Pūnch climate — normals and trends
Pūnch (India) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,327 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pūnch averages 55 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Pūnch has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 34 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 9 June 1947) and the coldest -13.0 °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
PūnchJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 33.77°, 74.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
9.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,327mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
55 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.6 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.7 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.4 °C
9 June 1947
Coldest day
-13.0 °C
11 February 1950
Wettest day
210 mm
16 July 1958
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
25 May 1942
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
8 February 1950
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
23 June 2005
Coldest feels-like
-17.9 °C
11 February 1950
Snowiest day
30.9 cm
22 January 1982
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -78 mm |
| Feb | 14.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 137 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 118 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 24.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 109 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 66 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 150 mm | +85 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 415 mm | +150 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 294 mm | +53 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 96 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 35 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 12 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 14.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 34 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pūnch?
Pūnch has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,327 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pūnch?
The hottest day measured in Pūnch between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1947, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pūnch?
The coldest day measured in Pūnch between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -13.0 °C.
Does it snow in Pūnch?
Yes. Pūnch gets on average 95.6 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.
Has the climate of Pūnch warmed?
Yes: Pūnch warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pūnch?
The wettest day measured in Pūnch between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1958, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pūnch?
The windiest day measured in Pūnch between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1942, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pūnch?
The warmest month in Pūnch is June (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Pūnch?
Pūnch receives on average 1,327 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pūnch?
Pūnch gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pūnch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pūnch between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1982, with 30.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pūnch?
Yes: Pūnch has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pūnch?
In Pūnch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 23 June 2005, and the lowest was -17.9 °C on 11 February 1950.
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