Palakollu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Palakollu?

Palakollu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,111 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1956, reaching 46.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Palakollu?

The coldest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 14.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Palakollu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Palakollu warmed?

Yes: Palakollu warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Palakollu?

The wettest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2000, with 261 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Palakollu?

The windiest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1990, with winds reaching 64.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Palakollu?

The warmest month in Palakollu is May (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Palakollu?

Palakollu receives on average 1,111 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Palakollu?

Palakollu gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Palakollu (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,111 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 January (24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Palakollu averages 0 frost days, 234 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Palakollu has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.3 °C (on 8 May 1956) and the coldest 14.5 °C (on 7 January 1945).

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

PalakolluAndhra Pradesh

coords: 16.52°, 81.73°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

31.4°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,111mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

7.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

234 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.8 °C

Average feels-like low

28.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

349 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

46.3 °C

8 May 1956

Coldest day

14.5 °C

7 January 1945

Wettest day

261 mm

5 June 2000

Windiest day

64.4 km/h

9 May 1990

Strongest gust

133.6 km/h

9 May 1990

Hottest feels-like

49.0 °C

9 May 1973

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

7 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.0 h

8 June 1951

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.2 °C9 June 2025	19.5 °C22 January 2025	28.2 °C	1,014 mm	272
2024	38.5 °C29 May 2024	20.5 °C19 January 2024	28.5 °C	1,516 mm	279
2023	43.6 °C16 June 2023	18.2 °C9 January 2023	28.7 °C	1,259 mm	296
2022	41.6 °C23 May 2022	20.3 °C30 January 2022	28.3 °C	1,196 mm	269
2021	39.8 °C26 May 2021	19.2 °C5 February 2021	28.5 °C	1,172 mm	277
2020	41.5 °C21 May 2020	18.5 °C22 December 2020	28.3 °C	1,431 mm	274
2019	41.8 °C4 May 2019	18.2 °C2 January 2019	28.5 °C	1,121 mm	278
2018	38.9 °C17 June 2018	18.0 °C31 December 2018	28.1 °C	899 mm	267
2017	44.2 °C18 May 2017	19.2 °C21 December 2017	28.5 °C	1,005 mm	280
2016	42.8 °C26 May 2016	20.1 °C26 December 2016	28.5 °C	1,159 mm	304
2015	45.4 °C24 May 2015	18.0 °C18 January 2015	28.2 °C	1,293 mm	275
2014	41.5 °C12 June 2014	18.2 °C21 December 2014	28.0 °C	1,060 mm	260
2013	44.7 °C24 May 2013	19.3 °C29 December 2013	27.8 °C	1,217 mm	248
2012	45.1 °C2 June 2012	16.0 °C15 January 2012	28.0 °C	892 mm	257
2011	40.5 °C8 May 2011	18.5 °C12 January 2011	28.0 °C	786 mm	297
2010	42.0 °C3 June 2010	18.7 °C22 December 2010	28.1 °C	1,677 mm	248
2009	41.3 °C9 June 2009	18.1 °C26 December 2009	28.4 °C	768 mm	276
2008	43.8 °C17 May 2008	18.3 °C4 January 2008	28.0 °C	1,121 mm	243
2007	43.2 °C21 May 2007	18.2 °C24 December 2007	27.9 °C	1,472 mm	247
2006	38.4 °C12 June 2006	17.9 °C29 January 2006	28.0 °C	1,380 mm	259
2005	43.3 °C13 June 2005	19.0 °C28 December 2005	28.1 °C	1,068 mm	233
2004	40.6 °C23 May 2004	18.4 °C11 January 2004	27.8 °C	906 mm	238
2003	44.9 °C23 May 2003	17.8 °C17 January 2003	28.1 °C	1,115 mm	243
2002	45.7 °C10 May 2002	18.4 °C4 January 2002	28.3 °C	699 mm	253
2001	41.3 °C26 May 2001	18.6 °C21 January 2001	28.0 °C	928 mm	244
