Ratnagiri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,954 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ratnagiri?

The hottest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1981, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ratnagiri?

The coldest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2008, at 16.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ratnagiri?

Almost never: Ratnagiri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ratnagiri warmed?

Yes: Ratnagiri warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ratnagiri?

The wettest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1953, with 301 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ratnagiri?

The windiest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2021, with winds reaching 66.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ratnagiri?

The warmest month in Ratnagiri is May (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri receives on average 2,954 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ratnagiri (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,954 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Ratnagiri averages 0 frost days, 131 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Ratnagiri 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 35.5 °C (on 3 March 1981) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 9 February 2008).

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

RatnagiriMaharashtra

coords: 16.99°, 73.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

29.0°C

Average daily low

24.3°C

Annual rainfall

2,954mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

20.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.8 °C

Average feels-like low

27.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

360 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.5 °C

3 March 1981

Coldest day

16.3 °C

9 February 2008

Wettest day

301 mm

22 June 1953

Windiest day

66.3 km/h

16 May 2021

Strongest gust

120.2 km/h

16 May 2021

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

8 May 2004

Coldest feels-like

14.2 °C

9 February 2008

Sunniest day

12.2 h

9 June 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.3 °C11 March 2025	20.4 °C12 December 2025	27.1 °C	3,718 mm	180
2024	33.1 °C30 April 2024	20.5 °C24 January 2024	27.4 °C	2,955 mm	190
2023	33.8 °C7 March 2023	19.7 °C15 January 2023	27.5 °C	2,697 mm	208
2022	34.5 °C14 March 2022	18.3 °C25 January 2022	26.9 °C	2,643 mm	169
2021	34.5 °C27 March 2021	20.6 °C26 December 2021	27.2 °C	3,054 mm	173
2020	33.8 °C27 February 2020	19.0 °C17 January 2020	27.1 °C	3,488 mm	171
2019	33.5 °C10 June 2019	17.6 °C9 February 2019	26.9 °C	3,502 mm	154
2018	33.2 °C25 March 2018	20.3 °C8 January 2018	27.1 °C	2,334 mm	190
2017	33.4 °C16 February 2017	20.0 °C7 January 2017	27.0 °C	2,357 mm	171
2016	32.5 °C1 January 2016	20.2 °C21 January 2016	26.8 °C	2,952 mm	183
2015	33.6 °C12 March 2015	19.9 °C12 January 2015	27.2 °C	1,663 mm	179
2014	33.6 °C23 April 2014	19.5 °C17 February 2014	26.9 °C	2,489 mm	171
2013	35.2 °C2 March 2013	19.0 °C7 January 2013	26.5 °C	3,159 mm	143
2012	33.1 °C28 October 2012	18.7 °C10 February 2012	26.3 °C	2,446 mm	122
2011	33.8 °C16 March 2011	19.5 °C13 January 2011	26.6 °C	3,131 mm	163
2010	33.3 °C3 April 2010	19.6 °C24 December 2010	27.0 °C	3,243 mm	153
2009	33.5 °C3 March 2009	21.1 °C12 February 2009	27.1 °C	2,574 mm	181
2008	33.1 °C7 November 2008	16.3 °C9 February 2008	26.8 °C	2,701 mm	165
