Pallikunnu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,565 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1998, reaching 32.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pallikunnu?

The coldest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1951, at 21.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pallikunnu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pallikunnu warmed?

Yes: Pallikunnu warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pallikunnu?

The wettest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1957, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pallikunnu?

The windiest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1977, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pallikunnu?

The warmest month in Pallikunnu is April (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu receives on average 2,565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pallikunnu (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,565 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 April (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Pallikunnu averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.

Pallikunnu has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 1 May 1998) and the coldest 21.2 °C (on 2 January 1951).

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

PallikunnuKerala

coords: 11.89°, 75.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

28.6°C

Average daily low

25.3°C

Annual rainfall

2,565mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

16.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

187 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

29.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

32.9 °C

1 May 1998

Coldest day

21.2 °C

2 January 1951

Wettest day

217 mm

24 May 1957

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

21 November 1977

Strongest gust

78.8 km/h

23 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

29 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

22.0 °C

25 January 1943

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C11 March 2025	23.2 °C21 December 2025	27.4 °C	2,863 mm	107
2024	32.7 °C29 April 2024	24.5 °C31 July 2024	27.9 °C	2,692 mm	136
2023	32.6 °C18 May 2023	23.2 °C12 January 2023	27.7 °C	1,897 mm	138
2022	31.8 °C3 March 2022	23.5 °C5 February 2022	27.2 °C	2,783 mm	79
2021	31.9 °C16 April 2021	24.3 °C26 January 2021	27.3 °C	2,928 mm	101
2020	32.3 °C6 May 2020	24.4 °C4 July 2020	27.7 °C	2,701 mm	135
2019	32.0 °C27 May 2019	23.3 °C20 January 2019	27.6 °C	2,919 mm	123
2018	31.5 °C16 April 2018	23.8 °C7 January 2018	27.4 °C	2,492 mm	106
2017	32.0 °C16 February 2017	23.6 °C30 December 2017	27.5 °C	2,293 mm	108
2016	32.6 °C30 April 2016	24.0 °C2 December 2016	27.6 °C	1,873 mm	117
2015	32.1 °C6 December 2015	23.9 °C12 January 2015	27.6 °C	1,991 mm	134
2014	31.9 °C27 April 2014	24.2 °C8 January 2014	27.5 °C	2,452 mm	99
2013	32.2 °C25 April 2013	24.0 °C24 December 2013	27.2 °C	2,383 mm	100
2012	31.5 °C20 April 2012	23.4 °C17 January 2012	27.2 °C	2,257 mm	88
2011	31.8 °C2 February 2011	22.9 °C26 December 2011	27.1 °C	2,969 mm	95
2010	32.4 °C23 April 2010	23.6 °C13 December 2010	27.4 °C	3,130 mm	113
2009	31.5 °C7 May 2009	23.4 °C1 January 2009	27.3 °C	2,687 mm	99
2008	31.9 °C28 February 2008	23.1 °C31 December 2008	27.1 °C	2,264 mm	74
2007	31.5 °C18 May 2007	23.2 °C26 November 2007	27.1 °C	3,280 mm	92
2006	31.2 °C5 March 2006	22.9 °C14 February 2006	27.2 °C	2,307 mm	81
2005	32.1 °C19 May 2005	23.0 °C19 November 2005	27.2 °C	2,222 mm	88
2004	32.2 °C25 April 2004	23.4 °C21 December 2004	27.1 °C	2,084 mm	103
2003	31.8 °C20 April 2003	23.2 °C24 December 2003	27.3 °C	2,107 mm	123
2002	32.0 °C15 February 2002	22.9 °C15 December 2002	27.1 °C	1,789 mm	99
2001	32.0 °C11 May 2001	22.8 °C11 December 2001	27.0 °C	1,975 mm	82
2000	32.6 °C29 February 2000	22.2 °C15 December 2000	26.9 °C	2,023 mm	76
1999	31.7 °C24 February 1999	23.4 °C21 December 1999	26.9 °C	1,956 mm	72
