Rānāghāt climate — normals and trends
Rānāghāt (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,534 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 (30.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rānāghāt averages 0 frost days, 229 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Rānāghāt has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.1 °C (on 18 May 1957) and the coldest 6.1 °C (on 10 January 2013).
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
RānāghātWest Bengal
- coords
- 23.18°, 88.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
31.0°C
Average daily low
21.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,534mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
11.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
229 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.6 °C
Average feels-like low
24.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
241 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
46.1 °C
18 May 1957
Coldest day
6.1 °C
10 January 2013
Wettest day
212 mm
27 June 1988
Windiest day
49.1 km/h
25 May 2009
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
20 May 2020
Hottest feels-like
49.3 °C
20 May 2002
Coldest feels-like
3.9 °C
9 January 2013
Sunniest day
12.9 h
6 July 1948
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 | 25.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 29.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 33.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 8 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 34.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 88 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 35.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 124 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 273 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 588 mm | +278 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 298 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 244 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 32.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 115 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 29.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 24.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rānāghāt?
Rānāghāt has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,534 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rānāghāt?
The hottest day measured in Rānāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1957, reaching 46.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rānāghāt?
The coldest day measured in Rānāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 2013, at 6.1 °C.
Does it snow in Rānāghāt?
Almost never: Rānāghāt sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Rānāghāt warmed?
Yes: Rānāghāt warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rānāghāt?
The wettest day measured in Rānāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rānāghāt?
The windiest day measured in Rānāghāt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2009, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rānāghāt?
The warmest month in Rānāghāt is May (30.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Rānāghāt?
Rānāghāt receives on average 1,534 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rānāghāt?
Rānāghāt gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Rānāghāt?
Yes: Rānāghāt has on average 241 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rānāghāt?
In Rānāghāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.3 °C on 20 May 2002, and the lowest was 3.9 °C on 9 January 2013.
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