Lunglei climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lunglei?

Lunglei has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,123 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1956, reaching 38.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lunglei?

The coldest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1962, at 2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lunglei?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lunglei warmed?

Yes: Lunglei warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lunglei?

The wettest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2007, with 271 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lunglei?

The windiest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lunglei?

The warmest month in Lunglei is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lunglei?

Lunglei receives on average 2,123 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lunglei?

Lunglei gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lunglei (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,123 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Lunglei averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.

Lunglei has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 15 April 1956) and the coldest 2.0 °C (on 17 January 1962).

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

LungleiMizoram

coords: 22.89°, 92.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

17.3°C

Annual rainfall

2,123mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

8.9km/h

Seasonal range

9.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

191 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.4 °C

Average feels-like low

19.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

171 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

38.7 °C

15 April 1956

Coldest day

2.0 °C

17 January 1962

Wettest day

271 mm

12 June 2007

Windiest day

37.9 km/h

30 April 1991

Strongest gust

135.7 km/h

30 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

23 May 2021

Coldest feels-like

-0.7 °C

17 January 1962

Sunniest day

12.9 h

17 June 1957

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.2 °C11 May 2025	7.8 °C8 February 2025	23.2 °C	1,909 mm	153
2024	37.2 °C14 April 2024	6.6 °C30 January 2024	23.2 °C	2,370 mm	138
2023	38.7 °C8 May 2023	5.3 °C19 January 2023	23.3 °C	1,737 mm	148
2022	37.2 °C28 April 2022	6.6 °C9 February 2022	23.1 °C	1,610 mm	147
2021	38.3 °C25 April 2021	4.9 °C1 February 2021	23.3 °C	1,886 mm	141
2020	36.6 °C18 May 2020	5.1 °C4 February 2020	22.6 °C	1,765 mm	111
2019	38.2 °C24 April 2019	6.8 °C5 January 2019	23.0 °C	1,619 mm	135
2018	36.1 °C25 April 2018	4.2 °C29 January 2018	22.3 °C	1,865 mm	120
2017	35.5 °C27 May 2017	5.4 °C14 January 2017	22.7 °C	2,397 mm	98
2016	36.1 °C11 May 2016	5.3 °C26 January 2016	22.8 °C	2,154 mm	123
2015	35.8 °C6 May 2015	5.2 °C2 February 2015	22.5 °C	2,519 mm	115
2014	37.8 °C20 April 2014	6.0 °C4 January 2014	22.7 °C	1,469 mm	114
2013	35.0 °C12 April 2013	2.9 °C12 January 2013	22.5 °C	1,910 mm	107
2012	35.5 °C27 May 2012	4.6 °C26 January 2012	22.3 °C	2,018 mm	95
2011	35.2 °C9 April 2011	5.3 °C13 January 2011	22.2 °C	1,978 mm	106
2010	35.7 °C21 March 2010	5.6 °C6 February 2010	22.7 °C	2,236 mm	96
2009	36.5 °C15 April 2009	5.7 °C29 December 2009	22.8 °C	1,751 mm	113
2008	38.0 °C22 April 2008	5.0 °C15 February 2008	22.3 °C	1,794 mm	91
