Kharhiāl climate — normals and trends
Kharhiāl (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,454 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 (33.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kharhiāl averages 0 frost days, 217 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Kharhiāl has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.0 °C (on 4 June 2003) and the coldest 8.2 °C (on 14 January 2012).
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
KharhiālOdisha
- coords
- 20.29°, 82.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.5°C
Average daily high
32.0°C
Average daily low
21.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,454mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
13.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
217 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.7 °C
Average feels-like low
23.6 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
246 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
47.0 °C
4 June 2003
Coldest day
8.2 °C
14 January 2012
Wettest day
368 mm
24 July 1950
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
13 October 2013
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
13 October 2013
Hottest feels-like
49.2 °C
22 May 2015
Coldest feels-like
5.4 °C
7 January 1986
Sunniest day
13.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 34.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 37.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 39.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 17 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 36.5 °C | -3.5 °C | 202 mm | +161 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | -1.9 °C | 265 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 475 mm | +92 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 292 mm | -76 mm |
| Sep | 31.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 316 mm | +81 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 254 mm | +171 mm |
| Nov | 28.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 4 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 26.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kharhiāl?
Kharhiāl has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,454 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kharhiāl?
The hottest day measured in Kharhiāl between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 2003, reaching 47.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kharhiāl?
The coldest day measured in Kharhiāl between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2012, at 8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kharhiāl?
Almost never: Kharhiāl sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kharhiāl warmed?
Yes: Kharhiāl warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kharhiāl?
The wettest day measured in Kharhiāl between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1950, with 368 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kharhiāl?
The windiest day measured in Kharhiāl between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2013, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kharhiāl?
The warmest month in Kharhiāl is May (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (20.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kharhiāl?
Kharhiāl receives on average 1,454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kharhiāl?
Kharhiāl gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kharhiāl?
Yes: Kharhiāl has on average 246 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kharhiāl?
In Kharhiāl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.2 °C on 22 May 2015, and the lowest was 5.4 °C on 7 January 1986.
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