Pasighat climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pasighat?

Pasighat has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 4,059 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pasighat?

The coldest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1982, at 3.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pasighat?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pasighat warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Pasighat?

The wettest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1974, with 273 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pasighat?

The windiest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1968, with winds reaching 23.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pasighat?

The warmest month in Pasighat is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pasighat?

Pasighat receives on average 4,059 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 196 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pasighat?

Pasighat gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pasighat (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 4,059 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Pasighat averages 0 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 196 rainy days per year.

Pasighat 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 36.1 °C (on 23 May 2024) and the coldest 3.1 °C (on 27 December 1982).

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

PasighatArunachal Pradesh

coords: 28.07°, 95.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

4,059mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

6.3km/h

Seasonal range

11.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

196 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

20.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

168 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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

36.1 °C

23 May 2024

Coldest day

3.1 °C

27 December 1982

Wettest day

273 mm

2 July 1974

Windiest day

23.3 km/h

8 March 1968

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

22 June 1974

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

22 September 2024

Coldest feels-like

0.6 °C

27 December 1982

Sunniest day

13.2 h

3 July 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.8 °C12 June 2025	9.1 °C3 January 2025	22.8 °C	2,803 mm	97
2024	36.1 °C23 May 2024	7.8 °C4 January 2024	22.7 °C	3,343 mm	94
2023	35.8 °C8 June 2023	7.7 °C19 January 2023	22.7 °C	2,699 mm	98
2022	35.8 °C15 July 2022	7.3 °C29 January 2022	22.3 °C	3,865 mm	94
2021	34.9 °C13 June 2021	7.6 °C4 January 2021	22.8 °C	1,994 mm	104
2020	35.4 °C4 August 2020	7.5 °C4 February 2020	22.2 °C	3,461 mm	67
2019	35.1 °C25 August 2019	6.8 °C5 January 2019	22.4 °C	3,147 mm	83
2018	36.0 °C19 July 2018	7.8 °C31 December 2018	22.4 °C	2,776 mm	73
2017	35.3 °C8 June 2017	8.5 °C15 January 2017	22.9 °C	3,614 mm	90
2016	35.3 °C3 August 2016	8.4 °C13 January 2016	22.7 °C	3,461 mm	99
2015	35.2 °C26 June 2015	7.2 °C22 December 2015	22.3 °C	3,694 mm	72
2014	34.8 °C17 June 2014	6.3 °C9 January 2014	22.4 °C	2,824 mm	100
2013	36.0 °C14 June 2013	6.1 °C13 January 2013	22.4 °C	2,953 mm	99
2012	34.1 °C3 August 2012	6.6 °C29 December 2012	21.6 °C	4,565 mm	71
2011	34.3 °C12 September 2011	5.3 °C18 January 2011	22.2 °C	2,670 mm	84
2010	33.6 °C5 August 2010	7.1 °C2 January 2010	21.9 °C	6,143 mm	56
2009	34.4 °C13 July 2009	6.5 °C10 January 2009	22.4 °C	2,912 mm	80
2008	34.3 °C9 July 2008	6.5 °C3 February 2008	21.8 °C	3,849 mm	73
2007	34.2 °C10 August 2007	5.2 °C18 January 2007	22.1 °C	3,686 mm	74
2006	35.6 °C16 August 2006	7.7 °C1 January 2006	22.4 °C	3,034 mm	85
2005	34.8 °C18 September 2005	7.5 °C14 January 2005	21.9 °C	3,594 mm	76
2004	33.4 °C12 August 2004	6.9 °C31 December 2004	21.7 °C	3,822 mm	49
2003	34.2 °C24 July 2003	7.6 °C30 December 2003	21.8 °C	3,252 mm	48
2002	34.0 °C7 September 2002	7.7 °C1 January 2002	22.1 °C	3,708 mm	57
2001	34.2 °C13 June 2001	6.3 °C10 January 2001	22.4 °C	2,991 mm	74
2000	34.1 °C5 June 2000	7.5 °C27 December 2000	21.8 °C	4,115 mm	47
