Pithāpuram climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pithāpuram?

Pithāpuram has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1946, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pithāpuram?

The coldest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 16.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pithāpuram?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pithāpuram warmed?

Yes: Pithāpuram warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pithāpuram?

The wettest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1990, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pithāpuram?

The windiest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1943, with winds reaching 57.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pithāpuram?

The warmest month in Pithāpuram is May (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pithāpuram?

Pithāpuram receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pithāpuram?

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

Pithāpuram (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,208 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 (30.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Pithāpuram averages 0 frost days, 194 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Pithāpuram has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 13 May 1946) and the coldest 16.1 °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

PithāpuramAndhra Pradesh

coords: 17.12°, 82.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

30.2°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,208mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

7.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

194 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

28.6 °C

Average peak gust

32.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

357 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

41.9 °C

13 May 1946

Coldest day

16.1 °C

7 January 1945

Wettest day

201 mm

14 August 1990

Windiest day

57.8 km/h

1 November 1943

Strongest gust

116.6 km/h

9 May 1990

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

26 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

7 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.7 °C9 June 2025	19.1 °C21 January 2025	27.6 °C	1,146 mm	229
2024	36.5 °C29 May 2024	20.5 °C19 January 2024	28.0 °C	1,651 mm	226
2023	40.3 °C16 June 2023	19.2 °C10 January 2023	28.1 °C	1,244 mm	237
2022	37.3 °C23 May 2022	20.0 °C30 January 2022	27.7 °C	1,318 mm	200
2021	37.6 °C26 May 2021	19.1 °C23 December 2021	27.8 °C	1,358 mm	221
2020	38.0 °C21 May 2020	19.5 °C22 December 2020	27.7 °C	1,656 mm	207
2019	37.8 °C15 June 2019	17.9 °C1 January 2019	27.8 °C	1,204 mm	216
2018	36.1 °C17 June 2018	18.7 °C31 December 2018	27.6 °C	1,158 mm	222
2017	39.6 °C18 May 2017	20.2 °C17 January 2017	27.9 °C	1,078 mm	231
2016	39.2 °C26 May 2016	20.2 °C23 December 2016	28.0 °C	1,391 mm	233
2015	40.8 °C24 May 2015	19.2 °C18 January 2015	27.8 °C	1,190 mm	224
2014	38.7 °C12 June 2014	19.2 °C21 December 2014	27.5 °C	948 mm	193
2013	40.1 °C25 May 2013	19.0 °C18 December 2013	27.2 °C	1,570 mm	179
2012	40.4 °C2 June 2012	17.0 °C15 January 2012	27.4 °C	1,071 mm	206
2011	36.4 °C10 May 2011	18.1 °C16 January 2011	27.5 °C	859 mm	214
2010	38.7 °C7 June 2010	18.8 °C22 December 2010	27.5 °C	2,019 mm	198
2009	38.4 °C9 June 2009	19.2 °C26 December 2009	27.8 °C	982 mm	229
2008	40.7 °C17 May 2008	18.9 °C18 January 2008	27.4 °C	1,067 mm	196
2007	39.4 °C15 May 2007	19.7 °C24 December 2007	27.4 °C	1,578 mm	186
2006	37.2 °C23 May 2006	19.2 °C29 January 2006	27.6 °C	1,446 mm	227
2005	40.8 °C14 June 2005	19.0 °C29 December 2005	27.7 °C	1,135 mm	207
2004	38.8 °C22 May 2004	19.0 °C12 January 2004	27.4 °C	1,123 mm	198
2003	41.4 °C19 May 2003	18.6 °C17 January 2003	27.6 °C	1,383 mm	192
2002	40.9 °C11 May 2002	19.2 °C12 January 2002	27.7 °C	705 mm	213
2001	38.3 °C26 May 2001	18.3 °C23 January 2001	27.5 °C	994 mm	201
2000	40.0 °C13 May 2000	18.8 °C19 December 2000	27.4 °C	1,045 mm	200