1998	32.9 °C1 May 1998	23.0 °C26 December 1998	27.4 °C	2,410 mm	98
1997	31.9 °C31 May 1997	23.0 °C22 January 1997	27.3 °C	2,028 mm	97
1996	31.8 °C21 May 1996	22.9 °C30 January 1996	27.0 °C	2,403 mm	88
1995	31.7 °C22 April 1995	22.9 °C3 January 1995	27.1 °C	2,191 mm	76
1994	31.4 °C13 May 1994	22.6 °C14 December 1994	27.0 °C	2,371 mm	69
1993	31.7 °C10 May 1993	22.4 °C6 January 1993	26.9 °C	2,325 mm	67
1992	31.7 °C10 May 1992	22.3 °C14 January 1992	26.7 °C	2,417 mm	66
1991	31.7 °C23 May 1991	22.1 °C28 December 1991	27.1 °C	2,580 mm	99
1990	32.4 °C5 December 1990	23.4 °C15 January 1990	26.9 °C	2,070 mm	75
1989	31.5 °C6 April 1989	22.9 °C2 February 1989	26.9 °C	1,998 mm	76
1988	31.9 °C29 April 1988	22.9 °C1 December 1988	27.2 °C	2,254 mm	105
1987	31.6 °C16 May 1987	23.3 °C1 February 1987	27.2 °C	1,712 mm	70
1986	32.1 °C29 May 1986	23.2 °C3 January 1986	27.0 °C	1,495 mm	84
1985	31.5 °C14 May 1985	22.8 °C30 November 1985	26.9 °C	1,801 mm	69
1984	31.6 °C11 May 1984	22.8 °C1 December 1984	26.9 °C	2,043 mm	84
1983	31.9 °C9 May 1983	23.1 °C12 January 1983	27.0 °C	2,492 mm	68
1982	31.6 °C6 May 1982	23.1 °C25 January 1982	27.0 °C	2,070 mm	67
1981	31.8 °C30 April 1981	21.5 °C11 December 1981	27.0 °C	2,450 mm	88
1980	31.7 °C14 April 1980	23.1 °C15 January 1980	27.1 °C	2,632 mm	81
1979	31.8 °C30 April 1979	23.4 °C31 December 1979	27.3 °C	1,898 mm	85
1978	31.7 °C30 April 1978	22.7 °C19 January 1978	26.8 °C	2,579 mm	56
1977	31.5 °C13 April 1977	22.5 °C30 December 1977	26.9 °C	2,082 mm	60
1976	31.3 °C30 April 1976	22.4 °C8 January 1976	26.8 °C	2,230 mm	49
1975	31.4 °C28 April 1975	22.3 °C6 January 1975	26.5 °C	2,695 mm	47
1974	31.6 °C29 December 1974	22.6 °C24 January 1974	26.6 °C	2,317 mm	56
1973	32.0 °C14 April 1973	23.2 °C8 November 1973	26.9 °C	2,265 mm	73
1972	31.5 °C26 April 1972	22.5 °C12 January 1972	26.9 °C	2,080 mm	62
1971	31.3 °C11 December 1971	22.6 °C3 January 1971	26.6 °C	2,475 mm	50
1970	31.9 °C8 May 1970	22.3 °C8 December 1970	26.8 °C	2,577 mm	70
1969	32.1 °C17 April 1969	23.4 °C24 October 1969	27.0 °C	2,511 mm	83
1968	30.8 °C7 April 1968	22.9 °C13 December 1968	26.8 °C	2,910 mm	67
1967	31.3 °C7 April 1967	22.0 °C20 January 1967	26.7 °C	3,337 mm	61
1966	31.5 °C15 May 1966	22.3 °C5 January 1966	26.7 °C	3,145 mm	60
1965	31.0 °C14 May 1965	22.4 °C15 January 1965	26.5 °C	3,078 mm	36
1964	31.8 °C9 April 1964	22.1 °C8 November 1964	26.6 °C	2,971 mm	76
1963	31.5 °C10 May 1963	23.0 °C5 February 1963	26.6 °C	2,625 mm	44
1962	31.7 °C5 May 1962	23.0 °C19 January 1962	26.7 °C	3,210 mm	50
1961	31.1 °C2 April 1961	23.1 °C26 January 1961	26.6 °C	4,252 mm	54
1960	31.1 °C12 April 1960	23.0 °C28 December 1960	26.6 °C	2,565 mm	38
1959	31.8 °C5 May 1959	23.2 °C24 December 1959	26.8 °C	2,694 mm	49
1958	31.6 °C7 March 1958	23.4 °C22 December 1958	26.8 °C	3,297 mm	45
1957	32.1 °C9 May 1957	22.7 °C10 August 1957	26.7 °C	2,900 mm	46
1956	31.5 °C22 April 1956	22.0 °C20 December 1956	26.2 °C	2,868 mm	36
1955	30.8 °C14 April 1955	22.9 °C12 December 1955	26.4 °C	3,171 mm	37
1954	31.8 °C8 December 1954	22.6 °C9 December 1954	26.5 °C	3,420 mm	42
1953	31.6 °C1 May 1953	22.2 °C1 February 1953	26.6 °C	2,358 mm	76
1952	31.0 °C11 May 1952	22.5 °C19 December 1952	26.3 °C	2,656 mm	34
1951	30.8 °C26 March 1951	21.2 °C2 January 1951	26.4 °C	2,647 mm	31
1950	31.1 °C4 May 1950	21.6 °C31 December 1950	26.0 °C	2,191 mm	22
1949	30.8 °C19 April 1949	22.1 °C22 January 1949	26.1 °C	2,895 mm	17
1948	31.4 °C24 April 1948	22.8 °C15 December 1948	26.7 °C	2,430 mm	68
1947	31.6 °C5 May 1947	22.8 °C9 February 1947	26.6 °C	2,123 mm	63
1946	31.0 °C29 March 1946	22.4 °C8 January 1946	26.3 °C	3,500 mm	46
1945	31.6 °C13 May 1945	22.1 °C6 January 1945	26.4 °C	3,207 mm	59
1944	31.4 °C3 May 1944	22.5 °C27 December 1944	26.5 °C	3,403 mm	64
1943	30.9 °C1 May 1943	22.4 °C2 January 1943	25.8 °C	4,640 mm	16
1942	31.0 °C12 April 1942	22.7 °C7 January 1942	26.1 °C	2,987 mm	19
1941	31.4 °C2 May 1941	22.6 °C25 December 1941	26.3 °C	3,114 mm	41
1940	30.6 °C11 April 1940	21.9 °C15 January 1940	26.0 °C	3,265 mm	15

