Killannur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Killannur?

Killannur has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,487 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2014, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Killannur?

The coldest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1950, at 17.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Killannur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Killannur warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Killannur?

The wettest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, with 345 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Killannur?

The windiest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Killannur?

The warmest month in Killannur is March (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Killannur?

Killannur receives on average 2,487 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Killannur?

Killannur gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Killannur (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,487 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 March (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Killannur averages 0 frost days, 216 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 222 rainy days per year.

Killannur has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 25 March 2014) and the coldest 17.0 °C (on 15 November 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

KillannurKerala

coords: 10.60°, 76.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

31.0°C

Average daily low

23.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,487mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

216 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

222 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.7 °C

Average feels-like low

28.0 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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

40.8 °C

25 March 2014

Coldest day

17.0 °C

15 November 1950

Wettest day

345 mm

23 May 2024

Windiest day

37.5 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

23 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

26 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

17.4 °C

15 November 1950

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 May 1981

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.2 °C27 February 2025	20.7 °C22 December 2025	27.5 °C	2,729 mm	250
2024	37.4 °C8 February 2024	21.3 °C24 December 2024	28.0 °C	3,011 mm	283
2023	37.0 °C3 March 2023	20.8 °C14 January 2023	28.0 °C	2,247 mm	300
2022	39.0 °C14 March 2022	21.1 °C21 November 2022	27.4 °C	3,187 mm	260
2021	38.1 °C28 February 2021	22.7 °C26 January 2021	27.6 °C	2,870 mm	251
2020	39.5 °C1 April 2020	21.6 °C23 November 2020	28.1 °C	2,491 mm	276
2019	39.2 °C25 March 2019	20.4 °C22 January 2019	28.1 °C	2,721 mm	288
2018	38.3 °C11 March 2018	21.0 °C2 January 2018	27.6 °C	2,649 mm	262
2017	37.3 °C1 March 2017	21.6 °C19 February 2017	27.8 °C	2,394 mm	260
2016	39.0 °C22 February 2016	20.6 °C2 December 2016	28.1 °C	1,764 mm	234
2015	37.5 °C20 February 2015	22.6 °C2 January 2015	27.9 °C	2,290 mm	293
2014	40.8 °C25 March 2014	21.6 °C30 November 2014	28.0 °C	2,416 mm	279
2013	38.8 °C2 March 2013	21.5 °C12 December 2013	27.6 °C	2,515 mm	240
2012	39.1 °C25 February 2012	20.9 °C26 January 2012	27.6 °C	2,106 mm	267
2011	39.2 °C15 March 2011	20.0 °C27 December 2011	27.4 °C	3,145 mm	263
2010	39.3 °C18 March 2010	20.4 °C13 December 2010	27.5 °C	3,134 mm	232
2009	37.2 °C21 February 2009	20.9 °C1 February 2009	27.6 °C	2,835 mm	258
2008	38.9 °C6 March 2008	20.8 °C5 December 2008	27.3 °C	2,417 mm	262
2007	38.4 °C17 March 2007	19.9 °C17 November 2007	27.5 °C	3,166 mm	247
2006	38.1 °C20 February 2006	20.2 °C21 January 2006	27.5 °C	2,490 mm	254
2005	39.3 °C14 February 2005	19.9 °C19 November 2005	27.4 °C	2,440 mm	238
2004	39.7 °C2 March 2004	21.0 °C16 January 2004	27.4 °C	2,381 mm	228
2003	38.1 °C7 March 2003	20.4 °C11 December 2003	27.3 °C	2,482 mm	249
2002	39.9 °C12 March 2002	20.2 °C16 January 2002	27.2 °C	1,880 mm	239
2001	36.9 °C12 March 2001	19.6 °C17 December 2001	27.0 °C	2,119 mm	221
2000	37.4 °C1 March 2000	19.8 °C26 December 2000	27.0 °C	1,955 mm	234
