Phagwāra climate — normals and trends
Phagwāra (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 827 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 June (33.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Phagwāra averages 0 frost days, 208 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Phagwāra between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.9 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest -0.5 °C (on 11 February 1950).
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
PhagwāraPunjab
- coords
- 31.22°, 75.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.6°C
Average daily high
30.2°C
Average daily low
18.1°C
Annual rainfall
827mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
208 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.6 °C
Average feels-like low
19.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
173 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
48.9 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
-0.5 °C
11 February 1950
Wettest day
283 mm
5 July 1967
Windiest day
45.6 km/h
28 May 2010
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
27 August 1997
Hottest feels-like
50.4 °C
10 June 2007
Coldest feels-like
-4.0 °C
11 February 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 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 | 19.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 9 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | 23.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 59 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 28.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 37.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 38.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 44 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 37.5 °C | -2.3 °C | 92 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 202 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 265 mm | +76 mm |
| Sep | 33.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 164 mm | +74 mm |
| Oct | 31.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 87 mm | +64 mm |
| Nov | 26.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Phagwāra?
Phagwāra has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 827 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Phagwāra?
The hottest day measured in Phagwāra between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 48.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Phagwāra?
The coldest day measured in Phagwāra between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -0.5 °C.
Does it snow in Phagwāra?
Almost never: Phagwāra sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Phagwāra warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Phagwāra.
What is the wettest day in Phagwāra?
The wettest day measured in Phagwāra between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1967, with 283 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Phagwāra?
The windiest day measured in Phagwāra between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 2010, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Phagwāra?
The warmest month in Phagwāra is June (33.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Phagwāra?
Phagwāra receives on average 827 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Phagwāra?
Phagwāra gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Phagwāra?
Yes: Phagwāra has on average 173 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Phagwāra?
In Phagwāra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.4 °C on 10 June 2007, and the lowest was -4.0 °C on 11 February 1950.
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