Kottangara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kottangara?

Kottangara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,829 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2016, reaching 38.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kottangara?

The coldest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1941, at 17.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kottangara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kottangara warmed?

Yes: Kottangara warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kottangara?

The wettest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1972, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kottangara?

The windiest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kottangara?

The warmest month in Kottangara is March (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kottangara?

Kottangara receives on average 1,829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 234 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kottangara?

Kottangara gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kottangara (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,829 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 (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Kottangara averages 0 frost days, 212 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 234 rainy days per year.

Kottangara has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 24 March 2016) and the coldest 17.8 °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

KottangaraKerala

coords: 8.92°, 76.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

30.8°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,829mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

212 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

234 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.0 °C

Average feels-like low

28.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

38.8 °C

24 March 2016

Coldest day

17.8 °C

27 December 1941

Wettest day

167 mm

12 May 1972

Windiest day

35.0 km/h

13 November 1992

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

13 November 1992

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

27 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

17.7 °C

1 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.1 h

14 May 1953

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.5 °C27 February 2025	20.4 °C20 December 2025	27.6 °C	1,916 mm	274
2024	37.9 °C10 April 2024	22.3 °C15 December 2024	28.3 °C	2,368 mm	297
2023	37.2 °C19 April 2023	22.3 °C13 January 2023	28.3 °C	2,329 mm	326
2022	37.2 °C3 March 2022	22.2 °C24 November 2022	27.8 °C	2,159 mm	276
2021	36.7 °C8 March 2021	22.8 °C28 January 2021	27.8 °C	2,215 mm	279
2020	37.9 °C2 April 2020	23.4 °C7 September 2020	28.4 °C	1,825 mm	302
2019	38.3 °C14 April 2019	22.0 °C3 January 2019	28.4 °C	1,936 mm	314
2018	38.0 °C11 March 2018	22.8 °C9 January 2018	27.9 °C	1,928 mm	282
2017	36.6 °C1 March 2017	22.7 °C29 December 2017	28.0 °C	1,790 mm	288
2016	38.8 °C24 March 2016	22.5 °C4 January 2016	28.4 °C	1,255 mm	267
2015	37.3 °C28 March 2015	22.9 °C13 January 2015	28.0 °C	1,910 mm	317
2014	37.6 °C19 March 2014	23.2 °C7 December 2014	27.9 °C	2,007 mm	291
2013	37.7 °C8 March 2013	21.9 °C18 December 2013	27.8 °C	1,956 mm	270
2012	38.4 °C25 February 2012	21.0 °C3 January 2012	27.8 °C	1,466 mm	304
2011	37.1 °C23 March 2011	22.3 °C27 December 2011	27.7 °C	2,019 mm	283
2010	38.5 °C20 March 2010	21.9 °C14 December 2010	27.8 °C	2,194 mm	251
2009	37.7 °C4 April 2009	20.3 °C1 January 2009	27.7 °C	2,059 mm	274
2008	38.1 °C8 March 2008	21.3 °C31 December 2008	27.3 °C	1,853 mm	271
2007	38.0 °C5 April 2007	21.4 °C27 December 2007	27.6 °C	2,099 mm	271
2006	36.5 °C19 March 2006	21.8 °C31 January 2006	27.6 °C	1,967 mm	270
2005	37.3 °C11 February 2005	21.8 °C29 December 2005	27.6 °C	1,951 mm	263
2004	36.9 °C24 February 2004	21.5 °C15 January 2004	27.5 °C	1,836 mm	245
2003	36.8 °C9 March 2003	20.2 °C9 December 2003	27.3 °C	1,715 mm	257
2002	37.7 °C12 March 2002	20.0 °C23 December 2002	27.2 °C	1,484 mm	234
2001	37.0 °C7 March 2001	20.1 °C11 December 2001	26.9 °C	1,537 mm	225
2000	36.4 °C21 March 2000	19.4 °C14 December 2000	27.0 °C	1,509 mm	236
