Ponnāni climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ponnāni?

Ponnāni has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,680 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1973, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ponnāni?

The coldest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1984, at 18.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ponnāni?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ponnāni warmed?

Yes: Ponnāni warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ponnāni?

The wettest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, with 253 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ponnāni?

The windiest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ponnāni?

The warmest month in Ponnāni is March (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ponnāni?

Ponnāni receives on average 2,680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 227 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ponnāni?

Ponnāni gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ponnāni (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,680 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 March (29.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Ponnāni averages 0 frost days, 210 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 227 rainy days per year.

Ponnāni has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 25 March 1973) and the coldest 18.8 °C (on 19 October 1984).

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

PonnāniKerala

coords: 10.77°, 75.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

30.8°C

Average daily low

24.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,680mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

210 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

227 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.6 °C

Average feels-like low

28.4 °C

Average peak gust

35.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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

38.6 °C

25 March 1973

Coldest day

18.8 °C

19 October 1984

Wettest day

253 mm

23 May 2024

Windiest day

41.1 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

19 May 1955

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

27 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

19.1 °C

25 December 1950

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 May 1981

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.3 °C28 February 2025	21.6 °C20 December 2025	27.7 °C	3,001 mm	244
2024	36.7 °C10 April 2024	22.9 °C16 December 2024	28.2 °C	2,968 mm	270
2023	36.5 °C3 March 2023	22.1 °C14 January 2023	28.2 °C	2,379 mm	302
2022	37.0 °C3 March 2022	22.2 °C23 December 2022	27.5 °C	3,421 mm	246
2021	37.0 °C4 March 2021	23.2 °C13 October 2021	27.8 °C	3,115 mm	240
2020	37.8 °C1 April 2020	22.6 °C23 November 2020	28.3 °C	2,650 mm	273
2019	37.6 °C24 February 2019	22.8 °C20 January 2019	28.3 °C	3,039 mm	286
2018	37.3 °C8 March 2018	22.8 °C2 January 2018	27.9 °C	2,765 mm	260
2017	37.6 °C1 March 2017	23.2 °C19 February 2017	27.9 °C	2,553 mm	260
2016	38.6 °C27 April 2016	20.9 °C2 December 2016	28.3 °C	1,936 mm	232
2015	36.8 °C29 March 2015	23.2 °C15 November 2015	28.1 °C	2,427 mm	288
2014	38.4 °C26 March 2014	22.3 °C30 November 2014	28.1 °C	2,591 mm	277
2013	36.7 °C2 March 2013	23.1 °C15 January 2013	27.7 °C	2,796 mm	237
2012	37.7 °C25 February 2012	22.5 °C18 November 2012	27.7 °C	2,382 mm	266
2011	37.3 °C8 March 2011	21.6 °C26 December 2011	27.5 °C	3,399 mm	256
2010	37.9 °C11 March 2010	22.1 °C26 November 2010	27.7 °C	3,308 mm	225
2009	36.5 °C21 February 2009	22.4 °C1 January 2009	27.7 °C	3,009 mm	251
2008	38.1 °C8 March 2008	22.0 °C5 December 2008	27.4 °C	2,552 mm	252
2007	36.7 °C17 March 2007	21.0 °C16 November 2007	27.6 °C	3,385 mm	235
2006	36.7 °C23 February 2006	22.4 °C21 January 2006	27.6 °C	2,536 mm	251
2005	37.8 °C14 February 2005	21.0 °C19 November 2005	27.6 °C	2,639 mm	227
2004	37.6 °C9 March 2004	22.1 °C21 December 2004	27.5 °C	2,649 mm	224
2003	37.0 °C9 March 2003	21.8 °C24 December 2003	27.5 °C	2,673 mm	242
2002	37.1 °C12 March 2002	21.3 °C15 December 2002	27.4 °C	2,104 mm	229
2001	36.4 °C1 April 2001	21.1 °C10 December 2001	27.2 °C	2,214 mm	217
