Raxaul climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Raxaul?

Raxaul has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,702 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 46.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Raxaul?

The coldest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 2.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Raxaul?

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

Q: Has the climate of Raxaul warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Raxaul?

The wettest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1995, with 374 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Raxaul?

The windiest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2025, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Raxaul?

The warmest month in Raxaul is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Raxaul?

Raxaul receives on average 1,702 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Raxaul?

Raxaul gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Raxaul (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,702 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 (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Raxaul averages 0 frost days, 205 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Raxaul 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 46.2 °C (on 26 May 1957) and the coldest 2.9 °C (on 9 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

RaxaulBihar

coords: 26.98°, 84.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

30.4°C

Average daily low

19.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,702mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

205 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

21.6 °C

Average peak gust

28.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

203 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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

46.2 °C

26 May 1957

Coldest day

2.9 °C

9 January 2013

Wettest day

374 mm

2 July 1995

Windiest day

41.8 km/h

16 July 2025

Strongest gust

77.0 km/h

25 September 2007

Hottest feels-like

49.0 °C

15 June 2005

Coldest feels-like

1.0 °C

31 January 1964

Sunniest day

13.0 h

28 May 1967

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.9 °C11 June 2025	8.6 °C3 January 2025	25.0 °C	1,732 mm	219
2024	42.5 °C20 April 2024	7.4 °C23 January 2024	25.6 °C	1,640 mm	236
2023	43.4 °C8 June 2023	6.4 °C9 January 2023	25.8 °C	1,179 mm	251
2022	41.5 °C16 April 2022	7.3 °C29 January 2022	25.3 °C	1,373 mm	240
2021	40.5 °C24 April 2021	6.8 °C1 February 2021	24.7 °C	2,255 mm	219
2020	41.4 °C25 May 2020	6.9 °C21 December 2020	24.5 °C	1,959 mm	220
2019	43.1 °C15 June 2019	4.2 °C31 December 2019	25.2 °C	1,755 mm	222
2018	40.0 °C22 April 2018	6.0 °C30 December 2018	25.1 °C	1,372 mm	250
2017	40.5 °C26 April 2017	6.8 °C13 January 2017	25.3 °C	1,634 mm	241
2016	42.9 °C11 April 2016	6.7 °C18 January 2016	25.5 °C	1,590 mm	252
2015	43.3 °C6 June 2015	6.1 °C22 January 2015	25.3 °C	1,217 mm	239
2014	42.2 °C21 May 2014	6.3 °C9 January 2014	24.8 °C	1,791 mm	219
2013	40.8 °C12 April 2013	2.9 °C9 January 2013	24.8 °C	1,632 mm	214
2012	42.9 °C14 June 2012	6.3 °C15 January 2012	25.0 °C	1,429 mm	233
2011	38.4 °C16 May 2011	5.1 °C12 January 2011	24.5 °C	1,537 mm	222
2010	44.0 °C8 June 2010	5.6 °C12 January 2010	25.5 °C	1,467 mm	238
2009	42.6 °C9 May 2009	7.8 °C4 January 2009	25.5 °C	1,491 mm	250
2008	42.0 °C25 April 2008	5.7 °C2 February 2008	24.8 °C	1,826 mm	223
2007	43.7 °C2 June 2007	6.0 °C16 January 2007	24.8 °C	2,090 mm	189
2006	42.4 °C1 May 2006	6.2 °C9 January 2006	25.4 °C	1,225 mm	235
2005	44.3 °C1 June 2005	7.5 °C28 December 2005	25.5 °C	1,398 mm	236
2004	44.1 °C15 May 2004	6.7 °C28 December 2004	24.7 °C	1,624 mm	222
2003	42.7 °C29 May 2003	6.2 °C15 January 2003	24.7 °C	2,175 mm	217
2002	41.4 °C19 April 2002	7.2 °C3 January 2002	24.8 °C	1,383 mm	216
2001	41.3 °C10 April 2001	6.2 °C9 January 2001	24.9 °C	2,043 mm	230
2000	40.7 °C13 May 2000	6.4 °C18 January 2000	24.5 °C	1,668 mm	224
