Manapparai climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Manapparai?

Manapparai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1973, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Manapparai?

The coldest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 14.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Manapparai?

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

Q: Has the climate of Manapparai warmed?

Yes: Manapparai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Manapparai?

The wettest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1983, with 256 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Manapparai?

The windiest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1953, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Manapparai?

The warmest month in Manapparai is May (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Manapparai?

Manapparai receives on average 829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Manapparai?

Manapparai gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Manapparai (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 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 May (31.5 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Manapparai averages 0 frost days, 298 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Manapparai has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 10 May 1973) and the coldest 14.9 °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

ManapparaiTamil Nadu

coords: 10.61°, 78.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

33.8°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

829mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

15.5km/h

Seasonal range

6.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

298 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.1 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

337 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

43.7 °C

10 May 1973

Coldest day

14.9 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

256 mm

22 December 1983

Windiest day

37.0 km/h

8 June 1953

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

22 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

24 May 1983

Coldest feels-like

15.1 °C

31 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.4 h

28 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C4 May 2025	18.1 °C21 December 2025	28.7 °C	851 mm	300
2024	40.4 °C2 May 2024	19.9 °C17 January 2024	29.0 °C	1,157 mm	330
2023	40.4 °C5 June 2023	18.9 °C18 January 2023	28.9 °C	1,126 mm	313
2022	39.3 °C2 May 2022	20.2 °C3 February 2022	28.5 °C	1,002 mm	319
2021	39.5 °C2 April 2021	18.7 °C11 February 2021	28.6 °C	1,211 mm	300
2020	41.4 °C24 May 2020	19.1 °C15 January 2020	29.0 °C	1,053 mm	327
2019	42.1 °C28 May 2019	18.4 °C10 January 2019	29.5 °C	691 mm	321
2018	40.6 °C2 May 2018	17.9 °C3 February 2018	28.8 °C	797 mm	328
2017	41.4 °C24 April 2017	19.2 °C3 February 2017	29.1 °C	921 mm	326
2016	41.6 °C22 April 2016	19.5 °C3 January 2016	29.6 °C	495 mm	347
2015	40.5 °C3 April 2015	18.1 °C13 January 2015	28.7 °C	1,369 mm	301
2014	42.4 °C23 May 2014	18.9 °C6 February 2014	29.2 °C	934 mm	302
2013	42.6 °C10 May 2013	18.9 °C15 January 2013	29.2 °C	617 mm	341
2012	41.7 °C2 June 2012	16.0 °C16 January 2012	29.3 °C	472 mm	340
2011	41.7 °C31 May 2011	17.1 °C25 December 2011	28.7 °C	869 mm	298
2010	41.8 °C15 May 2010	17.8 °C23 January 2010	28.8 °C	1,194 mm	293
2009	41.7 °C2 May 2009	17.8 °C6 January 2009	29.0 °C	1,011 mm	289
2008	41.6 °C2 May 2008	17.0 °C31 December 2008	28.5 °C	1,099 mm	293
2007	41.5 °C14 May 2007	17.7 °C16 November 2007	28.4 °C	1,120 mm	304
2006	41.4 °C16 May 2006	17.7 °C7 February 2006	28.5 °C	911 mm	283
2005	42.2 °C26 May 2005	18.4 °C11 January 2005	28.6 °C	1,255 mm	298
2004	42.4 °C17 April 2004	17.7 °C15 January 2004	28.3 °C	953 mm	283
2003	42.5 °C22 May 2003	17.6 °C8 December 2003	28.9 °C	769 mm	309
2002	41.3 °C12 May 2002	16.4 °C14 January 2002	28.7 °C	569 mm	302
2001	42.1 °C12 May 2001	18.2 °C10 February 2001	28.6 °C	661 mm	293
