Neyveli climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Neyveli?

Neyveli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 953 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1956, reaching 44.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Neyveli?

The coldest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1941, at 15.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Neyveli?

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

Q: Has the climate of Neyveli warmed?

Yes: Neyveli warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Neyveli?

The wettest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1972, with 244 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Neyveli?

The windiest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1993, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Neyveli?

The warmest month in Neyveli is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Neyveli?

Neyveli receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Neyveli?

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

Neyveli (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 953 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 (32.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Neyveli averages 0 frost days, 273 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

Neyveli has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 14 May 1956) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 28 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

NeyveliTamil Nadu

coords: 11.61°, 79.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

24.6°C

Annual rainfall

953mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.1km/h

Seasonal range

7.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

273 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.0 °C

Average feels-like low

28.2 °C

Average peak gust

34.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

345 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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

44.6 °C

14 May 1956

Coldest day

15.4 °C

28 December 1941

Wettest day

244 mm

6 December 1972

Windiest day

40.2 km/h

4 December 1993

Strongest gust

81.0 km/h

30 December 2011

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

16 May 1975

Coldest feels-like

15.8 °C

30 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.6 h

29 May 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C11 April 2025	19.3 °C14 February 2025	28.7 °C	958 mm	276
2024	40.3 °C6 May 2024	20.4 °C17 January 2024	29.1 °C	1,750 mm	318
2023	39.7 °C16 May 2023	18.5 °C13 February 2023	28.7 °C	1,224 mm	291
2022	38.5 °C5 June 2022	19.1 °C9 December 2022	28.5 °C	1,129 mm	302
2021	39.6 °C28 May 2021	19.5 °C11 February 2021	28.7 °C	1,433 mm	289
2020	40.5 °C21 May 2020	19.6 °C16 February 2020	28.7 °C	1,234 mm	294
2019	41.4 °C9 June 2019	19.1 °C22 January 2019	29.3 °C	984 mm	288
2018	39.4 °C5 June 2018	18.5 °C3 February 2018	28.8 °C	735 mm	303
2017	40.8 °C17 May 2017	18.4 °C8 February 2017	28.9 °C	1,216 mm	286
2016	40.5 °C22 April 2016	19.1 °C24 December 2016	29.1 °C	682 mm	324
2015	39.8 °C6 July 2015	19.4 °C15 January 2015	28.8 °C	1,413 mm	287
2014	43.0 °C23 May 2014	18.6 °C8 February 2014	29.2 °C	1,044 mm	289
2013	42.6 °C24 May 2013	19.0 °C22 December 2013	28.8 °C	782 mm	290
2012	41.9 °C21 May 2012	17.2 °C18 January 2012	29.0 °C	980 mm	296
2011	40.6 °C31 May 2011	18.0 °C20 January 2011	28.5 °C	1,031 mm	271
2010	43.0 °C27 May 2010	18.3 °C3 March 2010	28.6 °C	1,411 mm	280
2009	40.9 °C11 May 2009	17.7 °C16 February 2009	28.8 °C	1,138 mm	270
2008	41.1 °C18 May 2008	18.5 °C20 January 2008	28.4 °C	1,231 mm	277
2007	41.2 °C14 May 2007	18.7 °C25 November 2007	28.2 °C	1,293 mm	270
2006	40.5 °C30 April 2006	17.3 °C20 January 2006	28.4 °C	1,042 mm	264
2005	40.3 °C26 May 2005	18.2 °C14 February 2005	28.4 °C	1,472 mm	277
2004	41.7 °C17 April 2004	18.2 °C1 March 2004	27.9 °C	1,182 mm	259
2003	42.7 °C22 May 2003	18.8 °C25 January 2003	28.8 °C	914 mm	281
2002	40.9 °C9 May 2002	17.9 °C15 January 2002	28.5 °C	640 mm	269
