Madukkūr climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Madukkūr?

Madukkūr has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 42.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Madukkūr?

The coldest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1990, at 15.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Madukkūr?

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

Q: Has the climate of Madukkūr warmed?

Yes: Madukkūr warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Madukkūr?

The wettest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1983, with 332 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Madukkūr?

The windiest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 2018, with winds reaching 36.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Madukkūr?

The warmest month in Madukkūr is May (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Madukkūr?

Madukkūr receives on average 958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Madukkūr?

Madukkūr gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Madukkūr (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 958 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 (31.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Madukkūr averages 0 frost days, 282 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.

Madukkūr has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 13 May 1956) and the coldest 15.8 °C (on 20 January 1990).

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

MadukkūrTamil Nadu

coords: 10.48°, 79.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.4°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

25.2°C

Annual rainfall

958mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

282 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

146 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.8 °C

Average feels-like low

28.9 °C

Average peak gust

38.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

359 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

42.0 °C

13 May 1956

Coldest day

15.8 °C

20 January 1990

Wettest day

332 mm

22 December 1983

Windiest day

36.3 km/h

16 November 2018

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

7 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

24 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

16.5 °C

20 January 1990

Sunniest day

12.5 h

26 May 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C17 July 2025	20.6 °C14 February 2025	29.1 °C	1,176 mm	294
2024	39.3 °C28 July 2024	20.4 °C17 January 2024	29.5 °C	1,353 mm	328
2023	39.9 °C30 July 2023	20.1 °C16 January 2023	29.1 °C	1,415 mm	311
2022	38.5 °C29 June 2022	20.4 °C3 February 2022	28.7 °C	1,233 mm	306
2021	38.9 °C27 May 2021	20.6 °C23 December 2021	28.9 °C	1,504 mm	311
2020	39.5 °C19 May 2020	21.2 °C27 January 2020	29.1 °C	1,175 mm	321
2019	40.1 °C22 June 2019	20.2 °C22 January 2019	29.2 °C	906 mm	304
2018	38.6 °C22 July 2018	20.5 °C3 February 2018	28.9 °C	832 mm	308
2017	40.3 °C6 July 2017	19.6 °C8 February 2017	29.1 °C	1,252 mm	307
2016	39.2 °C12 July 2016	19.7 °C1 December 2016	29.5 °C	636 mm	341
2015	39.4 °C5 July 2015	20.6 °C15 January 2015	29.0 °C	1,452 mm	298
2014	41.4 °C7 June 2014	20.3 °C7 February 2014	29.4 °C	1,244 mm	285
2013	40.1 °C9 May 2013	20.9 °C14 January 2013	29.3 °C	629 mm	321
2012	39.9 °C3 June 2012	18.9 °C18 January 2012	29.0 °C	742 mm	313
2011	39.2 °C16 June 2011	19.0 °C28 December 2011	28.7 °C	1,173 mm	276
2010	39.6 °C1 August 2010	19.2 °C3 March 2010	28.9 °C	1,395 mm	293
2009	39.3 °C7 August 2009	18.6 °C12 February 2009	28.9 °C	1,108 mm	268
2008	39.2 °C6 June 2008	19.2 °C19 January 2008	28.6 °C	1,404 mm	290
2007	39.5 °C11 May 2007	19.1 °C26 December 2007	28.6 °C	1,157 mm	285
2006	39.2 °C6 July 2006	17.5 °C20 January 2006	28.7 °C	985 mm	276
2005	39.1 °C6 August 2005	19.5 °C11 January 2005	28.8 °C	1,248 mm	286
2004	39.0 °C21 August 2004	18.5 °C1 March 2004	28.5 °C	1,211 mm	271
2003	39.2 °C15 September 2003	19.7 °C25 January 2003	28.9 °C	917 mm	288
2002	39.2 °C21 May 2002	18.7 °C15 January 2002	28.8 °C	760 mm	276
