Rānikhet climate — normals and trends
Rānikhet (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,936 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rānikhet averages 4 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Rānikhet 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 7 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 27 June 1987) and the coldest -8.3 °C (on 7 January 1945).
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
RānikhetUttarakhand
- coords
- 29.64°, 79.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,936mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
6.9km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.3 cm
Average feels-like high
22.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.6 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
36.3 °C
27 June 1987
Coldest day
-8.3 °C
7 January 1945
Wettest day
262 mm
20 July 1954
Windiest day
21.5 km/h
22 April 1989
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
4 February 1949
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
29 June 1987
Coldest feels-like
-11.7 °C
7 January 1945
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
5 January 1945
Sunniest day
13.3 h
23 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 18.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 103 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 27 mm | -50 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | -2.1 °C | 154 mm | +75 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 351 mm | +131 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 364 mm | -187 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 583 mm | +98 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 314 mm | +78 mm |
| Oct | 23.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 21.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 18.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rānikhet?
Rānikhet has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,936 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rānikhet?
The hottest day measured in Rānikhet between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1987, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rānikhet?
The coldest day measured in Rānikhet between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at -8.3 °C.
Does it snow in Rānikhet?
Yes. Rānikhet gets on average 4.3 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Rānikhet warmed?
Yes: Rānikhet warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rānikhet?
The wettest day measured in Rānikhet between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1954, with 262 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rānikhet?
The windiest day measured in Rānikhet between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1989, with winds reaching 21.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rānikhet?
The warmest month in Rānikhet is June (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Rānikhet?
Rānikhet receives on average 1,936 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rānikhet?
Rānikhet gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rānikhet?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rānikhet between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1945, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rānikhet?
Yes: Rānikhet has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rānikhet?
In Rānikhet, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 29 June 1987, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 7 January 1945.
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