2000	36.4 °C5 March 2000	21.2 °C13 December 2000	27.2 °C	2,009 mm	221
1999	37.7 °C3 March 1999	21.9 °C26 January 1999	27.1 °C	2,284 mm	204
1998	38.1 °C17 March 1998	20.9 °C26 December 1998	27.6 °C	2,712 mm	199
1997	37.2 °C26 February 1997	22.4 °C12 July 1997	27.5 °C	2,498 mm	250
1996	36.8 °C1 March 1996	21.3 °C22 December 1996	27.2 °C	2,751 mm	223
1995	37.0 °C20 March 1995	21.7 °C3 December 1995	27.3 °C	2,554 mm	202
1994	37.2 °C11 March 1994	22.1 °C16 December 1994	27.3 °C	2,524 mm	219
1993	37.3 °C7 March 1993	21.3 °C8 January 1993	27.1 °C	2,431 mm	215
1992	36.8 °C2 April 1992	21.1 °C7 January 1992	27.0 °C	2,755 mm	206
1991	36.9 °C25 February 1991	19.9 °C28 December 1991	27.4 °C	2,743 mm	227
1990	37.0 °C17 March 1990	20.6 °C19 January 1990	27.3 °C	2,352 mm	209
1989	37.5 °C27 February 1989	20.5 °C4 February 1989	27.2 °C	2,438 mm	217
1988	36.9 °C11 March 1988	21.2 °C3 December 1988	27.4 °C	2,485 mm	218
1987	38.1 °C24 March 1987	22.1 °C21 December 1987	27.6 °C	1,909 mm	241
1986	36.8 °C28 March 1986	21.1 °C16 November 1986	27.3 °C	1,862 mm	222
1985	37.3 °C11 March 1985	21.2 °C30 November 1985	27.1 °C	1,955 mm	196
1984	36.1 °C1 March 1984	18.8 °C19 October 1984	26.8 °C	2,211 mm	204
1983	37.3 °C1 April 1983	21.3 °C9 November 1983	27.4 °C	2,428 mm	229
1982	37.6 °C14 March 1982	22.0 °C14 February 1982	27.3 °C	1,965 mm	228
1981	37.3 °C6 March 1981	19.6 °C12 December 1981	27.2 °C	2,459 mm	210
1980	37.8 °C14 March 1980	21.6 °C13 January 1980	27.3 °C	2,578 mm	238
1979	36.6 °C8 April 1979	22.2 °C22 November 1979	27.6 °C	2,229 mm	226
1978	37.1 °C27 February 1978	21.4 °C19 January 1978	27.0 °C	2,702 mm	201
1977	37.0 °C25 March 1977	20.9 °C7 January 1977	27.0 °C	2,252 mm	197
1976	36.6 °C22 February 1976	21.4 °C11 December 1976	26.8 °C	2,398 mm	183
1975	36.5 °C23 February 1975	20.6 °C13 January 1975	26.6 °C	2,946 mm	168
1974	37.0 °C20 February 1974	19.9 °C28 November 1974	26.7 °C	2,322 mm	183
1973	38.6 °C25 March 1973	20.3 °C8 November 1973	27.0 °C	2,361 mm	195
1972	35.9 °C13 March 1972	21.1 °C7 January 1972	26.9 °C	2,694 mm	204
1971	35.9 °C10 March 1971	20.5 °C21 December 1971	26.5 °C	2,634 mm	174
1970	36.4 °C16 February 1970	20.0 °C16 December 1970	26.9 °C	2,761 mm	188
1969	36.5 °C4 March 1969	21.3 °C9 November 1969	27.1 °C	2,982 mm	194
1968	36.5 °C8 March 1968	20.8 °C13 December 1968	26.8 °C	2,911 mm	195
1967	36.1 °C18 February 1967	20.9 °C15 November 1967	26.9 °C	3,368 mm	208
1966	35.8 °C11 February 1966	20.8 °C4 January 1966	26.6 °C	3,438 mm	166
1965	36.7 °C24 February 1965	21.3 °C22 June 1965	26.4 °C	3,166 mm	161
1964	37.1 °C11 March 1964	20.9 °C1 December 1964	26.6 °C	3,134 mm	174
1963	36.0 °C17 February 1963	21.0 °C20 December 1963	26.6 °C	2,657 mm	183
1962	37.6 °C14 March 1962	21.6 °C14 December 1962	26.9 °C	3,296 mm	181
1961	37.3 °C15 March 1961	21.7 °C23 July 1961	26.8 °C	3,521 mm	193
1960	36.3 °C14 February 1960	21.3 °C19 November 1960	26.5 °C	2,823 mm	153
1959	37.8 °C21 March 1959	21.4 °C21 November 1959	26.9 °C	2,494 mm	183
1958	37.8 °C7 March 1958	22.0 °C6 November 1958	27.0 °C	3,130 mm	172
1957	36.2 °C20 January 1957	21.8 °C9 January 1957	26.9 °C	2,641 mm	190
1956	35.9 °C27 February 1956	21.1 °C10 December 1956	26.2 °C	2,660 mm	160
1955	37.0 °C10 March 1955	19.4 °C11 November 1955	26.4 °C	3,005 mm	148
1954	37.4 °C2 March 1954	20.9 °C9 November 1954	26.5 °C	3,339 mm	175
1953	36.9 °C26 February 1953	20.8 °C2 February 1953	26.7 °C	2,130 mm	215
1952	36.1 °C28 March 1952	20.6 °C3 March 1952	26.5 °C	2,343 mm	199
1951	37.9 °C1 March 1951	19.4 °C2 January 1951	26.5 °C	2,192 mm	185
1950	35.6 °C25 February 1950	19.0 °C15 November 1950	26.2 °C	1,732 mm	191
1949	35.0 °C27 March 1949	19.0 °C13 November 1949	26.0 °C	2,684 mm	165
1948	37.4 °C1 March 1948	21.4 °C7 February 1948	26.7 °C	2,371 mm	198
1947	35.4 °C22 February 1947	21.3 °C7 November 1947	26.5 °C	2,118 mm	191
1946	36.9 °C13 March 1946	19.5 °C13 December 1946	26.1 °C	3,215 mm	153
1945	36.9 °C27 March 1945	20.1 °C14 December 1945	26.3 °C	3,248 mm	178
1944	35.6 °C29 February 1944	19.8 °C10 December 1944	26.3 °C	3,268 mm	163
1943	36.6 °C21 February 1943	19.3 °C31 January 1943	25.5 °C	3,674 mm	132
1942	36.5 °C9 March 1942	20.7 °C24 December 1942	25.9 °C	2,871 mm	148
1941	36.0 °C24 February 1941	20.1 °C13 November 1941	26.1 °C	3,316 mm	172
1940	35.4 °C18 February 1940	19.9 °C23 December 1940	25.8 °C	3,082 mm	131