1999	33.7 °C14 April 1999	5.6 °C3 January 1999	23.1 °C	2,948 mm	64
1998	34.4 °C20 May 1998	7.3 °C20 January 1998	22.3 °C	4,750 mm	57
1997	34.5 °C27 August 1997	5.9 °C10 February 1997	21.4 °C	4,273 mm	51
1996	35.3 °C20 June 1996	7.2 °C30 December 1996	21.9 °C	4,636 mm	56
1995	33.5 °C11 June 1995	5.8 °C6 January 1995	22.0 °C	4,774 mm	49
1994	34.9 °C1 August 1994	7.8 °C22 December 1994	22.4 °C	3,629 mm	97
1993	33.4 °C15 June 1993	6.8 °C23 January 1993	22.0 °C	3,957 mm	56
1992	33.6 °C12 August 1992	5.4 °C2 January 1992	21.4 °C	3,955 mm	50
1991	34.2 °C22 August 1991	4.7 °C23 January 1991	21.7 °C	5,286 mm	41
1990	34.1 °C2 July 1990	7.2 °C7 January 1990	21.9 °C	5,291 mm	47
1989	33.8 °C24 May 1989	5.9 °C3 December 1989	21.5 °C	4,710 mm	45
1988	34.4 °C27 June 1988	7.1 °C28 January 1988	22.1 °C	5,870 mm	54
1987	35.2 °C21 June 1987	6.1 °C28 December 1987	22.2 °C	4,984 mm	46
1986	34.6 °C11 August 1986	7.5 °C20 January 1986	22.0 °C	4,218 mm	68
1985	33.6 °C11 September 1985	7.2 °C17 January 1985	21.7 °C	4,513 mm	46
1984	34.6 °C1 June 1984	5.4 °C31 January 1984	21.7 °C	5,528 mm	45
1983	33.7 °C3 August 1983	4.3 °C6 January 1983	21.4 °C	6,078 mm	54
1982	34.4 °C1 August 1982	3.1 °C27 December 1982	21.9 °C	4,446 mm	62
1981	33.8 °C25 September 1981	7.2 °C11 January 1981	22.1 °C	3,255 mm	60
1980	34.2 °C23 July 1980	6.4 °C12 January 1980	21.8 °C	4,335 mm	58
1979	35.0 °C5 June 1979	4.8 °C9 January 1979	22.0 °C	3,296 mm	71
1978	34.9 °C14 August 1978	5.1 °C13 January 1978	21.7 °C	3,288 mm	66
1977	34.9 °C9 September 1977	4.7 °C2 January 1977	21.3 °C	5,815 mm	49
1976	32.6 °C20 June 1976	7.5 °C22 December 1976	21.6 °C	4,241 mm	35
1975	34.8 °C12 August 1975	5.7 °C10 January 1975	21.8 °C	4,464 mm	59
1974	34.9 °C28 May 1974	6.8 °C28 December 1974	21.8 °C	5,020 mm	54
1973	35.0 °C10 July 1973	6.1 °C20 January 1973	22.5 °C	4,047 mm	81
1972	34.3 °C13 July 1972	6.7 °C18 January 1972	21.7 °C	4,751 mm	65
1971	34.0 °C14 July 1971	6.2 °C8 January 1971	21.8 °C	3,877 mm	54
1970	33.9 °C18 August 1970	7.2 °C4 February 1970	21.7 °C	5,465 mm	55
1969	34.6 °C13 August 1969	6.3 °C29 December 1969	22.2 °C	3,757 mm	71
1968	33.7 °C15 August 1968	5.5 °C19 January 1968	21.3 °C	4,638 mm	42
1967	34.1 °C21 August 1967	6.3 °C16 January 1967	21.7 °C	4,302 mm	47
1966	31.9 °C17 May 1966	8.5 °C2 February 1966	21.3 °C	4,538 mm	10
1965	33.9 °C11 June 1965	7.0 °C15 January 1965	21.0 °C	4,346 mm	28
1964	34.1 °C10 August 1964	5.6 °C20 January 1964	22.4 °C	5,558 mm	63
1963	35.3 °C4 August 1963	6.8 °C28 December 1963	22.3 °C	4,206 mm	62
1962	34.6 °C8 September 1962	5.4 °C6 January 1962	21.8 °C	4,432 mm	55
1961	33.7 °C28 May 1961	3.5 °C28 December 1961	21.5 °C	4,102 mm	53
1960	34.5 °C8 June 1960	6.4 °C2 January 1960	22.5 °C	3,550 mm	74
1959	33.1 °C31 August 1959	7.6 °C2 February 1959	21.6 °C	4,919 mm	47
1958	33.1 °C10 September 1958	7.0 °C8 January 1958	21.6 °C	6,318 mm	49
1957	34.4 °C20 August 1957	6.9 °C26 January 1957	21.2 °C	5,407 mm	43
1956	32.6 °C18 September 1956	6.3 °C2 January 1956	21.4 °C	3,874 mm	54
1955	34.1 °C28 June 1955	6.3 °C3 January 1955	21.1 °C	4,111 mm	35
1954	32.8 °C20 September 1954	6.0 °C23 January 1954	20.9 °C	4,946 mm	19
1953	33.8 °C13 August 1953	5.8 °C27 January 1953	21.4 °C	3,942 mm	33
1952	32.1 °C3 August 1952	6.5 °C31 December 1952	21.4 °C	4,035 mm	24
1951	33.3 °C5 September 1951	7.1 °C23 December 1951	21.1 °C	4,875 mm	21
1950	33.4 °C26 July 1950	7.1 °C13 January 1950	21.3 °C	4,505 mm	18
1949	32.4 °C31 July 1949	7.6 °C13 December 1949	21.5 °C	3,955 mm	25
1948	32.2 °C6 July 1948	6.3 °C15 December 1948	21.2 °C	3,562 mm	26
1947	33.5 °C16 August 1947	7.1 °C31 December 1947	21.6 °C	2,961 mm	33
1946	33.0 °C20 April 1946	7.5 °C2 January 1946	21.7 °C	3,405 mm	37
1945	33.2 °C8 June 1945	6.2 °C25 December 1945	20.9 °C	3,175 mm	29
1944	33.6 °C29 July 1944	6.9 °C5 January 1944	21.3 °C	2,608 mm	34
1943	33.3 °C10 July 1943	7.3 °C25 January 1943	20.7 °C	4,050 mm	14
1942	32.3 °C18 March 1942	6.7 °C3 January 1942	21.3 °C	2,968 mm	20
1941	33.0 °C2 July 1941	6.5 °C2 February 1941	21.1 °C	3,827 mm	28
1940	32.7 °C1 July 1940	6.6 °C11 January 1940	20.9 °C	3,553 mm	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2803 mm