2007	32.6 °C5 April 2007	20.2 °C24 November 2007	26.9 °C	3,129 mm	169
2006	33.1 °C29 March 2006	19.4 °C24 January 2006	26.9 °C	3,451 mm	164
2005	32.7 °C19 April 2005	18.6 °C22 February 2005	26.6 °C	2,692 mm	152
2004	33.6 °C22 February 2004	19.9 °C1 February 2004	26.8 °C	2,444 mm	175
2003	32.7 °C3 November 2003	19.1 °C1 January 2003	26.9 °C	2,365 mm	173
2002	33.5 °C12 March 2002	18.2 °C28 January 2002	26.9 °C	2,058 mm	182
2001	32.7 °C20 November 2001	19.6 °C2 January 2001	26.5 °C	1,875 mm	124
2000	32.4 °C29 February 2000	19.3 °C19 December 2000	26.3 °C	2,644 mm	125
1999	32.9 °C21 February 1999	19.1 °C1 February 1999	26.4 °C	2,212 mm	129
1998	33.9 °C27 March 1998	19.5 °C21 January 1998	26.8 °C	2,603 mm	146
1997	32.9 °C17 October 1997	18.5 °C22 January 1997	26.5 °C	2,299 mm	122
1996	33.6 °C23 March 1996	19.4 °C19 January 1996	26.5 °C	2,278 mm	131
1995	33.0 °C26 April 1995	18.7 °C12 January 1995	26.5 °C	2,005 mm	114
1994	32.6 °C15 April 1994	18.2 °C16 January 1994	26.5 °C	2,903 mm	140
1993	33.0 °C7 March 1993	19.4 °C21 January 1993	26.5 °C	2,250 mm	129
1992	32.5 °C27 March 1992	18.9 °C23 February 1992	26.4 °C	2,388 mm	115
1991	32.2 °C22 October 1991	17.4 °C3 January 1991	26.4 °C	2,423 mm	128
1990	32.4 °C11 February 1990	19.8 °C3 March 1990	26.3 °C	2,574 mm	107
1989	33.9 °C8 May 1989	20.4 °C12 February 1989	26.5 °C	2,336 mm	138
1988	32.6 °C7 November 1988	20.2 °C24 November 1988	26.5 °C	2,891 mm	128
1987	32.9 °C15 May 1987	19.0 °C12 January 1987	26.7 °C	2,141 mm	113
1986	32.8 °C26 October 1986	19.5 °C2 February 1986	26.4 °C	2,071 mm	108
1985	33.1 °C21 April 1985	19.5 °C21 January 1985	26.1 °C	2,429 mm	91
1984	32.6 °C4 March 1984	18.6 °C21 January 1984	26.4 °C	2,013 mm	137
1983	31.7 °C26 May 1983	18.9 °C8 February 1983	26.1 °C	3,745 mm	82
1982	33.3 °C28 March 1982	20.3 °C13 January 1982	26.3 °C	3,113 mm	91
1981	35.5 °C3 March 1981	19.0 °C9 January 1981	26.5 °C	3,153 mm	128
1980	33.5 °C27 March 1980	18.5 °C26 December 1980	26.5 °C	3,627 mm	129
1979	33.4 °C7 April 1979	19.3 °C8 February 1979	26.7 °C	2,263 mm	126
1978	32.6 °C3 May 1978	19.1 °C18 February 1978	26.2 °C	2,503 mm	97
1977	32.7 °C14 October 1977	19.7 °C30 December 1977	26.7 °C	3,159 mm	137
1976	32.3 °C1 November 1976	19.7 °C18 January 1976	26.4 °C	2,779 mm	98
1975	31.7 °C5 May 1975	18.5 °C12 January 1975	26.0 °C	3,323 mm	84
1974	33.1 °C9 April 1974	18.8 °C12 February 1974	26.3 °C	2,647 mm	110
1973	31.9 °C10 February 1973	18.6 °C1 February 1973	26.4 °C	2,594 mm	125
1972	33.4 °C27 April 1972	18.0 °C15 February 1972	26.6 °C	2,024 mm	142
1971	33.0 °C12 March 1971	18.8 °C31 January 1971	26.2 °C	2,497 mm	129
1970	32.7 °C20 March 1970	18.3 °C22 January 1970	26.2 °C	2,660 mm	114
1969	33.0 °C17 May 1969	19.0 °C2 January 1969	26.7 °C	2,118 mm	150
1968	32.4 °C24 October 1968	17.8 °C28 December 1968	26.3 °C	2,614 mm	145
1967	32.5 °C16 October 1967	19.0 °C28 January 1967	26.7 °C	3,389 mm	156
1966	33.9 °C24 February 1966	18.9 °C5 January 1966	26.3 °C	2,842 mm	124
1965	33.4 °C14 April 1965	20.2 °C21 March 1965	26.5 °C	2,858 mm	155
1964	34.4 °C28 March 1964	19.4 °C19 January 1964	26.1 °C	4,023 mm	119
1963	32.9 °C23 May 1963	20.8 °C30 January 1963	26.6 °C	3,364 mm	154
1962	32.9 °C7 May 1962	18.0 °C28 January 1962	26.3 °C	3,033 mm	118
1961	33.4 °C26 April 1961	18.8 °C8 February 1961	26.3 °C	3,813 mm	131
1960	34.0 °C1 May 1960	20.2 °C28 January 1960	26.4 °C	3,251 mm	151
1959	33.9 °C7 April 1959	18.6 °C1 February 1959	26.5 °C	3,767 mm	153
1958	33.1 °C6 March 1958	19.4 °C22 February 1958	26.5 °C	3,476 mm	145
1957	33.0 °C8 April 1957	18.4 °C11 February 1957	26.2 °C	2,273 mm	120