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.3 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

244 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3001 mm

+321 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.1 °C	+1.0 °C	10 mm	+2 mm
Feb	35.3 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Mar	33.4 °C	-0.6 °C	89 mm	+42 mm
Apr	32.0 °C	-0.4 °C	194 mm	+46 mm
May	30.5 °C	-0.3 °C	517 mm	+184 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	474 mm	-87 mm
Jul	28.3 °C	+0.3 °C	744 mm	+209 mm
Aug	28.8 °C	+0.7 °C	414 mm	+25 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+0.9 °C	160 mm	-78 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.0 °C	342 mm	+95 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+0.4 °C	39 mm	-93 mm
Dec	32.8 °C	+1.0 °C	15 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

21.6 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

130.0 mm

16 Jul 2025

Windiest day

41.1 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.6 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ponnāni?

Ponnāni has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,680 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ponnāni?

The hottest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1973, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ponnāni?

The coldest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1984, at 18.8 °C.

Does it snow in Ponnāni?

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

Has the climate of Ponnāni warmed?

Yes: Ponnāni warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ponnāni?

The wettest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, with 253 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ponnāni?

The windiest day measured in Ponnāni between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ponnāni?

The warmest month in Ponnāni is March (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Ponnāni?

Ponnāni receives on average 2,680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 227 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ponnāni?

Ponnāni gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ponnāni?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ponnāni?

In Ponnāni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 27 April 2016, and the lowest was 19.1 °C on 25 December 1950.

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