2000	43.6 °C14 May 2000	18.3 °C10 December 2000	27.8 °C	1,188 mm	255
1999	40.9 °C19 May 1999	18.3 °C6 January 1999	28.0 °C	645 mm	256
1998	45.2 °C30 May 1998	18.4 °C21 December 1998	28.4 °C	1,092 mm	254
1997	43.9 °C30 May 1997	18.1 °C3 January 1997	28.2 °C	881 mm	249
1996	42.9 °C15 May 1996	18.2 °C30 November 1996	27.7 °C	1,060 mm	234
1995	42.9 °C7 June 1995	18.4 °C2 January 1995	27.9 °C	1,001 mm	233
1994	43.3 °C9 May 1994	17.9 °C27 December 1994	27.8 °C	904 mm	228
1993	39.6 °C31 May 1993	18.4 °C26 December 1993	27.8 °C	746 mm	238
1992	40.6 °C18 May 1992	17.2 °C5 January 1992	27.6 °C	749 mm	230
1991	41.1 °C1 May 1991	17.9 °C17 December 1991	27.6 °C	1,161 mm	223
1990	39.1 °C20 April 1990	18.3 °C28 December 1990	27.6 °C	2,267 mm	216
1989	40.9 °C27 May 1989	17.9 °C10 December 1989	27.6 °C	1,201 mm	228
1988	42.1 °C31 May 1988	16.6 °C30 November 1988	28.0 °C	1,091 mm	259
1987	40.6 °C5 June 1987	18.5 °C5 January 1987	28.0 °C	909 mm	216
1986	42.3 °C19 May 1986	18.4 °C18 January 1986	27.9 °C	829 mm	218
1985	42.9 °C2 May 1985	18.7 °C7 December 1985	27.8 °C	1,000 mm	225
1984	42.7 °C2 June 1984	18.6 °C1 March 1984	27.9 °C	753 mm	222
1983	42.5 °C8 June 1983	17.8 °C28 December 1983	27.9 °C	1,156 mm	228
1982	42.0 °C30 May 1982	17.6 °C12 January 1982	27.9 °C	815 mm	235
1981	41.8 °C20 May 1981	17.5 °C29 December 1981	27.8 °C	763 mm	245
1980	44.1 °C25 May 1980	18.6 °C19 December 1980	27.8 °C	796 mm	248
1979	42.4 °C21 May 1979	18.9 °C11 January 1979	28.2 °C	835 mm	235
1978	43.9 °C19 May 1978	18.9 °C13 January 1978	27.9 °C	1,077 mm	214
1977	41.4 °C2 June 1977	18.3 °C6 January 1977	27.8 °C	776 mm	238
1976	43.6 °C24 May 1976	17.6 °C8 January 1976	27.8 °C	993 mm	241
1975	43.8 °C9 May 1975	17.4 °C24 December 1975	27.4 °C	1,293 mm	206
1974	40.1 °C6 June 1974	18.2 °C5 January 1974	27.7 °C	966 mm	244
1973	45.0 °C9 May 1973	18.8 °C18 November 1973	28.1 °C	741 mm	247
1972	44.3 °C6 June 1972	17.8 °C10 January 1972	28.0 °C	721 mm	235
1971	37.8 °C4 May 1971	17.9 °C20 December 1971	27.3 °C	795 mm	215
1970	44.2 °C16 May 1970	16.6 °C14 December 1970	27.5 °C	1,080 mm	230
1969	38.9 °C30 May 1969	17.8 °C27 December 1969	27.6 °C	1,495 mm	230
1968	40.8 °C7 May 1968	17.8 °C18 January 1968	27.6 °C	1,145 mm	233
1967	44.2 °C3 June 1967	18.0 °C23 January 1967	27.6 °C	1,533 mm	222
1966	44.9 °C23 May 1966	18.3 °C13 December 1966	27.4 °C	1,349 mm	214
1965	42.7 °C31 May 1965	19.0 °C13 January 1965	27.3 °C	1,492 mm	211
1964	44.8 °C28 May 1964	19.6 °C7 December 1964	27.5 °C	1,168 mm	195
1963	43.6 °C30 May 1963	17.4 °C23 January 1963	27.3 °C	930 mm	220
1962	41.9 °C25 May 1962	15.2 °C5 January 1962	27.1 °C	1,403 mm	197
1961	40.5 °C20 May 1961	17.6 °C26 December 1961	27.2 °C	970 mm	203
1960	41.6 °C24 May 1960	19.4 °C2 December 1960	27.4 °C	1,040 mm	219
1959	40.4 °C28 May 1959	18.7 °C30 December 1959	27.3 °C	1,277 mm	207
1958	44.7 °C4 June 1958	19.0 °C28 December 1958	27.8 °C	888 mm	218
1957	41.5 °C20 June 1957	18.1 °C25 January 1957	27.4 °C	1,096 mm	214
1956	46.3 °C8 May 1956	18.2 °C14 February 1956	27.1 °C	1,293 mm	187
1955	43.5 °C7 June 1955	17.5 °C29 December 1955	27.1 °C	1,439 mm	198
1954	44.0 °C27 May 1954	18.7 °C31 January 1954	27.3 °C	1,162 mm	218
1953	40.8 °C11 June 1953	18.0 °C27 January 1953	27.0 °C	1,222 mm	201
1952	38.2 °C18 May 1952	17.7 °C28 December 1952	27.1 °C	1,035 mm	235
1951	36.8 °C13 May 1951	16.1 °C3 January 1951	26.8 °C	1,633 mm	202
1950	40.7 °C23 May 1950	17.5 °C25 November 1950	26.5 °C	1,236 mm	168
1949	39.7 °C22 June 1949	17.9 °C8 February 1949	26.6 °C	1,679 mm	155
1948	43.1 °C21 May 1948	17.4 °C16 December 1948	27.5 °C	1,285 mm	205
1947	43.7 °C4 June 1947	17.6 °C28 December 1947	27.6 °C	969 mm	215
1946	44.9 °C12 May 1946	16.7 °C22 January 1946	27.4 °C	1,208 mm	232
1945	46.2 °C17 May 1945	14.5 °C7 January 1945	27.6 °C	837 mm	226
1944	39.7 °C5 June 1944	18.9 °C9 December 1944	27.3 °C	1,206 mm	212
1943	40.3 °C27 May 1943	16.0 °C8 December 1943	26.3 °C	1,414 mm	172
1942	39.2 °C14 May 1942	18.7 °C10 January 1942	26.9 °C	1,073 mm	206
1941	43.7 °C25 May 1941	17.9 °C5 February 1941	27.2 °C	1,140 mm	211
1940	40.4 °C8 May 1940	17.1 °C13 January 1940	26.8 °C	1,517 mm	204