1956	33.8 °C15 April 1956	19.8 °C21 January 1956	25.8 °C	3,861 mm	85
1955	34.1 °C17 April 1955	19.6 °C1 January 1955	25.9 °C	3,171 mm	90
1954	32.9 °C3 March 1954	19.6 °C31 December 1954	26.1 °C	3,596 mm	131
1953	31.6 °C26 November 1953	18.7 °C22 January 1953	25.6 °C	3,963 mm	79
1952	32.8 °C24 February 1952	19.0 °C9 January 1952	25.3 °C	3,231 mm	51
1951	32.6 °C22 February 1951	17.7 °C1 January 1951	25.6 °C	3,791 mm	49
1950	32.0 °C8 May 1950	17.6 °C11 February 1950	24.9 °C	4,030 mm	47
1949	31.8 °C4 May 1949	18.8 °C7 February 1949	25.4 °C	4,321 mm	40
1948	33.3 °C15 April 1948	19.3 °C15 December 1948	26.2 °C	3,878 mm	111
1947	32.7 °C13 April 1947	20.1 °C19 January 1947	26.1 °C	3,790 mm	104
1946	33.9 °C14 March 1946	19.7 °C18 January 1946	26.1 °C	4,195 mm	113
1945	33.7 °C9 March 1945	16.8 °C6 January 1945	26.0 °C	2,921 mm	129
1944	32.1 °C28 May 1944	18.3 °C10 February 1944	26.1 °C	3,042 mm	98
1943	33.0 °C24 February 1943	19.3 °C31 January 1943	25.6 °C	6,162 mm	72
1942	32.6 °C23 April 1942	19.1 °C17 January 1942	25.9 °C	3,723 mm	95
1941	33.2 °C2 February 1941	18.4 °C27 January 1941	26.1 °C	2,528 mm	125
1940	32.8 °C3 April 1940	18.9 °C11 February 1940	25.9 °C	3,397 mm	118

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

180 d/yr

+49

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3718 mm

+764 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	31.4 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	31.8 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Apr	31.3 °C	+0.7 °C	13 mm	+8 mm
May	30.4 °C	-0.4 °C	901 mm	+831 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+0.5 °C	535 mm	-149 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	700 mm	-313 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	+0.5 °C	698 mm	-1 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	-0.2 °C	592 mm	+264 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+0.2 °C	260 mm	+141 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	-0.4 °C	18 mm	-6 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.4 °C

12 Dec 2025

Wettest day

200.8 mm

27 May 2025

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.5 °C

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,954 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ratnagiri?

The hottest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1981, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ratnagiri?

The coldest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2008, at 16.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ratnagiri?

Almost never: Ratnagiri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ratnagiri warmed?

Yes: Ratnagiri warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ratnagiri?

The wettest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1953, with 301 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ratnagiri?

The windiest day measured in Ratnagiri between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2021, with winds reaching 66.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ratnagiri?

The warmest month in Ratnagiri is May (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri receives on average 2,954 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ratnagiri?

Ratnagiri gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ratnagiri?

Yes: Ratnagiri has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ratnagiri?

In Ratnagiri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 8 May 2004, and the lowest was 14.2 °C on 9 February 2008.

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