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

107 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2863 mm

+298 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Feb	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+1.1 °C	28 mm	+9 mm
Apr	31.2 °C	+0.6 °C	118 mm	+36 mm
May	29.9 °C	-0.1 °C	610 mm	+346 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+0.5 °C	541 mm	-129 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	+0.3 °C	748 mm	+112 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	+0.3 °C	356 mm	-41 mm
Sep	28.0 °C	+0.5 °C	146 mm	-59 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	284 mm	+98 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+0.4 °C	13 mm	-63 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+0.1 °C	14 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest day

23.2 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

98.7 mm

19 Jul 2025

Windiest day

35.6 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

16 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.9 °C

16 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,565 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pallikunnu?

The hottest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1998, reaching 32.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pallikunnu?

The coldest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1951, at 21.2 °C.

Does it snow in Pallikunnu?

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

Has the climate of Pallikunnu warmed?

Yes: Pallikunnu warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pallikunnu?

The wettest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1957, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pallikunnu?

The windiest day measured in Pallikunnu between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1977, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pallikunnu?

The warmest month in Pallikunnu is April (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu receives on average 2,565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pallikunnu?

Pallikunnu gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pallikunnu?

Yes: Pallikunnu has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pallikunnu?

In Pallikunnu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 29 April 2024, and the lowest was 22.0 °C on 25 January 1943.

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