	826 mm	322
1961	41.1 °C15 April 1961	18.3 °C24 January 1961	28.2 °C	654 mm	298
1960	40.0 °C28 March 1960	18.3 °C21 December 1960	28.1 °C	845 mm	305
1959	41.1 °C29 April 1959	18.6 °C17 December 1959	28.6 °C	742 mm	302
1958	40.9 °C4 June 1958	17.4 °C6 January 1958	28.5 °C	822 mm	308
1957	41.8 °C9 May 1957	17.2 °C7 January 1957	28.3 °C	797 mm	285
1956	42.1 °C25 April 1956	16.5 °C3 January 1956	27.7 °C	767 mm	266
1955	40.6 °C14 April 1955	15.6 °C20 December 1955	27.5 °C	996 mm	283
1954	41.2 °C14 May 1954	16.7 °C17 January 1954	27.7 °C	822 mm	308
1953	41.3 °C2 June 1953	17.8 °C4 January 1953	28.3 °C	566 mm	344
1952	41.4 °C21 May 1952	18.1 °C21 January 1952	28.7 °C	424 mm	353
1951	40.9 °C15 May 1951	17.8 °C1 January 1951	28.0 °C	804 mm	331
1950	40.8 °C8 April 1950	18.0 °C27 January 1950	28.7 °C	316 mm	357
1949	41.3 °C25 April 1949	18.3 °C20 March 1949	27.9 °C	500 mm	333
1948	41.7 °C22 May 1948	18.1 °C27 December 1948	28.4 °C	882 mm	309
1947	40.2 °C24 May 1947	17.7 °C16 January 1947	28.3 °C	692 mm	333
1946	41.2 °C3 May 1946	16.6 °C3 January 1946	28.0 °C	839 mm	292
1945	41.4 °C4 May 1945	16.8 °C13 December 1945	28.0 °C	693 mm	312
1944	40.4 °C28 April 1944	16.1 °C11 December 1944	27.7 °C	959 mm	298
1943	40.0 °C30 April 1943	17.0 °C19 January 1943	26.9 °C	742 mm	294
1942	38.8 °C28 March 1942	16.1 °C2 January 1942	27.3 °C	648 mm	339
1941	40.4 °C29 April 1941	14.1 °C27 December 1941	27.5 °C	621 mm	290
1940	40.1 °C3 April 1940	16.3 °C9 December 1940	27.1 °C	771 mm	305

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.8 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

337 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

845 mm

+30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.6 °C	-0.7 °C	43 mm	+22 mm
Feb	34.0 °C	-0.1 °C	11 mm	-4 mm
Mar	35.7 °C	-1.0 °C	48 mm	+19 mm
Apr	37.4 °C	-0.3 °C	72 mm	+14 mm
May	36.8 °C	-1.2 °C	60 mm	-9 mm
Jun	37.3 °C	+0.9 °C	26 mm	-15 mm
Jul	36.6 °C	+0.9 °C	46 mm	+0 mm
Aug	36.3 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	+8 mm
Sep	37.2 °C	+1.3 °C	46 mm	-38 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+0.5 °C	230 mm	+54 mm
Nov	31.3 °C	+0.8 °C	177 mm	+27 mm
Dec	30.7 °C	+0.7 °C	22 mm	-48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.3 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

17.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

57.3 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

28 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.9 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kariapatti?

Kariapatti has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kariapatti?

The hottest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1973, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kariapatti?

The coldest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1941, at 14.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kariapatti?

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

Has the climate of Kariapatti warmed?

Yes: Kariapatti warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kariapatti?

The wettest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2014, with 196 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kariapatti?

The windiest day measured in Kariapatti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kariapatti?

The warmest month in Kariapatti is May (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kariapatti?

Kariapatti receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kariapatti?

Kariapatti gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kariapatti?

Yes: Kariapatti has on average 347 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kariapatti?

In Kariapatti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 28 May 1998, and the lowest was 14.3 °C on 27 December 1941.

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