2001	39.5 °C27 May 2001	18.3 °C11 February 2001	28.7 °C	922 mm	279
2000	39.4 °C22 May 2000	17.9 °C21 January 2000	28.4 °C	893 mm	274
1999	39.2 °C14 April 1999	18.0 °C27 January 1999	28.4 °C	887 mm	274
1998	39.3 °C11 July 1998	20.3 °C16 January 1998	29.0 °C	954 mm	308
1997	39.9 °C5 August 1997	17.8 °C1 February 1997	28.7 °C	926 mm	286
1996	39.7 °C4 August 1996	18.4 °C3 December 1996	28.4 °C	1,228 mm	302
1995	39.1 °C14 June 1995	20.0 °C5 March 1995	28.7 °C	756 mm	293
1994	38.2 °C5 May 1994	19.3 °C8 March 1994	28.4 °C	806 mm	251
1993	39.6 °C31 May 1993	18.9 °C20 January 1993	28.5 °C	1,079 mm	268
1992	39.1 °C23 June 1992	19.2 °C8 March 1992	28.4 °C	680 mm	280
1991	39.9 °C29 April 1991	19.2 °C13 February 1991	28.7 °C	831 mm	276
1990	39.6 °C21 June 1990	15.8 °C20 January 1990	28.8 °C	990 mm	288
1989	40.3 °C28 April 1989	17.3 °C6 February 1989	28.4 °C	829 mm	289
1988	40.5 °C20 May 1988	19.1 °C29 November 1988	28.7 °C	851 mm	303
1987	40.3 °C8 June 1987	20.4 °C12 February 1987	28.9 °C	713 mm	301
1986	40.0 °C18 May 1986	18.3 °C17 November 1986	28.6 °C	785 mm	274
1985	40.2 °C28 May 1985	19.4 °C6 February 1985	28.5 °C	856 mm	272
1984	39.3 °C13 June 1984	17.6 °C14 December 1984	28.0 °C	1,262 mm	244
1983	39.8 °C29 June 1983	18.8 °C3 January 1983	28.8 °C	1,088 mm	297
1982	39.3 °C12 June 1982	18.8 °C14 February 1982	28.5 °C	595 mm	273
1981	39.4 °C27 May 1981	18.0 °C8 December 1981	28.3 °C	851 mm	280
1980	41.5 °C25 May 1980	18.1 °C28 January 1980	28.7 °C	604 mm	279
1979	39.0 °C5 July 1979	20.1 °C13 January 1979	28.6 °C	778 mm	264
1978	39.9 °C18 May 1978	17.3 °C19 January 1978	28.7 °C	894 mm	303
1977	38.9 °C27 July 1977	17.5 °C13 January 1977	28.2 °C	786 mm	261
1976	40.1 °C24 May 1976	17.9 °C26 February 1976	28.1 °C	699 mm	268
1975	39.8 °C12 June 1975	19.2 °C3 December 1975	28.2 °C	950 mm	280
1974	38.9 °C13 June 1974	17.1 °C6 February 1974	28.2 °C	509 mm	291
1973	39.9 °C17 May 1973	19.2 °C16 January 1973	28.4 °C	868 mm	279
1972	38.8 °C6 August 1972	18.6 °C6 February 1972	28.0 °C	1,045 mm	265
1971	39.0 °C3 May 1971	18.1 °C12 February 1971	27.8 °C	1,023 mm	257
1970	38.5 °C8 June 1970	18.7 °C4 December 1970	28.4 °C	730 mm	268
1969	39.9 °C14 May 1969	17.8 °C27 January 1969	28.6 °C	1,093 mm	268
1968	38.3 °C15 September 1968	18.7 °C7 February 1968	28.2 °C	844 mm	269
1967	39.1 °C7 May 1967	18.3 °C9 February 1967	28.0 °C	1,256 mm	266
1966	40.6 °C26 May 1966	19.0 °C2 January 1966	27.8 °C	1,183 mm	247
1965	39.3 °C31 May 1965	19.5 °C8 March 1965	27.8 °C	1,153 mm	266
1964	40.7 °C27 May 1964	17.8 °C15 January 1964	28.1 °C	903 mm	275
1963	41.5 °C27 May 1963	18.0 °C13 February 1963	27.8 °C	1,226 mm	240
1962	38.7 °C15 August 1962	19.6 °C11 January 1962	28.0 °C	933 mm	254
1961	37.9 °C10 May 1961	18.4 °C26 February 1961	27.8 °C	763 mm	256
1960	39.3 °C7 June 1960	17.8 °C3 February 1960	28.0 °C	821 mm	258
1959	39.5 °C23 May 1959	20.1 °C23 February 1959	28.3 °C	799 mm	282
1958	38.7 °C4 June 1958	19.6 °C5 February 1958	28.3 °C	1,000 mm	269
1957	38.5 °C4 September 1957	18.1 °C6 February 1957	28.0 °C	784 mm	258
1956	42.0 °C13 May 1956	17.4 °C21 January 1956	27.6 °C	1,059 mm	243
1955	38.2 °C6 June 1955	18.7 °C1 March 1955	27.5 °C	1,041 mm	254
1954	39.4 °C27 May 1954	16.9 °C20 January 1954	27.7 °C	1,152 mm	259
1953	40.5 °C2 June 1953	19.6 °C31 January 1953	28.3 °C	655 mm	314
1952	40.9 °C20 May 1952	19.8 °C21 January 1952	28.6 °C	447 mm	352
1951	39.8 °C15 May 1951	19.0 °C4 January 1951	28.2 °C	851 mm	319
1950	39.9 °C18 May 1950	18.8 °C3 January 1950	28.4 °C	347 mm	353
1949	38.4 °C23 April 1949	19.6 °C26 January 1949	27.7 °C	674 mm	287
1948	39.1 °C21 May 1948	20.7 °C25 February 1948	28.2 °C	1,012 mm	275
1947	38.9 °C3 June 1947	18.9 °C9 February 1947	27.9 °C	861 mm	264
1946	40.3 °C6 May 1946	17.3 °C29 January 1946	28.0 °C	1,061 mm	265
1945	40.1 °C23 May 1945	17.9 °C4 January 1945	28.1 °C	706 mm	268
1944	38.8 °C17 June 1944	18.5 °C26 January 1944	27.7 °C	1,199 mm	256
1943	39.3 °C15 May 1943	19.0 °C18 February 1943	27.2 °C	987 mm	265
1942	38.2 °C8 August 1942	18.1 °C1 January 1942	27.3 °C	828 mm	260
1941	40.5 °C29 April 1941	17.0 °C27 December 1941	27.7 °C	1,206 mm	256
1940	37.5 °C13 May 1940	17.9 °C17 January 1940	27.4 °C	988 mm	275