1999	42.1 °C26 April 1999	6.6 °C13 January 1999	25.1 °C	2,230 mm	224
1998	44.3 °C10 June 1998	6.5 °C20 January 1998	25.1 °C	1,908 mm	215
1997	42.6 °C15 May 1997	5.6 °C14 January 1997	24.3 °C	1,545 mm	211
1996	44.7 °C28 May 1996	6.5 °C9 December 1996	25.2 °C	1,731 mm	227
1995	45.0 °C25 May 1995	5.0 °C2 January 1995	25.4 °C	2,077 mm	226
1994	44.2 °C4 May 1994	7.0 °C19 December 1994	25.2 °C	1,168 mm	235
1993	39.5 °C7 April 1993	5.8 °C26 January 1993	24.6 °C	1,527 mm	225
1992	42.3 °C13 April 1992	5.9 °C1 January 1992	24.7 °C	1,143 mm	236
1991	41.2 °C10 May 1991	5.2 °C16 January 1991	24.8 °C	1,322 mm	234
1990	41.3 °C21 April 1990	5.5 °C1 January 1990	24.5 °C	1,886 mm	204
1989	45.4 °C6 May 1989	5.5 °C31 December 1989	24.4 °C	1,500 mm	219
1988	42.7 °C12 May 1988	6.0 °C26 January 1988	25.2 °C	1,519 mm	231
1987	43.2 °C24 May 1987	8.2 °C2 January 1987	25.1 °C	2,217 mm	207
1986	42.2 °C30 March 1986	6.5 °C19 January 1986	24.6 °C	1,288 mm	201
1985	42.5 °C25 April 1985	7.1 °C15 January 1985	24.9 °C	1,760 mm	203
1984	41.4 °C20 April 1984	6.2 °C25 January 1984	24.5 °C	1,682 mm	220
1983	42.6 °C7 June 1983	6.0 °C2 February 1983	24.6 °C	1,444 mm	228
1982	43.0 °C27 May 1982	7.7 °C27 December 1982	24.8 °C	1,226 mm	224
1981	41.1 °C14 June 1981	6.7 °C16 January 1981	24.4 °C	1,508 mm	214
1980	43.6 °C28 April 1980	6.4 °C31 January 1980	25.1 °C	1,475 mm	229
1979	44.6 °C6 June 1979	7.5 °C3 January 1979	25.4 °C	1,218 mm	207
1978	43.0 °C19 May 1978	5.2 °C5 January 1978	24.7 °C	1,544 mm	225
1977	43.5 °C1 June 1977	6.2 °C22 January 1977	24.9 °C	1,140 mm	215
1976	41.8 °C6 May 1976	6.1 °C12 December 1976	24.6 °C	1,671 mm	230
1975	42.4 °C30 April 1975	6.1 °C8 January 1975	25.0 °C	1,933 mm	211
1974	42.3 °C3 June 1974	5.8 °C7 February 1974	24.7 °C	1,712 mm	209
1973	43.6 °C15 April 1973	6.8 °C26 December 1973	25.1 °C	2,757 mm	190
1972	43.3 °C11 June 1972	7.4 °C12 January 1972	25.2 °C	1,403 mm	213
1971	37.6 °C28 March 1971	6.2 °C3 February 1971	23.7 °C	1,876 mm	146
1970	41.6 °C3 May 1970	6.2 °C28 December 1970	24.4 °C	2,062 mm	197
1969	41.6 °C18 May 1969	6.4 °C6 January 1969	24.5 °C	1,392 mm	201
1968	42.2 °C26 May 1968	6.2 °C30 December 1968	24.1 °C	1,831 mm	176
1967	42.7 °C3 June 1967	5.0 °C18 January 1967	24.3 °C	1,600 mm	199
1966	45.5 °C11 June 1966	6.9 °C19 January 1966	24.7 °C	1,282 mm	182
1965	43.4 °C6 June 1965	6.9 °C29 December 1965	24.6 °C	1,440 mm	164
1964	45.9 °C7 June 1964	4.4 °C19 January 1964	25.1 °C	1,844 mm	200
1963	41.7 °C17 May 1963	6.4 °C4 January 1963	24.5 °C	2,558 mm	205
1962	41.0 °C21 May 1962	5.2 °C16 January 1962	23.9 °C	2,308 mm	176
1961	43.5 °C20 May 1961	6.5 °C27 December 1961	24.2 °C	1,617 mm	190
1960	44.7 °C5 May 1960	8.0 °C11 January 1960	25.2 °C	1,687 mm	200
1959	45.1 °C18 May 1959	7.3 °C16 January 1959	24.7 °C	1,703 mm	178
1958	44.6 °C2 June 1958	7.6 °C19 January 1958	25.3 °C	2,094 mm	192
1957	46.2 °C26 May 1957	7.0 °C13 February 1957	25.1 °C	1,803 mm	199
1956	43.1 °C19 April 1956	6.8 °C7 February 1956	24.3 °C	2,033 mm	186
1955	43.1 °C30 May 1955	5.7 °C2 January 1955	24.6 °C	2,152 mm	179
1954	42.6 °C14 May 1954	7.2 °C23 January 1954	24.3 °C	1,823 mm	169
1953	34.4 °C1 June 1953	6.1 °C18 January 1953	22.9 °C	2,112 mm	121
1952	34.5 °C14 April 1952	7.4 °C13 January 1952	22.6 °C	2,705 mm	100
1951	40.2 °C19 May 1951	8.2 °C27 January 1951	23.4 °C	1,578 mm	165
1950	41.3 °C23 May 1950	5.4 °C13 February 1950	23.7 °C	2,967 mm	140
1949	35.3 °C19 June 1949	6.5 °C1 January 1949	22.8 °C	2,148 mm	114
1948	41.5 °C7 June 1948	7.4 °C17 January 1948	24.4 °C	1,499 mm	183
1947	42.1 °C1 June 1947	7.4 °C16 January 1947	24.8 °C	1,484 mm	183
1946	41.2 °C23 May 1946	6.6 °C2 January 1946	24.4 °C	1,474 mm	199
1945	40.9 °C2 April 1945	5.5 °C8 January 1945	24.0 °C	1,345 mm	188
1944	42.8 °C15 May 1944	7.1 °C19 January 1944	24.3 °C	1,659 mm	181
1943	38.3 °C26 May 1943	7.3 °C3 February 1943	23.5 °C	1,545 mm	150
1942	41.5 °C8 May 1942	7.4 °C5 January 1942	24.2 °C	1,669 mm	162
1941	39.9 °C30 May 1941	6.9 °C12 January 1941	23.9 °C	1,753 mm	178
1940	40.1 °C18 April 1940	6.6 °C5 January 1940	23.9 °C	1,307 mm	171

