Kātoya climate — normals and trends
Kātoya (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,487 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 (30.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kātoya averages 0 frost days, 227 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Kātoya has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.7 °C (on 11 May 1957) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 10 January 2013).
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
KātoyaWest Bengal
- coords
- 23.65°, 88.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
31.0°C
Average daily low
21.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,487mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
227 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.5 °C
Average feels-like low
24.3 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
237 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
46.7 °C
11 May 1957
Coldest day
5.6 °C
10 January 2013
Wettest day
150 mm
26 May 1998
Windiest day
48.5 km/h
25 May 2009
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
25 May 2009
Hottest feels-like
49.9 °C
20 May 2002
Coldest feels-like
3.2 °C
10 January 2013
Sunniest day
13.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 28.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 12 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 33.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 35.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 90 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 35.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 157 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 217 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 424 mm | +122 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 303 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 33.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 253 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 32.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 101 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 29.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 24.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kātoya?
Kātoya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,487 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kātoya?
The hottest day measured in Kātoya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1957, reaching 46.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kātoya?
The coldest day measured in Kātoya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 2013, at 5.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kātoya?
Almost never: Kātoya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kātoya warmed?
Yes: Kātoya warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kātoya?
The wettest day measured in Kātoya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1998, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kātoya?
The windiest day measured in Kātoya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2009, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kātoya?
The warmest month in Kātoya is May (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kātoya?
Kātoya receives on average 1,487 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kātoya?
Kātoya gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kātoya?
Yes: Kātoya has on average 237 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kātoya?
In Kātoya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.9 °C on 20 May 2002, and the lowest was 3.2 °C on 10 January 2013.
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