2001	42.0 °C12 May 2001	17.9 °C10 February 2001	28.5 °C	887 mm	269
2000	40.8 °C22 May 2000	15.9 °C23 January 2000	28.2 °C	953 mm	270
1999	40.1 °C15 April 1999	17.3 °C27 January 1999	28.3 °C	910 mm	269
1998	43.1 °C2 June 1998	19.9 °C16 January 1998	28.7 °C	1,000 mm	291
1997	41.0 °C29 May 1997	16.8 °C1 February 1997	28.5 °C	956 mm	274
1996	41.2 °C7 May 1996	17.2 °C3 December 1996	28.2 °C	1,448 mm	273
1995	39.9 °C31 May 1995	18.5 °C23 January 1995	28.2 °C	793 mm	273
1994	41.1 °C22 May 1994	17.9 °C12 December 1994	28.3 °C	836 mm	246
1993	42.0 °C11 May 1993	16.9 °C20 January 1993	28.3 °C	1,185 mm	257
1992	42.3 °C22 May 1992	17.6 °C8 January 1992	28.2 °C	744 mm	271
1991	42.2 °C29 April 1991	18.3 °C29 November 1991	28.5 °C	903 mm	274
1990	41.5 °C17 May 1990	15.4 °C20 January 1990	28.6 °C	913 mm	275
1989	42.1 °C15 May 1989	15.8 °C4 February 1989	28.0 °C	976 mm	266
1988	41.4 °C11 May 1988	17.6 °C29 November 1988	28.4 °C	919 mm	276
1987	41.7 °C1 June 1987	18.6 °C12 February 1987	28.9 °C	727 mm	279
1986	43.3 °C21 May 1986	17.6 °C23 February 1986	28.5 °C	869 mm	243
1985	41.7 °C23 April 1985	17.9 °C6 February 1985	28.4 °C	724 mm	272
1984	40.3 °C27 May 1984	15.9 °C14 December 1984	27.9 °C	1,270 mm	236
1983	42.5 °C31 May 1983	18.2 °C3 January 1983	28.7 °C	863 mm	286
1982	41.0 °C4 May 1982	17.5 °C14 February 1982	28.6 °C	518 mm	275
1981	41.4 °C16 May 1981	16.8 °C19 February 1981	28.3 °C	754 mm	275
1980	43.6 °C21 May 1980	17.3 °C28 January 1980	28.7 °C	557 mm	275
1979	41.9 °C4 June 1979	18.8 °C30 January 1979	28.4 °C	883 mm	253
1978	41.4 °C21 May 1978	16.0 °C19 January 1978	28.4 °C	936 mm	261
1977	41.2 °C22 May 1977	16.1 °C13 January 1977	28.2 °C	926 mm	250
1976	42.5 °C3 May 1976	16.3 °C26 February 1976	28.3 °C	669 mm	260
1975	42.5 °C12 May 1975	18.1 °C13 January 1975	28.2 °C	923 mm	278
1974	40.2 °C30 April 1974	15.6 °C7 February 1974	28.1 °C	501 mm	277
1973	43.2 °C10 May 1973	18.2 °C22 January 1973	28.4 °C	739 mm	265
1972	42.3 °C5 June 1972	17.2 °C7 January 1972	28.1 °C	1,045 mm	260
1971	40.6 °C6 May 1971	17.0 °C12 February 1971	27.8 °C	944 mm	263
1970	41.1 °C5 May 1970	17.5 °C4 December 1970	28.1 °C	798 mm	258
1969	42.0 °C28 May 1969	16.3 °C27 January 1969	28.7 °C	1,161 mm	262
1968	41.1 °C30 May 1968	17.5 °C15 February 1968	28.1 °C	801 mm	266
1967	41.8 °C3 June 1967	16.2 °C9 February 1967	27.9 °C	1,026 mm	256
1966	43.9 °C24 May 1966	17.1 °C14 December 1966	27.8 °C	1,267 mm	244
1965	41.7 °C28 May 1965	18.2 °C14 January 1965	27.8 °C	1,100 mm	267
1964	43.4 °C27 May 1964	16.3 °C15 January 1964	28.1 °C	879 mm	260
1963	42.4 °C27 May 1963	16.2 °C13 February 1963	27.9 °C	1,152 mm	247
1962	40.2 °C28 April 1962	17.7 °C9 January 1962	27.8 °C	847 mm	248
1961	39.3 °C6 May 1961	18.0 °C26 February 1961	27.9 °C	643 mm	256
1960	41.7 °C5 June 1960	16.3 °C4 February 1960	28.0 °C	1,053 mm	251
1959	41.9 °C23 May 1959	18.4 °C12 February 1959	28.4 °C	759 mm	270
1958	42.0 °C3 June 1958	17.9 °C16 February 1958	28.3 °C	927 mm	261
1957	41.0 °C6 May 1957	16.1 °C6 February 1957	28.1 °C	849 mm	255
1956	44.6 °C14 May 1956	16.4 °C21 January 1956	27.6 °C	1,005 mm	233
1955	41.1 °C7 June 1955	16.6 °C30 December 1955	27.5 °C	1,132 mm	256
1954	42.2 °C29 May 1954	16.2 °C30 December 1954	27.8 °C	1,046 mm	260
1953	42.5 °C26 May 1953	19.0 °C3 December 1953	28.6 °C	697 mm	298
1952	43.4 °C20 May 1952	18.3 °C21 January 1952	29.1 °C	465 mm	334
1951	42.1 °C9 May 1951	17.9 °C27 February 1951	28.5 °C	806 mm	311
1950	42.3 °C16 May 1950	18.1 °C26 January 1950	29.0 °C	427 mm	355
1949	41.4 °C15 May 1949	19.4 °C7 January 1949	28.1 °C	666 mm	292
1948	41.6 °C22 May 1948	19.1 °C29 February 1948	28.6 °C	1,048 mm	270
1947	41.5 °C22 May 1947	17.9 °C7 February 1947	28.1 °C	805 mm	257
1946	43.2 °C12 May 1946	15.9 °C29 January 1946	28.1 °C	1,103 mm	260
1945	42.5 °C17 May 1945	16.9 °C7 February 1945	28.3 °C	719 mm	277
1944	40.7 °C16 May 1944	18.0 °C6 February 1944	27.9 °C	997 mm	264
1943	41.8 °C30 April 1943	17.3 °C22 February 1943	27.1 °C	951 mm	244
1942	39.2 °C8 August 1942	15.9 °C1 January 1942	27.2 °C	866 mm	255
1941	42.1 °C29 April 1941	15.4 °C28 December 1941	27.8 °C	1,113 mm	275
1940	40.3 °C13 May 1940	16.3 °C9 January 1940	27.6 °C	706 mm	278

