Rāya climate — normals and trends
Rāya (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 750 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 (34.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Rāya averages 0 frost days, 226 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Rāya between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.7 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest 1.8 °C (on 10 February 1950).
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
RāyaUttar Pradesh
- coords
- 27.56°, 77.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.2°C
Average daily high
31.4°C
Average daily low
19.9°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
226 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.9 °C
Average feels-like low
20.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
197 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
47.7 °C
27 May 1944
Coldest day
1.8 °C
10 February 1950
Wettest day
189 mm
14 July 2005
Windiest day
38.7 km/h
9 August 1972
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
11 July 1958
Hottest feels-like
50.1 °C
5 June 1973
Coldest feels-like
-1.8 °C
1 January 1946
Sunniest day
13.1 h
22 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 14 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 26.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 6 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 32.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 38.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 37.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 13 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 36.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 172 mm | +110 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 306 mm | +76 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 219 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 142 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 30.4 °C | -2.0 °C | 61 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 27.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 22.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rāya?
Rāya has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rāya?
The hottest day measured in Rāya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 47.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rāya?
The coldest day measured in Rāya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1950, at 1.8 °C.
Does it snow in Rāya?
Almost never: Rāya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Rāya warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Rāya.
What is the wettest day in Rāya?
The wettest day measured in Rāya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2005, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rāya?
The windiest day measured in Rāya between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1972, with winds reaching 38.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rāya?
The warmest month in Rāya is June (34.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Rāya?
Rāya receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rāya?
Rāya gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Rāya?
Yes: Rāya has on average 197 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rāya?
In Rāya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.1 °C on 5 June 1973, and the lowest was -1.8 °C on 1 January 1946.
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