2007	37.0 °C1 May 2007	5.5 °C19 January 2007	22.0 °C	2,782 mm	84
2006	35.2 °C25 April 2006	6.2 °C14 January 2006	22.5 °C	1,793 mm	93
2005	35.7 °C20 April 2005	6.3 °C14 January 2005	22.8 °C	1,728 mm	97
2004	35.7 °C8 May 2004	5.0 °C29 January 2004	22.1 °C	2,156 mm	71
2003	34.8 °C13 May 2003	5.4 °C24 January 2003	22.2 °C	2,087 mm	66
2002	34.2 °C18 April 2002	6.5 °C27 January 2002	22.2 °C	1,982 mm	83
2001	36.5 °C24 April 2001	4.9 °C12 January 2001	22.1 °C	2,106 mm	80
2000	36.4 °C11 April 2000	6.2 °C8 January 2000	21.7 °C	2,082 mm	69
1999	36.2 °C27 April 1999	6.8 °C2 January 1999	22.5 °C	1,918 mm	95
1998	34.3 °C14 May 1998	6.2 °C4 January 1998	22.2 °C	2,234 mm	78
1997	35.1 °C17 May 1997	3.9 °C27 January 1997	21.4 °C	2,028 mm	56
1996	34.3 °C21 May 1996	5.3 °C20 January 1996	21.9 °C	2,383 mm	62
1995	35.7 °C9 May 1995	4.4 °C25 January 1995	22.3 °C	1,945 mm	94
1994	34.0 °C30 April 1994	7.1 °C23 January 1994	21.8 °C	2,072 mm	62
1993	32.8 °C8 April 1993	3.9 °C24 January 1993	21.4 °C	2,300 mm	40
1992	34.7 °C11 May 1992	6.7 °C28 December 1992	21.6 °C	1,908 mm	81
1991	34.5 °C18 March 1991	4.9 °C22 January 1991	21.8 °C	2,234 mm	59
1990	33.6 °C5 May 1990	5.4 °C10 January 1990	21.8 °C	2,365 mm	52
1989	35.2 °C23 April 1989	2.7 °C13 January 1989	21.5 °C	1,942 mm	75
1988	37.5 °C7 April 1988	5.1 °C28 January 1988	22.2 °C	1,933 mm	75
1987	35.3 °C13 May 1987	6.1 °C4 January 1987	22.1 °C	1,850 mm	64
1986	34.9 °C4 June 1986	5.9 °C19 February 1986	21.9 °C	1,815 mm	88
1985	33.4 °C17 May 1985	5.7 °C15 January 1985	21.6 °C	1,854 mm	56
1984	36.0 °C22 April 1984	5.5 °C20 December 1984	21.5 °C	2,355 mm	60
1983	32.9 °C18 April 1983	4.1 °C6 February 1983	21.3 °C	2,487 mm	42
1982	37.8 °C24 May 1982	5.4 °C2 January 1982	21.6 °C	1,666 mm	68
1981	32.3 °C24 September 1981	6.1 °C3 January 1981	21.6 °C	1,712 mm	35
1980	36.3 °C16 April 1980	5.1 °C17 January 1980	21.8 °C	1,879 mm	76
1979	36.0 °C25 April 1979	4.9 °C16 January 1979	22.3 °C	1,919 mm	98
1978	35.9 °C10 April 1978	3.2 °C5 January 1978	21.4 °C	2,239 mm	67
1977	35.0 °C24 March 1977	5.1 °C5 January 1977	21.3 °C	2,085 mm	41
1976	33.6 °C30 March 1976	4.9 °C16 January 1976	21.4 °C	2,285 mm	55
1975	36.3 °C5 May 1975	3.2 °C22 January 1975	21.5 °C	2,401 mm	70
1974	32.8 °C14 March 1974	4.8 °C8 February 1974	21.3 °C	2,205 mm	49
1973	36.3 °C4 April 1973	5.4 °C18 January 1973	22.0 °C	2,630 mm	67
1972	35.2 °C14 May 1972	4.5 °C12 February 1972	21.8 °C	1,674 mm	74
1971	33.5 °C23 March 1971	4.6 °C3 February 1971	21.1 °C	2,393 mm	48
1970	34.3 °C23 April 1970	3.6 °C30 January 1970	21.5 °C	2,388 mm	64
1969	36.3 °C5 April 1969	3.4 °C17 January 1969	21.8 °C	2,252 mm	89
1968	36.5 °C8 May 1968	3.3 °C5 February 1968	21.3 °C	2,210 mm	51
1967	33.5 °C8 April 1967	3.3 °C31 January 1967	21.3 °C	2,387 mm	41
1966	35.1 °C1 May 1966	5.8 °C23 December 1966	21.4 °C	2,612 mm	74
1965	33.7 °C30 April 1965	4.4 °C10 January 1965	21.2 °C	3,018 mm	62
1964	35.6 °C26 March 1964	2.9 °C20 January 1964	21.6 °C	2,058 mm	80
1963	34.4 °C8 April 1963	4.5 °C3 January 1963	21.4 °C	2,935 mm	46
1962	35.7 °C23 May 1962	2.0 °C17 January 1962	21.3 °C	2,407 mm	72
1961	34.7 °C28 May 1961	3.6 °C31 December 1961	21.5 °C	2,302 mm	67
1960	38.7 °C30 April 1960	4.2 °C25 January 1960	21.9 °C	2,242 mm	86
1959	34.9 °C27 April 1959	4.2 °C2 January 1959	21.1 °C	2,715 mm	57
1958	35.0 °C28 March 1958	5.3 °C12 February 1958	22.1 °C	2,224 mm	90
1957	36.6 °C11 April 1957	4.1 °C16 February 1957	21.5 °C	1,693 mm	86
1956	38.7 °C15 April 1956	4.6 °C26 January 1956	21.6 °C	2,286 mm	78