2000	40.8 °C1 May 2000	17.4 °C15 December 2000	28.2 °C	765 mm	294
1999	40.9 °C12 April 1999	17.3 °C27 January 1999	28.3 °C	769 mm	285
1998	42.1 °C30 May 1998	18.7 °C23 December 1998	28.8 °C	947 mm	310
1997	40.7 °C24 May 1997	16.9 °C1 February 1997	28.5 °C	865 mm	291
1996	41.0 °C7 May 1996	17.6 °C25 December 1996	28.1 °C	989 mm	313
1995	40.2 °C2 June 1995	17.3 °C2 January 1995	28.4 °C	799 mm	310
1994	41.7 °C24 May 1994	17.9 °C12 December 1994	28.1 °C	785 mm	272
1993	43.0 °C11 May 1993	17.0 °C20 January 1993	28.3 °C	888 mm	272
1992	41.3 °C10 May 1992	16.9 °C8 January 1992	28.3 °C	666 mm	302
1991	41.9 °C24 May 1991	17.9 °C9 February 1991	28.4 °C	780 mm	294
1990	41.0 °C25 April 1990	16.0 °C14 January 1990	28.7 °C	815 mm	306
1989	42.5 °C14 May 1989	16.5 °C7 February 1989	28.4 °C	689 mm	318
1988	41.4 °C12 May 1988	18.5 °C6 February 1988	28.6 °C	822 mm	334
1987	41.0 °C9 April 1987	18.1 °C12 February 1987	28.9 °C	672 mm	320
1986	43.0 °C21 May 1986	18.2 °C17 November 1986	28.7 °C	670 mm	298
1985	42.2 °C25 April 1985	18.0 °C27 January 1985	28.6 °C	593 mm	293
1984	41.3 °C27 May 1984	16.0 °C14 December 1984	27.7 °C	1,009 mm	248
1983	41.6 °C24 May 1983	17.8 °C8 January 1983	28.8 °C	1,032 mm	323
1982	40.9 °C4 April 1982	17.7 °C15 January 1982	28.5 °C	509 mm	286
1981	41.6 °C27 May 1981	17.3 °C19 February 1981	28.2 °C	885 mm	302
1980	41.8 °C21 May 1980	16.9 °C15 January 1980	28.6 °C	532 mm	316
1979	41.4 °C4 June 1979	18.0 °C12 January 1979	28.2 °C	795 mm	267
1978	40.8 °C16 April 1978	16.6 °C19 January 1978	28.3 °C	811 mm	304
1977	40.9 °C14 April 1977	17.0 °C12 January 1977	28.2 °C	736 mm	287
1976	40.8 °C3 May 1976	16.5 °C26 February 1976	28.4 °C	562 mm	298
1975	41.7 °C5 May 1975	16.7 °C3 December 1975	27.9 °C	802 mm	304
1974	41.8 °C8 May 1974	16.0 °C7 February 1974	28.3 °C	434 mm	330
1973	43.7 °C10 May 1973	18.0 °C4 January 1973	28.3 °C	700 mm	297
1972	39.9 °C14 June 1972	15.5 °C12 January 1972	28.0 °C	918 mm	281
1971	40.3 °C3 May 1971	16.9 °C21 December 1971	27.9 °C	725 mm	298
1970	41.9 °C16 May 1970	16.8 °C6 December 1970	28.1 °C	714 mm	298
1969	41.9 °C17 April 1969	17.5 °C27 January 1969	28.5 °C	897 mm	297
1968	40.1 °C20 May 1968	16.8 °C7 February 1968	27.8 °C	808 mm	292
1967	40.8 °C5 May 1967	17.3 °C10 February 1967	27.7 °C	1,068 mm	273
1966	42.4 °C24 May 1966	17.2 °C14 December 1966	27.6 °C	1,205 mm	252
1965	40.8 °C20 May 1965	17.8 °C23 January 1965	27.4 °C	970 mm	278
1964	41.8 °C30 May 1964	16.8 °C14 January 1964	27.8 °C	909 mm	280
1963	41.3 °C27 May 1963	16.5 °C12 February 1963	27.6 °C	943 mm	264
1962	40.6 °C4 May 1962	17.5 °C9 January 1962	27.7 °C	845 mm	275
1961	40.2 °C16 April 1961	18.3 °C27 January 1961	27.5 °C	749 mm	269
1960	39.9 °C27 April 1960	17.7 °C26 December 1960	27.8 °C	724 mm	292
1959	40.9 °C8 May 1959	18.1 °C11 February 1959	28.2 °C	735 mm	292
1958	40.7 °C4 June 1958	17.3 °C11 January 1958	28.2 °C	740 mm	282
1957	41.2 °C8 May 1957	16.9 °C24 January 1957	27.8 °C	797 mm	266
1956	42.0 °C12 May 1956	16.3 °C23 January 1956	27.2 °C	923 mm	245
1955	40.1 °C31 March 1955	16.2 °C20 December 1955	27.1 °C	992 mm	264
1954	41.3 °C14 May 1954	16.8 °C17 January 1954	27.3 °C	997 mm	262
1953	41.3 °C3 June 1953	18.1 °C5 December 1953	28.0 °C	696 mm	316
1952	41.8 °C16 May 1952	18.1 °C21 January 1952	28.6 °C	440 mm	351
1951	40.8 °C14 May 1951	18.1 °C1 January 1951	27.8 °C	896 mm	317
1950	40.6 °C18 May 1950	18.1 °C27 January 1950	28.6 °C	386 mm	360
1949	41.1 °C25 April 1949	18.4 °C7 January 1949	27.2 °C	784 mm	312
1948	41.7 °C22 May 1948	18.2 °C25 December 1948	28.1 °C	917 mm	299
1947	40.8 °C15 May 1947	17.6 °C15 January 1947	28.0 °C	628 mm	311
1946	41.7 °C3 May 1946	16.3 °C25 January 1946	27.8 °C	856 mm	288
1945	41.3 °C4 May 1945	16.6 °C13 December 1945	28.0 °C	464 mm	308
1944	40.2 °C29 April 1944	17.0 °C11 December 1944	27.4 °C	962 mm	274
1943	40.3 °C30 April 1943	16.3 °C19 January 1943	26.7 °C	863 mm	275
1942	37.8 °C28 March 1942	15.7 °C1 January 1942	26.9 °C	833 mm	285
1941	41.0 °C30 April 1941	14.9 °C26 December 1941	27.4 °C	780 mm	280
1940	39.5 °C3 April 1940	16.4 °C15 January 1940	27.0 °C	672 mm	298