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.9 °C

-0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

276 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

958 mm

+5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	31 mm	+2 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	-10 mm
Mar	33.8 °C	-0.1 °C	27 mm	+9 mm
Apr	36.0 °C	-0.3 °C	22 mm	-4 mm
May	35.5 °C	-2.6 °C	199 mm	+151 mm
Jun	35.4 °C	-1.6 °C	45 mm	-9 mm
Jul	35.2 °C	-0.4 °C	49 mm	-22 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	-0.9 °C	75 mm	-18 mm
Sep	33.8 °C	-0.7 °C	76 mm	-35 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	-0.2 °C	181 mm	-2 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+0.6 °C	206 mm	+17 mm
Dec	28.8 °C	+0.8 °C	42 mm	-74 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest day

19.3 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

108.7 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.6 °C

15 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Neyveli?

Neyveli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 953 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Neyveli?

The hottest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1956, reaching 44.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Neyveli?

The coldest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1941, at 15.4 °C.

Does it snow in Neyveli?

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

Has the climate of Neyveli warmed?

Yes: Neyveli warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Neyveli?

The wettest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1972, with 244 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Neyveli?

The windiest day measured in Neyveli between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1993, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Neyveli?

The warmest month in Neyveli is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Neyveli?

Neyveli receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Neyveli?

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

Are there tropical nights in Neyveli?

Yes: Neyveli has on average 345 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Neyveli?

In Neyveli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 16 May 1975, and the lowest was 15.8 °C on 30 December 1941.

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