Madurāntakam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 977 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Madurāntakam?

The coldest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 17.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Madurāntakam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Madurāntakam warmed?

Yes: Madurāntakam warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Madurāntakam?

The wettest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Madurāntakam?

The windiest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 56.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Madurāntakam?

The warmest month in Madurāntakam is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam receives on average 977 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Madurāntakam (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 977 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 (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Madurāntakam averages 0 frost days, 220 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Madurāntakam has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 13 May 1956) and the coldest 17.8 °C (on 26 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

MadurāntakamTamil Nadu

coords: 12.51°, 79.88°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

30.8°C

Average daily low

25.5°C

Annual rainfall

977mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

18.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

220 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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

40.2 °C

13 May 1956

Coldest day

17.8 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

211 mm

14 June 1996

Windiest day

56.6 km/h

31 October 2012

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

12 December 2016

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

31 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

18.2 °C

10 December 1981

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 June 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.6 °C12 May 2025	21.9 °C13 December 2025	28.4 °C	923 mm	241
2024	37.2 °C31 May 2024	22.7 °C7 February 2024	28.6 °C	1,472 mm	249
2023	36.5 °C16 May 2023	21.2 °C13 February 2023	28.3 °C	1,174 mm	233
2022	34.3 °C24 May 2022	21.4 °C9 December 2022	28.1 °C	1,196 mm	229
2021	35.1 °C2 April 2021	21.8 °C23 December 2021	28.1 °C	1,560 mm	233
2020	37.6 °C19 May 2020	21.2 °C14 January 2020	28.2 °C	1,387 mm	226
2019	36.5 °C9 June 2019	20.9 °C9 January 2019	28.5 °C	979 mm	246
2018	35.7 °C10 June 2018	20.5 °C2 February 2018	28.2 °C	710 mm	234
2017	37.0 °C18 May 2017	21.0 °C8 February 2017	28.3 °C	1,135 mm	233
2016	35.4 °C23 May 2016	21.5 °C28 November 2016	28.5 °C	830 mm	256
2015	36.5 °C6 July 2015	21.7 °C13 January 2015	28.2 °C	1,378 mm	227
2014	37.3 °C15 June 2014	20.5 °C9 February 2014	28.2 °C	1,046 mm	218
2013	37.3 °C25 May 2013	21.1 °C16 December 2013	28.1 °C	844 mm	236
2012	36.5 °C8 June 2012	19.4 °C17 January 2012	28.2 °C	835 mm	242
2011	35.7 °C6 May 2011	20.0 °C13 February 2011	27.9 °C	973 mm	227
2010	37.1 °C27 May 2010	20.9 °C22 December 2010	28.1 °C	1,359 mm	232
2009	36.5 °C21 July 2009	20.1 °C24 January 2009	28.2 °C	1,019 mm	227
2008	36.7 °C17 May 2008	20.0 °C15 January 2008	27.8 °C	1,124 mm	207
2007	36.7 °C14 May 2007	20.5 °C26 December 2007	27.6 °C	1,236 mm	205
2006	36.0 °C30 April 2006	19.6 °C15 February 2006	27.9 °C	1,065 mm	220
2005	36.9 °C17 June 2005	20.1 °C12 January 2005	27.9 °C	1,571 mm	226
2004	35.0 °C18 April 2004	20.5 °C15 January 2004	27.6 °C	1,141 mm	204
2003	37.2 °C30 May 2003	19.8 °C15 December 2003	28.1 °C	630 mm	225
2002	36.9 °C11 May 2002	20.2 °C21 December 2002	28.0 °C	607 mm	222
2001	37.7 °C16 May 2001	20.5 °C10 February 2001	28.1 °C	1,076 mm	230
2000	37.2 °C14 May 2000	19.7 °C23 January 2000	27.8 °C	779 mm	218
1999	36.7 °C14 April 1999	19.8 °C27 January 1999	27.9 °C	696 mm	225
