Punalūr climate — normals and trends
Punalūr (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 2,325 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Punalūr averages 0 frost days, 172 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 238 rainy days per year.
Punalūr has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 24 March 2016) and the coldest 14.9 °C (on 1 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
PunalūrKerala
- coords
- 9.02°, 76.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
30.1°C
Average daily low
22.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,325mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
172 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
238 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.4 °C
Average feels-like low
25.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
335 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · p = < 0.001
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
39.4 °C
24 March 2016
Coldest day
14.9 °C
1 January 1951
Wettest day
197 mm
13 November 1992
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
30 May 2025
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
22 June 2007
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
12 April 2019
Coldest feels-like
13.1 °C
1 January 1951
Sunniest day
12.1 h
12 May 1942
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 | 31.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 28 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 35.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 35.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 31.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 256 mm | +67 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 459 mm | +163 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 327 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 430 mm | +121 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 208 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 29.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 127 mm | -96 mm |
| Oct | 29.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 337 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 29.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 196 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 30.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 15 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punalūr?
Punalūr has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 2,325 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punalūr?
The hottest day measured in Punalūr between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2016, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punalūr?
The coldest day measured in Punalūr between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Punalūr?
Almost never: Punalūr sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Punalūr warmed?
Yes: Punalūr warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punalūr?
The wettest day measured in Punalūr between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punalūr?
The windiest day measured in Punalūr between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punalūr?
The warmest month in Punalūr is March (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Punalūr?
Punalūr receives on average 2,325 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 238 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punalūr?
Punalūr gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Punalūr?
Yes: Punalūr has on average 335 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punalūr?
In Punalūr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 12 April 2019, and the lowest was 13.1 °C on 1 January 1951.
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