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.8 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

300 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

851 mm

+22 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	-0.6 °C	34 mm	+16 mm
Feb	32.7 °C	-0.1 °C	5 mm	-8 mm
Mar	34.3 °C	-1.4 °C	38 mm	+18 mm
Apr	36.9 °C	-0.5 °C	42 mm	+3 mm
May	36.3 °C	-1.7 °C	89 mm	+25 mm
Jun	36.4 °C	+0.4 °C	31 mm	-29 mm
Jul	36.1 °C	+1.0 °C	30 mm	-26 mm
Aug	35.9 °C	+0.7 °C	56 mm	-8 mm
Sep	35.6 °C	+0.6 °C	87 mm	-15 mm
Oct	32.5 °C	+0.2 °C	200 mm	+31 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+0.6 °C	212 mm	+66 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+0.3 °C	28 mm	-49 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest day

18.1 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

100.8 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

28 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.3 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Manapparai?

Manapparai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Manapparai?

The hottest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1973, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Manapparai?

The coldest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 14.9 °C.

Does it snow in Manapparai?

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

Has the climate of Manapparai warmed?

Yes: Manapparai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Manapparai?

The wettest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1983, with 256 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Manapparai?

The windiest day measured in Manapparai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1953, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Manapparai?

The warmest month in Manapparai is May (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Manapparai?

Manapparai receives on average 829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Manapparai?

Manapparai gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Manapparai?

Yes: Manapparai has on average 337 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Manapparai?

In Manapparai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 24 May 1983, and the lowest was 15.1 °C on 31 December 1941.

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