1998	37.0 °C29 May 1998	20.8 °C16 December 1998	28.3 °C	932 mm	234
1997	36.9 °C19 May 1997	19.5 °C1 February 1997	27.8 °C	977 mm	209
1996	36.3 °C13 May 1996	19.9 °C2 December 1996	27.6 °C	1,590 mm	210
1995	35.3 °C7 June 1995	20.6 °C2 January 1995	27.7 °C	884 mm	214
1994	36.3 °C10 May 1994	19.5 °C12 December 1994	27.8 °C	883 mm	217
1993	35.9 °C25 May 1993	19.4 °C19 January 1993	27.7 °C	1,167 mm	217
1992	36.2 °C21 May 1992	19.1 °C7 January 1992	27.6 °C	603 mm	223
1991	36.7 °C29 April 1991	20.4 °C29 January 1991	27.9 °C	921 mm	226
1990	35.8 °C20 April 1990	18.1 °C15 January 1990	27.8 °C	1,055 mm	225
1989	36.3 °C29 April 1989	18.1 °C4 February 1989	27.4 °C	1,108 mm	204
1988	36.7 °C10 May 1988	20.1 °C1 December 1988	27.9 °C	958 mm	226
1987	36.7 °C5 June 1987	20.7 °C12 February 1987	28.0 °C	890 mm	220
1986	37.0 °C18 May 1986	20.8 °C3 February 1986	27.9 °C	864 mm	218
1985	37.4 °C24 May 1985	20.7 °C28 January 1985	27.8 °C	850 mm	219
1984	36.3 °C4 June 1984	19.8 °C14 December 1984	27.6 °C	1,226 mm	203
1983	37.9 °C31 May 1983	19.9 °C9 January 1983	28.0 °C	835 mm	236
1982	35.9 °C4 May 1982	20.8 °C11 January 1982	27.9 °C	502 mm	224
1981	37.2 °C20 June 1981	18.6 °C11 December 1981	27.6 °C	783 mm	206
1980	38.1 °C27 May 1980	20.2 °C28 January 1980	27.9 °C	656 mm	228
1979	36.2 °C27 June 1979	20.8 °C24 November 1979	28.0 °C	845 mm	209
1978	37.5 °C18 May 1978	18.1 °C19 January 1978	27.8 °C	1,053 mm	211
1977	35.5 °C2 June 1977	19.1 °C27 January 1977	27.6 °C	882 mm	198
1976	38.3 °C2 May 1976	19.5 °C22 February 1976	27.5 °C	923 mm	214
1975	36.5 °C12 May 1975	18.8 °C11 January 1975	27.6 °C	971 mm	209
1974	35.7 °C7 June 1974	19.4 °C6 February 1974	27.5 °C	631 mm	219
1973	37.4 °C9 May 1973	20.2 °C10 December 1973	27.9 °C	803 mm	215
1972	37.7 °C5 June 1972	19.9 °C6 January 1972	27.6 °C	931 mm	200
1971	36.2 °C4 May 1971	20.3 °C21 December 1971	27.4 °C	957 mm	207
1970	36.1 °C5 May 1970	19.3 °C3 December 1970	27.7 °C	855 mm	222
1969	36.1 °C13 May 1969	19.1 °C27 January 1969	28.0 °C	1,241 mm	219
1968	36.3 °C4 June 1968	20.1 °C17 January 1968	27.7 °C	969 mm	204
1967	36.6 °C5 June 1967	18.9 °C7 February 1967	27.4 °C	1,157 mm	196
1966	38.4 °C24 May 1966	19.3 °C14 December 1966	27.4 °C	1,475 mm	193
1965	37.4 °C28 May 1965	20.3 °C14 January 1965	27.5 °C	1,207 mm	213
1964	38.5 °C28 May 1964	19.2 °C14 January 1964	27.6 °C	939 mm	219
1963	38.0 °C27 May 1963	19.3 °C13 February 1963	27.5 °C	1,018 mm	212
1962	35.6 °C25 May 1962	20.5 °C2 January 1962	27.4 °C	788 mm	197
1961	35.6 °C10 May 1961	20.3 °C26 December 1961	27.5 °C	657 mm	217
1960	36.9 °C7 June 1960	19.1 °C4 February 1960	27.5 °C	1,155 mm	216
1959	36.8 °C23 May 1959	20.9 °C12 February 1959	27.8 °C	809 mm	232
1958	37.1 °C4 June 1958	20.9 °C6 January 1958	28.0 °C	1,021 mm	239
1957	35.5 °C31 May 1957	19.5 °C6 February 1957	27.5 °C	744 mm	210
1956	40.2 °C13 May 1956	19.5 °C22 January 1956	27.1 °C	1,114 mm	203
1955	36.7 °C12 May 1955	19.9 °C30 December 1955	27.0 °C	1,231 mm	207
1954	37.4 °C29 May 1954	19.3 °C21 January 1954	27.3 °C	976 mm	217
1953	37.1 °C30 May 1953	20.4 °C22 December 1953	27.8 °C	698 mm	217
1952	38.0 °C19 May 1952	20.7 °C21 January 1952	28.2 °C	428 mm	270
1951	36.7 °C9 May 1951	20.1 °C3 January 1951	27.8 °C	862 mm	228
1950	37.8 °C22 May 1950	19.9 °C2 January 1950	27.7 °C	531 mm	244
1949	36.0 °C23 April 1949	20.9 °C7 January 1949	27.4 °C	777 mm	214
1948	36.7 °C18 May 1948	21.4 °C26 December 1948	27.8 °C	1,052 mm	221
1947	36.0 °C24 May 1947	20.6 °C6 February 1947	27.6 °C	730 mm	201
1946	39.1 °C12 May 1946	19.0 °C26 January 1946	27.5 °C	1,228 mm	226
1945	37.6 °C17 May 1945	19.7 °C7 February 1945	27.7 °C	767 mm	232
1944	36.2 °C17 June 1944	20.9 °C25 December 1944	27.5 °C	1,059 mm	201
1943	36.3 °C29 April 1943	20.0 °C17 February 1943	26.8 °C	1,482 mm	186
1942	35.2 °C18 May 1942	19.1 °C1 January 1942	27.1 °C	830 mm	202
1941	38.4 °C24 May 1941	17.8 °C26 December 1941	27.6 °C	1,224 mm	222
1940	36.1 °C13 May 1940	18.6 °C9 January 1940	27.6 °C	617 mm	238