1999	38.0 °C7 June 1999	19.3 °C22 January 1999	27.5 °C	665 mm	203
1998	41.3 °C28 May 1998	19.7 °C30 December 1998	28.0 °C	1,357 mm	211
1997	41.1 °C30 May 1997	18.9 °C2 January 1997	27.7 °C	866 mm	209
1996	38.5 °C29 May 1996	19.0 °C24 December 1996	27.4 °C	1,102 mm	198
1995	39.8 °C8 June 1995	19.5 °C3 January 1995	27.5 °C	1,171 mm	195
1994	39.4 °C9 May 1994	19.1 °C27 December 1994	27.4 °C	1,034 mm	187
1993	38.2 °C31 May 1993	19.4 °C18 December 1993	27.6 °C	818 mm	207
1992	38.1 °C18 May 1992	17.5 °C6 January 1992	27.2 °C	909 mm	205
1991	37.6 °C1 May 1991	19.2 °C7 December 1991	27.3 °C	1,211 mm	194
1990	36.5 °C20 April 1990	19.5 °C15 January 1990	27.2 °C	2,489 mm	157
1989	38.6 °C24 May 1989	19.3 °C18 January 1989	27.3 °C	1,278 mm	192
1988	38.8 °C31 May 1988	20.1 °C4 January 1988	27.7 °C	1,067 mm	202
1987	38.7 °C21 June 1987	19.6 °C11 February 1987	27.6 °C	1,020 mm	193
1986	40.1 °C5 June 1986	18.7 °C30 January 1986	27.5 °C	1,118 mm	201
1985	40.2 °C30 May 1985	18.9 °C14 December 1985	27.6 °C	892 mm	195
1984	39.4 °C1 June 1984	19.6 °C11 December 1984	27.5 °C	700 mm	198
1983	38.5 °C7 June 1983	18.6 °C8 January 1983	27.5 °C	1,466 mm	205
1982	38.0 °C29 May 1982	18.6 °C3 January 1982	27.5 °C	1,028 mm	199
1981	38.2 °C9 June 1981	18.9 °C28 December 1981	27.5 °C	786 mm	214
1980	39.0 °C21 May 1980	19.2 °C19 December 1980	27.5 °C	959 mm	208
1979	38.8 °C21 May 1979	19.1 °C26 December 1979	27.7 °C	1,028 mm	198
1978	41.5 °C17 May 1978	19.2 °C14 January 1978	27.5 °C	1,001 mm	184
1977	38.0 °C2 June 1977	18.7 °C7 January 1977	27.4 °C	843 mm	189
1976	40.3 °C24 May 1976	18.8 °C18 January 1976	27.3 °C	1,269 mm	217
1975	39.8 °C9 May 1975	18.2 °C10 January 1975	27.1 °C	1,534 mm	176
1974	38.3 °C1 June 1974	19.4 °C27 December 1974	27.4 °C	904 mm	206
1973	40.0 °C9 May 1973	19.5 °C18 November 1973	27.7 °C	716 mm	215
1972	40.8 °C6 June 1972	18.2 °C10 January 1972	27.6 °C	840 mm	206
1971	35.3 °C25 May 1971	19.2 °C27 December 1971	27.0 °C	820 mm	186
1970	39.9 °C16 May 1970	17.5 °C4 January 1970	27.2 °C	1,076 mm	193
1969	37.5 °C10 June 1969	18.8 °C27 December 1969	27.3 °C	1,596 mm	198
1968	37.4 °C8 May 1968	18.4 °C20 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,234 mm	184
1967	40.5 °C5 June 1967	18.8 °C25 January 1967	27.2 °C	1,498 mm	174
1966	41.0 °C23 May 1966	19.1 °C12 December 1966	27.1 °C	1,378 mm	180
1965	38.9 °C31 May 1965	19.5 °C13 January 1965	27.0 °C	1,561 mm	164
1964	39.2 °C22 May 1964	18.9 °C10 December 1964	27.2 °C	1,231 mm	173
1963	40.3 °C30 May 1963	19.1 °C23 January 1963	27.0 °C	955 mm	175
1962	39.7 °C25 May 1962	17.1 °C5 January 1962	26.9 °C	1,493 mm	170
1961	37.5 °C29 May 1961	17.9 °C28 December 1961	26.9 °C	1,020 mm	182
1960	38.5 °C24 May 1960	20.0 °C19 December 1960	27.2 °C	1,183 mm	174
1959	37.9 °C27 May 1959	19.3 °C14 December 1959	27.1 °C	1,368 mm	184
1958	39.4 °C8 June 1958	19.9 °C16 January 1958	27.4 °C	1,162 mm	181
1957	38.2 °C12 June 1957	19.3 °C25 January 1957	27.2 °C	1,077 mm	172
1956	41.0 °C16 May 1956	18.7 °C19 December 1956	26.8 °C	1,490 mm	171
1955	39.1 °C7 June 1955	19.0 °C29 December 1955	26.8 °C	1,359 mm	169
1954	39.6 °C1 June 1954	19.1 °C21 January 1954	27.0 °C	1,228 mm	182
1953	37.4 °C1 June 1953	18.5 °C26 January 1953	26.6 °C	1,226 mm	179
1952	35.5 °C15 June 1952	17.9 °C28 December 1952	26.8 °C	1,062 mm	192
1951	34.9 °C13 May 1951	17.5 °C1 January 1951	26.5 °C	1,889 mm	165
1950	36.9 °C21 May 1950	19.3 °C3 January 1950	26.2 °C	1,266 mm	142
1949	36.3 °C22 June 1949	19.4 °C16 November 1949	26.4 °C	1,893 mm	146
1948	39.4 °C3 June 1948	18.4 °C22 January 1948	27.2 °C	1,442 mm	195
1947	41.3 °C4 June 1947	18.5 °C28 December 1947	27.2 °C	1,093 mm	184
1946	41.9 °C13 May 1946	18.3 °C22 January 1946	27.1 °C	1,085 mm	184
1945	40.4 °C17 May 1945	16.1 °C7 January 1945	27.1 °C	886 mm	192
1944	37.1 °C31 May 1944	19.8 °C24 January 1944	27.0 °C	1,290 mm	178
1943	39.0 °C27 May 1943	17.3 °C8 December 1943	26.2 °C	1,675 mm	145
1942	36.1 °C8 May 1942	19.0 °C10 January 1942	26.7 °C	943 mm	182
1941	39.7 °C26 May 1941	19.2 °C5 February 1941	27.0 °C	1,158 mm	182
1940	36.9 °C8 May 1940	17.8 °C14 January 1940	26.5 °C	1,839 mm	144