1999	38.8 °C3 March 1999	20.2 °C27 January 1999	26.8 °C	2,172 mm	208
1998	39.6 °C6 April 1998	19.8 °C25 December 1998	27.4 °C	2,396 mm	207
1997	39.0 °C11 March 1997	21.0 °C21 January 1997	27.3 °C	2,361 mm	263
1996	38.5 °C10 March 1996	20.2 °C26 January 1996	27.0 °C	2,609 mm	228
1995	38.6 °C20 March 1995	20.2 °C3 December 1995	27.1 °C	2,341 mm	208
1994	39.2 °C11 March 1994	20.2 °C29 January 1994	27.1 °C	2,347 mm	223
1993	37.7 °C6 March 1993	19.9 °C20 January 1993	26.9 °C	2,249 mm	220
1992	38.3 °C12 March 1992	19.1 °C7 January 1992	26.7 °C	2,583 mm	211
1991	37.8 °C29 March 1991	18.4 °C28 December 1991	27.2 °C	2,508 mm	237
1990	38.2 °C19 March 1990	18.8 °C19 January 1990	27.0 °C	2,374 mm	210
1989	38.3 °C1 March 1989	19.2 °C4 February 1989	27.0 °C	2,348 mm	219
1988	38.0 °C11 March 1988	20.6 °C27 November 1988	27.1 °C	2,318 mm	223
1987	39.8 °C23 March 1987	20.6 °C31 January 1987	27.4 °C	1,580 mm	247
1986	37.6 °C9 March 1986	20.3 °C17 November 1986	27.1 °C	1,682 mm	227
1985	39.0 °C11 March 1985	19.8 °C30 November 1985	26.8 °C	1,864 mm	196
1984	36.5 °C22 March 1984	17.4 °C19 October 1984	26.5 °C	2,092 mm	210
1983	39.1 °C1 April 1983	20.0 °C9 January 1983	27.2 °C	2,131 mm	231
1982	39.4 °C14 March 1982	21.0 °C14 February 1982	27.1 °C	1,790 mm	234
1981	38.7 °C2 March 1981	18.5 °C13 December 1981	27.0 °C	2,184 mm	219
1980	39.0 °C25 February 1980	20.6 °C24 January 1980	27.1 °C	2,292 mm	244
1979	37.8 °C8 April 1979	21.2 °C22 November 1979	27.3 °C	2,024 mm	231
1978	37.7 °C27 February 1978	19.7 °C19 January 1978	26.8 °C	2,657 mm	204
1977	38.0 °C8 March 1977	19.1 °C14 January 1977	26.8 °C	2,050 mm	200
1976	37.8 °C23 February 1976	20.4 °C2 January 1976	26.6 °C	2,218 mm	196
1975	37.2 °C4 March 1975	18.7 °C13 January 1975	26.4 °C	2,735 mm	170
1974	37.6 °C15 March 1974	18.5 °C28 November 1974	26.4 °C	2,099 mm	192
1973	39.0 °C17 March 1973	19.9 °C8 November 1973	26.8 °C	2,106 mm	201
1972	38.6 °C12 March 1972	19.0 °C7 January 1972	26.7 °C	2,424 mm	212
1971	37.5 °C14 March 1971	19.0 °C21 December 1971	26.3 °C	2,240 mm	188
1970	38.5 °C21 March 1970	18.2 °C16 December 1970	26.6 °C	2,467 mm	193
1969	38.7 °C8 March 1969	19.3 °C9 November 1969	26.9 °C	2,978 mm	196
1968	38.0 °C8 March 1968	18.9 °C13 December 1968	26.6 °C	2,760 mm	203
1967	37.6 °C26 February 1967	20.2 °C19 February 1967	26.7 °C	3,186 mm	209
1966	36.8 °C24 February 1966	19.1 °C1 January 1966	26.3 °C	3,321 mm	173
1965	38.1 °C14 March 1965	19.7 °C13 December 1965	26.1 °C	2,964 mm	174
1964	38.5 °C13 March 1964	19.7 °C21 December 1964	26.3 °C	3,031 mm	178
1963	37.2 °C9 March 1963	20.6 °C18 December 1963	26.3 °C	2,460 mm	188
1962	38.1 °C14 March 1962	20.3 °C14 December 1962	26.6 °C	3,050 mm	185
1961	39.7 °C12 March 1961	20.8 °C27 January 1961	26.6 °C	3,233 mm	196
1960	37.3 °C13 March 1960	20.1 °C25 December 1960	26.3 °C	2,679 mm	158
1959	39.2 °C21 March 1959	20.2 °C6 December 1959	26.7 °C	2,315 mm	184
1958	39.9 °C8 March 1958	20.8 °C6 February 1958	26.8 °C	2,807 mm	183
1957	37.3 °C24 March 1957	20.4 °C10 January 1957	26.7 °C	2,411 mm	193
1956	38.3 °C27 March 1956	19.4 °C4 January 1956	25.9 °C	2,588 mm	164
1955	38.1 °C25 February 1955	17.8 °C10 November 1955	26.1 °C	2,788 mm	148
1954	38.6 °C2 March 1954	19.4 °C8 December 1954	26.2 °C	3,168 mm	178
1953	38.3 °C27 February 1953	19.1 °C2 February 1953	26.4 °C	1,898 mm	226
1952	36.7 °C28 March 1952	19.5 °C31 December 1952	26.1 °C	2,067 mm	198
1951	38.6 °C1 March 1951	17.3 °C1 January 1951	26.2 °C	2,185 mm	199
1950	36.3 °C25 February 1950	17.0 °C15 November 1950	25.9 °C	1,537 mm	195
1949	35.1 °C27 March 1949	17.1 °C14 November 1949	25.7 °C	2,270 mm	175
1948	37.7 °C25 February 1948	20.8 °C27 December 1948	26.4 °C	2,248 mm	217
1947	36.4 °C22 February 1947	19.6 °C7 November 1947	26.3 °C	1,934 mm	201
1946	39.1 °C14 March 1946	18.1 °C27 January 1946	25.8 °C	2,939 mm	156
1945	39.5 °C27 March 1945	18.9 °C14 December 1945	26.0 °C	2,888 mm	171
1944	36.6 °C29 February 1944	18.8 °C29 December 1944	26.0 °C	3,034 mm	164
1943	37.2 °C22 February 1943	17.6 °C31 January 1943	25.2 °C	3,464 mm	134
1942	38.1 °C11 March 1942	19.9 °C24 December 1942	25.6 °C	2,545 mm	162
1941	36.7 °C24 February 1941	17.7 °C27 December 1941	25.6 °C	3,034 mm	181
1940	36.8 °C18 February 1940	18.5 °C23 December 1940	25.4 °C	2,998 mm	151