1955	34.9 °C23 March 1955	4.6 °C26 December 1955	21.6 °C	2,073 mm	73
1954	36.2 °C19 April 1954	3.9 °C26 January 1954	21.6 °C	1,972 mm	69
1953	32.4 °C14 August 1953	2.7 °C26 January 1953	20.9 °C	1,908 mm	28
1952	33.7 °C14 April 1952	5.1 °C31 December 1952	21.2 °C	1,957 mm	32
1951	32.8 °C8 April 1951	6.6 °C26 January 1951	21.1 °C	2,792 mm	31
1950	34.0 °C6 April 1950	4.8 °C14 February 1950	21.4 °C	2,448 mm	47
1949	31.5 °C24 March 1949	5.4 °C23 December 1949	20.9 °C	3,320 mm	11
1948	32.0 °C10 April 1948	5.9 °C29 December 1948	21.2 °C	2,330 mm	38
1947	37.1 °C17 May 1947	5.3 °C17 January 1947	21.8 °C	2,074 mm	82
1946	36.1 °C20 March 1946	6.7 °C2 January 1946	21.5 °C	2,168 mm	72
1945	35.7 °C20 April 1945	5.1 °C5 February 1945	21.6 °C	1,740 mm	89
1944	34.5 °C21 March 1944	5.7 °C22 January 1944	21.4 °C	1,806 mm	70
1943	34.9 °C19 May 1943	5.2 °C8 February 1943	21.2 °C	1,563 mm	49
1942	35.0 °C25 April 1942	6.1 °C8 February 1942	21.2 °C	2,061 mm	78
1941	33.6 °C22 March 1941	4.4 °C13 January 1941	21.0 °C	2,206 mm	49
1940	33.7 °C24 April 1940	6.1 °C5 January 1940	21.0 °C	2,008 mm	44

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

153 d/yr

+76

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1909 mm

-214 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+2.5 °C	2 mm	-43 mm
Apr	32.6 °C	+1.4 °C	45 mm	-51 mm
May	31.5 °C	+1.3 °C	253 mm	+10 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+0.8 °C	557 mm	+122 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+1.3 °C	366 mm	-33 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	+1.5 °C	231 mm	-127 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.7 °C	256 mm	-20 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+2.3 °C	130 mm	-43 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	+1.5 °C	69 mm	+18 mm
Dec	24.4 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

7.8 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

62.9 mm

14 Jun 2025

Windiest day

20.2 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

10 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.3 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lunglei?

Lunglei has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,123 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lunglei?

The hottest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1956, reaching 38.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lunglei?

The coldest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1962, at 2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Lunglei?

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

Has the climate of Lunglei warmed?

Yes: Lunglei warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lunglei?

The wettest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2007, with 271 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lunglei?

The windiest day measured in Lunglei between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lunglei?

The warmest month in Lunglei is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Lunglei?

Lunglei receives on average 2,123 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lunglei?

Lunglei gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lunglei?

Yes: Lunglei has on average 171 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lunglei?

In Lunglei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 23 May 2021, and the lowest was -0.7 °C on 17 January 1962.

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