Punganūru climate — normals and trends
Punganūru (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 876 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 April (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is December (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Punganūru averages 0 frost days, 138 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Punganūru has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 1 May 2024) and the coldest 9.5 °C (on 14 January 1940).
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
PunganūruAndhra Pradesh
- coords
- 13.37°, 78.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.0°C
Average daily high
29.2°C
Average daily low
19.7°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
7.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
138 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.4 °C
Average feels-like low
20.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
212 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
39.1 °C
1 May 2024
Coldest day
9.5 °C
14 January 1940
Wettest day
138 mm
26 November 2020
Windiest day
45.0 km/h
21 June 1953
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
15 July 1965
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
1 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
8.0 °C
11 December 1981
Sunniest day
12.5 h
22 May 1958
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 | 26.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 30.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 33.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 33.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 40 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 31.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 170 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 35 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 60 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 209 mm | +103 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 58 mm | -80 mm |
| Oct | 27.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 157 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 26.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 73 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 25.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 18 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punganūru?
Punganūru has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punganūru?
The hottest day measured in Punganūru between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2024, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punganūru?
The coldest day measured in Punganūru between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1940, at 9.5 °C.
Does it snow in Punganūru?
Almost never: Punganūru sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Punganūru warmed?
Yes: Punganūru warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punganūru?
The wettest day measured in Punganūru between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2020, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punganūru?
The windiest day measured in Punganūru between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1953, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punganūru?
The warmest month in Punganūru is April (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (20.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Punganūru?
Punganūru receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punganūru?
Punganūru gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Punganūru?
Yes: Punganūru has on average 212 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punganūru?
In Punganūru, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 8.0 °C on 11 December 1981.
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