Karnāl climate — normals and trends
Karnāl (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 838 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 June (33.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Karnāl averages 0 frost days, 207 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Karnāl between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.8 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 10 February 1950).
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
KarnālHaryana
- coords
- 29.69°, 76.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.1°C
Average daily high
30.3°C
Average daily low
18.9°C
Annual rainfall
838mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
207 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.7 °C
Average feels-like low
19.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
184 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
47.8 °C
27 May 1944
Coldest day
0.4 °C
10 February 1950
Wettest day
237 mm
9 August 1961
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
22 July 1975
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
8 January 1995
Hottest feels-like
50.3 °C
10 June 2007
Coldest feels-like
-3.3 °C
10 February 1950
Sunniest day
13.7 h
27 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 24.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 31 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 29.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 36.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 36.5 °C | -3.0 °C | 42 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 35.8 °C | -3.0 °C | 123 mm | +59 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 237 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 32.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 258 mm | +42 mm |
| Sep | 33.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 274 mm | +157 mm |
| Oct | 31.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 53 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 27.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 21.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karnāl?
Karnāl has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 838 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karnāl?
The hottest day measured in Karnāl between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 47.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karnāl?
The coldest day measured in Karnāl between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1950, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karnāl?
Almost never: Karnāl sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Karnāl warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Karnāl.
What is the wettest day in Karnāl?
The wettest day measured in Karnāl between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1961, with 237 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karnāl?
The windiest day measured in Karnāl between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1975, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karnāl?
The warmest month in Karnāl is June (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Karnāl?
Karnāl receives on average 838 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karnāl?
Karnāl gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Karnāl?
Yes: Karnāl has on average 184 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karnāl?
In Karnāl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.3 °C on 10 June 2007, and the lowest was -3.3 °C on 10 February 1950.
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