1999	37.6 °C3 March 1999	20.6 °C27 January 1999	26.7 °C	1,827 mm	187
1998	38.2 °C27 March 1998	20.2 °C26 December 1998	27.5 °C	1,759 mm	219
1997	37.2 °C28 March 1997	21.8 °C8 January 1997	27.2 °C	1,817 mm	260
1996	36.1 °C18 February 1996	21.1 °C9 September 1996	26.8 °C	1,900 mm	213
1995	36.6 °C19 March 1995	20.8 °C16 December 1995	27.0 °C	1,768 mm	209
1994	36.7 °C10 March 1994	20.5 °C14 December 1994	27.0 °C	1,690 mm	221
1993	36.2 °C7 March 1993	20.6 °C7 January 1993	26.9 °C	1,711 mm	198
1992	37.1 °C6 March 1992	19.7 °C10 December 1992	26.8 °C	1,939 mm	204
1991	36.1 °C12 February 1991	20.1 °C9 December 1991	27.2 °C	1,666 mm	239
1990	36.5 °C19 March 1990	19.9 °C14 January 1990	27.0 °C	1,572 mm	212
1989	37.6 °C7 April 1989	20.6 °C5 February 1989	26.8 °C	1,757 mm	218
1988	36.6 °C11 March 1988	20.3 °C16 December 1988	27.1 °C	1,780 mm	219
1987	37.9 °C30 March 1987	22.3 °C29 December 1987	27.6 °C	1,455 mm	265
1986	36.5 °C13 March 1986	20.6 °C19 November 1986	27.1 °C	1,215 mm	230
1985	37.8 °C14 March 1985	20.6 °C26 November 1985	26.8 °C	1,444 mm	177
1984	36.2 °C25 March 1984	19.9 °C19 October 1984	26.6 °C	1,490 mm	190
1983	37.5 °C18 April 1983	21.6 °C1 January 1983	27.5 °C	1,303 mm	243
1982	37.7 °C14 March 1982	20.8 °C16 December 1982	27.2 °C	1,104 mm	250
1981	37.5 °C3 March 1981	20.7 °C10 January 1981	27.0 °C	1,592 mm	204
1980	36.7 °C9 February 1980	20.8 °C7 December 1980	27.1 °C	1,445 mm	253
1979	37.2 °C8 April 1979	21.5 °C5 January 1979	27.3 °C	1,671 mm	225
1978	37.1 °C27 February 1978	21.4 °C17 January 1978	26.8 °C	1,796 mm	187
1977	36.5 °C24 March 1977	20.3 °C7 January 1977	26.8 °C	1,507 mm	217
1976	35.2 °C17 March 1976	20.8 °C2 January 1976	26.5 °C	1,644 mm	210
1975	37.0 °C19 March 1975	19.8 °C27 December 1975	26.3 °C	1,987 mm	154
1974	36.3 °C29 March 1974	19.1 °C7 January 1974	26.3 °C	1,257 mm	170
1973	38.3 °C18 March 1973	20.2 °C27 December 1973	26.7 °C	1,556 mm	180
1972	36.4 °C12 March 1972	20.2 °C7 January 1972	26.7 °C	1,884 mm	203
1971	35.7 °C1 April 1971	19.8 °C21 December 1971	26.3 °C	1,698 mm	169
1970	35.9 °C13 February 1970	20.2 °C8 December 1970	26.6 °C	1,806 mm	169
1969	36.8 °C7 March 1969	20.7 °C20 October 1969	26.8 °C	2,079 mm	195
1968	36.6 °C12 March 1968	20.9 °C12 December 1968	26.5 °C	1,974 mm	187
1967	36.5 °C16 February 1967	20.6 °C8 January 1967	26.5 °C	2,318 mm	191
1966	35.7 °C1 April 1966	19.6 °C5 January 1966	26.2 °C	2,447 mm	158
1965	34.7 °C3 March 1965	20.8 °C25 February 1965	26.0 °C	2,270 mm	150
1964	36.2 °C14 March 1964	20.5 °C21 December 1964	26.2 °C	2,102 mm	171
1963	35.2 °C17 February 1963	20.1 °C7 January 1963	26.4 °C	1,660 mm	165
1962	36.9 °C14 March 1962	21.6 °C9 August 1962	26.7 °C	2,269 mm	179
1961	36.9 °C12 March 1961	21.9 °C21 July 1961	26.6 °C	1,983 mm	191
1960	35.8 °C18 February 1960	20.8 °C20 December 1960	26.2 °C	2,171 mm	137
1959	38.2 °C20 March 1959	20.8 °C17 December 1959	26.6 °C	1,572 mm	171
1958	37.8 °C8 March 1958	19.9 °C12 January 1958	26.6 °C	1,939 mm	159
1957	34.8 °C17 March 1957	20.1 °C7 January 1957	26.5 °C	1,787 mm	178
1956	36.1 °C29 March 1956	18.6 °C20 December 1956	25.8 °C	1,724 mm	153
1955	35.5 °C6 April 1955	18.2 °C21 December 1955	25.9 °C	1,978 mm	138
1954	37.0 °C2 March 1954	20.0 °C1 December 1954	25.9 °C	2,235 mm	139
1953	34.8 °C3 March 1953	19.5 °C9 December 1953	26.2 °C	1,677 mm	204
1952	36.1 °C27 March 1952	20.2 °C11 December 1952	26.1 °C	1,677 mm	175
1951	37.2 °C1 March 1951	18.3 °C2 January 1951	26.1 °C	1,873 mm	187
1950	34.7 °C11 April 1950	18.9 °C25 December 1950	25.8 °C	1,379 mm	163
1949	34.3 °C18 April 1949	19.6 °C9 November 1949	25.7 °C	1,660 mm	150
1948	36.8 °C1 March 1948	20.9 °C24 December 1948	26.4 °C	1,720 mm	181
1947	34.0 °C17 March 1947	20.8 °C2 November 1947	26.0 °C	1,446 mm	159
1946	37.2 °C14 March 1946	19.5 °C13 December 1946	25.8 °C	2,123 mm	146
1945	36.8 °C27 March 1945	19.0 °C15 December 1945	25.8 °C	2,168 mm	131
1944	34.9 °C29 February 1944	19.0 °C27 December 1944	25.8 °C	2,297 mm	146
1943	36.1 °C22 February 1943	19.3 °C19 January 1943	25.0 °C	2,129 mm	118
1942	34.9 °C1 April 1942	19.3 °C23 December 1942	25.1 °C	1,990 mm	123
1941	35.6 °C24 February 1941	17.8 °C27 December 1941	25.4 °C	2,084 mm	134
1940	35.3 °C2 April 1940	19.6 °C24 December 1940	25.3 °C	2,284 mm	120