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.5 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

229 d/yr

+35

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1146 mm

-62 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.0 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-14 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-13 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Apr	33.0 °C	+0.2 °C	13 mm	-10 mm
May	32.6 °C	-1.7 °C	188 mm	+128 mm
Jun	32.5 °C	-0.6 °C	102 mm	-42 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+0.8 °C	156 mm	-74 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+0.7 °C	171 mm	-34 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+0.7 °C	153 mm	-40 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+0.4 °C	287 mm	+93 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+1.0 °C	13 mm	-71 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	-0.4 °C	62 mm	+35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest day

19.1 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

46.8 mm

25 May 2025

Windiest day

42.7 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.9 °C

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pithāpuram?

Pithāpuram has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pithāpuram?

The hottest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1946, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pithāpuram?

The coldest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 16.1 °C.

Does it snow in Pithāpuram?

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

Has the climate of Pithāpuram warmed?

Yes: Pithāpuram warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pithāpuram?

The wettest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1990, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pithāpuram?

The windiest day measured in Pithāpuram between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1943, with winds reaching 57.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pithāpuram?

The warmest month in Pithāpuram is May (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Pithāpuram?

Pithāpuram receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pithāpuram?

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

Are there tropical nights in Pithāpuram?

Yes: Pithāpuram has on average 357 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pithāpuram?

In Pithāpuram, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.1 °C on 26 May 1998, and the lowest was 13.9 °C on 7 January 1945.

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