Padam climate — normals and trends
Padam (India) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -9.3 °C and it receives 467 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 August (5.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Padam averages 326 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Padam has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 340 to 312 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 20.1 °C (on 27 July 2024) and the coldest -42.8 °C (on 16 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
PadamLadakh
- coords
- 33.47°, 76.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-9.3°C
Average daily high
-4.0°C
Average daily low
-14.9°C
Annual rainfall
467mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
5.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
326 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
267.8 cm
Average feels-like high
-6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-18.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
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
20.1 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest day
-42.8 °C
16 December 1941
Wettest day
110 mm
25 September 1988
Windiest day
12.9 km/h
21 September 1972
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
20 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
19.5 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-47.7 °C
16 December 1941
Snowiest day
76.6 cm
25 September 1988
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | -14.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 95 mm | +36 mm |
| Mar | -10.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 45 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | -4.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 2.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 17 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 10.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 25 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 13.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 90 mm | +38 mm |
| Aug | 10.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 160 mm | +106 mm |
| Sep | 8.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 42 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | -5.8 °C | -4.3 °C | 31 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | -9.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | -11.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 23 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Padam?
Padam has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -9.3 °C and it receives 467 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Padam?
The hottest day measured in Padam between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2024, reaching 20.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Padam?
The coldest day measured in Padam between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1941, at -42.8 °C.
Does it snow in Padam?
Yes. Padam gets on average 267.8 cm of snow per year and has around 326 frost days.
Has the climate of Padam warmed?
Yes: Padam warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Padam?
The wettest day measured in Padam between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1988, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Padam?
The windiest day measured in Padam between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1972, with winds reaching 12.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Padam?
The warmest month in Padam is August (5.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Padam?
Padam receives on average 467 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Padam?
Padam gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Padam?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Padam between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1988, with 76.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Padam?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Padam.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Padam?
In Padam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 19.5 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -47.7 °C on 16 December 1941.
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