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

241 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

923 mm

-54 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.7 °C	26 mm	-0 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Mar	31.4 °C	+0.8 °C	28 mm	+11 mm
Apr	32.7 °C	+0.3 °C	19 mm	-0 mm
May	33.3 °C	-0.8 °C	79 mm	+39 mm
Jun	34.2 °C	+0.3 °C	18 mm	-30 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+0.9 °C	43 mm	-24 mm
Aug	32.0 °C	-0.4 °C	86 mm	-6 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+0.3 °C	77 mm	-29 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+0.1 °C	240 mm	+42 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.9 °C	237 mm	+9 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+0.3 °C	70 mm	-57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.6 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

21.9 °C

13 Dec 2025

Wettest day

65.2 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

33.3 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.4 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 977 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madurāntakam?

The hottest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Madurāntakam?

The coldest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 17.8 °C.

Does it snow in Madurāntakam?

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

Has the climate of Madurāntakam warmed?

Yes: Madurāntakam warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Madurāntakam?

The wettest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Madurāntakam?

The windiest day measured in Madurāntakam between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 56.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Madurāntakam?

The warmest month in Madurāntakam is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam receives on average 977 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Madurāntakam?

Madurāntakam gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Madurāntakam?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madurāntakam?

In Madurāntakam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 31 May 2024, and the lowest was 18.2 °C on 10 December 1981.

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