-1256 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.9 °C	+2.1 °C	85 mm	+21 mm
Feb	21.6 °C	-0.2 °C	87 mm	-47 mm
Mar	23.1 °C	-1.1 °C	252 mm	-60 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+1.2 °C	587 mm	-25 mm
May	28.2 °C	+0.5 °C	398 mm	-213 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+2.0 °C	381 mm	-267 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+2.7 °C	208 mm	-371 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	-0.2 °C	381 mm	-60 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+2.4 °C	206 mm	-192 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+1.4 °C	192 mm	+9 mm
Nov	26.7 °C	+1.8 °C	25 mm	-14 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.8 °C

12 Jun 2025

Coldest day

9.1 °C

3 Jan 2025

Wettest day

149.9 mm

23 Apr 2025

Windiest day

10.8 km/h

7 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

3 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.0 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pasighat?

Pasighat has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 4,059 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pasighat?

The hottest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pasighat?

The coldest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1982, at 3.1 °C.

Does it snow in Pasighat?

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

Has the climate of Pasighat warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Pasighat?

The wettest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1974, with 273 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pasighat?

The windiest day measured in Pasighat between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1968, with winds reaching 23.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pasighat?

The warmest month in Pasighat is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Pasighat?

Pasighat receives on average 4,059 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 196 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pasighat?

Pasighat gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pasighat?

Yes: Pasighat has on average 168 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pasighat?

In Pasighat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 22 September 2024, and the lowest was 0.6 °C on 27 December 1982.

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