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.3 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

294 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1176 mm

+218 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	+0.5 °C	58 mm	+22 mm
Feb	31.7 °C	+0.8 °C	18 mm	-1 mm
Mar	33.0 °C	-0.1 °C	40 mm	+17 mm
Apr	34.9 °C	+0.1 °C	46 mm	+11 mm
May	35.7 °C	-0.4 °C	99 mm	+51 mm
Jun	36.3 °C	+0.3 °C	42 mm	-10 mm
Jul	37.5 °C	+1.9 °C	28 mm	-33 mm
Aug	34.7 °C	-0.5 °C	101 mm	+25 mm
Sep	34.7 °C	+0.4 °C	94 mm	-11 mm
Oct	31.9 °C	0.0 °C	221 mm	+39 mm
Nov	30.2 °C	+0.6 °C	387 mm	+191 mm
Dec	29.2 °C	+0.7 °C	42 mm	-84 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest day

20.6 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

164.1 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

29.8 km/h

29 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.9 °C

15 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Madukkūr?

Madukkūr has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madukkūr?

The hottest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Madukkūr?

The coldest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1990, at 15.8 °C.

Does it snow in Madukkūr?

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

Has the climate of Madukkūr warmed?

Yes: Madukkūr warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Madukkūr?

The wettest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1983, with 332 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Madukkūr?

The windiest day measured in Madukkūr between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 2018, with winds reaching 36.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Madukkūr?

The warmest month in Madukkūr is May (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Madukkūr?

Madukkūr receives on average 958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Madukkūr?

Madukkūr gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Madukkūr?

Yes: Madukkūr has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madukkūr?

In Madukkūr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 24 May 2020, and the lowest was 16.5 °C on 20 January 1990.

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