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.4 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

219 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1732 mm

+30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.5 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-19 mm
Feb	26.3 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Mar	32.4 °C	+0.3 °C	6 mm	-15 mm
Apr	34.2 °C	-2.3 °C	149 mm	+113 mm
May	34.0 °C	-2.7 °C	126 mm	+41 mm
Jun	34.8 °C	+0.3 °C	195 mm	-80 mm
Jul	34.3 °C	+2.7 °C	158 mm	-311 mm
Aug	32.4 °C	+0.9 °C	460 mm	+78 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+1.6 °C	324 mm	+31 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.6 °C	308 mm	+225 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	5 mm	-5 mm
Dec	22.3 °C	-2.0 °C	0 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.9 °C

11 Jun 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

3 Jan 2025

Wettest day

164.3 mm

4 Oct 2025

Windiest day

41.8 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.3 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.1 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

15 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Raxaul?

Raxaul has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,702 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Raxaul?

The hottest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 46.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Raxaul?

The coldest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, at 2.9 °C.

Does it snow in Raxaul?

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

Has the climate of Raxaul warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Raxaul?

The wettest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1995, with 374 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Raxaul?

The windiest day measured in Raxaul between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2025, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Raxaul?

The warmest month in Raxaul is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Raxaul?

Raxaul receives on average 1,702 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Raxaul?

Raxaul gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Raxaul?

Yes: Raxaul has on average 203 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Raxaul?

In Raxaul, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 15 June 2005, and the lowest was 1.0 °C on 31 January 1964.

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