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.0 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

272 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1014 mm

-98 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Feb	32.2 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Mar	33.5 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-18 mm
Apr	34.7 °C	+0.8 °C	5 mm	-14 mm
May	34.1 °C	-2.0 °C	101 mm	+46 mm
Jun	34.0 °C	-0.6 °C	87 mm	-52 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	+1.4 °C	118 mm	-83 mm
Aug	32.1 °C	+0.9 °C	176 mm	-25 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+1.0 °C	110 mm	-81 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	301 mm	+141 mm
Nov	30.8 °C	+1.7 °C	15 mm	-63 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+0.2 °C	99 mm	+69 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest day

19.5 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

53.7 mm

2 Dec 2025

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.8 °C

26 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Palakollu?

Palakollu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,111 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palakollu?

The hottest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1956, reaching 46.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Palakollu?

The coldest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 14.5 °C.

Does it snow in Palakollu?

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

Has the climate of Palakollu warmed?

Yes: Palakollu warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Palakollu?

The wettest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2000, with 261 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Palakollu?

The windiest day measured in Palakollu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1990, with winds reaching 64.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Palakollu?

The warmest month in Palakollu is May (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Palakollu?

Palakollu receives on average 1,111 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Palakollu?

Palakollu gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Palakollu?

Yes: Palakollu has on average 349 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palakollu?

In Palakollu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 9 May 1973, and the lowest was 12.1 °C on 7 January 1945.

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