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.7 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

250 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2729 mm

+242 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.8 °C	+1.3 °C	14 mm	+4 mm
Feb	36.3 °C	+1.6 °C	2 mm	-12 mm
Mar	34.5 °C	-0.3 °C	76 mm	+32 mm
Apr	33.0 °C	0.0 °C	108 mm	-15 mm
May	30.9 °C	-0.1 °C	509 mm	+226 mm
Jun	29.5 °C	+1.0 °C	465 mm	-52 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	654 mm	+158 mm
Aug	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	386 mm	+24 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+0.9 °C	136 mm	-92 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	313 mm	+69 mm
Nov	30.6 °C	+0.2 °C	54 mm	-82 mm
Dec	32.9 °C	+1.2 °C	14 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.7 °C

22 Dec 2025

Wettest day

114.1 mm

16 Jul 2025

Windiest day

37.5 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

8 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.7 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Killannur?

Killannur has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,487 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Killannur?

The hottest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2014, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Killannur?

The coldest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1950, at 17.0 °C.

Does it snow in Killannur?

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

Has the climate of Killannur warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Killannur?

The wettest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, with 345 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Killannur?

The windiest day measured in Killannur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Killannur?

The warmest month in Killannur is March (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Killannur?

Killannur receives on average 2,487 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Killannur?

Killannur gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Killannur?

Yes: Killannur has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Killannur?

In Killannur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.5 °C on 26 April 2016, and the lowest was 17.4 °C on 15 November 1950.

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