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

274 d/yr

+62

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1916 mm

+87 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.8 °C	+0.5 °C	23 mm	+4 mm
Feb	35.4 °C	+1.8 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Mar	34.6 °C	+0.5 °C	60 mm	+8 mm
Apr	32.9 °C	-0.1 °C	148 mm	+32 mm
May	31.0 °C	-0.1 °C	282 mm	+47 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.2 °C	273 mm	-35 mm
Jul	29.5 °C	+0.9 °C	367 mm	+118 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.9 °C	193 mm	-12 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.0 °C	120 mm	-51 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	259 mm	+37 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	0.0 °C	177 mm	+4 mm
Dec	31.6 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.4 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

59.4 mm

16 Oct 2025

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

21 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.6 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kottangara?

Kottangara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,829 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kottangara?

The hottest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2016, reaching 38.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kottangara?

The coldest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1941, at 17.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kottangara?

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

Has the climate of Kottangara warmed?

Yes: Kottangara warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kottangara?

The wettest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1972, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kottangara?

The windiest day measured in Kottangara between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kottangara?

The warmest month in Kottangara is March (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kottangara?

Kottangara receives on average 1,829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 234 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kottangara?

Kottangara gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kottangara?

Yes: Kottangara has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kottangara?

In Kottangara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 27 April 2016, and the lowest was 17.7 °C on 1 January 1951.

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