Saiha climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Saiha?

Saiha has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,164 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2023, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Saiha?

The coldest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1953, at 1.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Saiha?

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

Q: Has the climate of Saiha warmed?

Yes: Saiha warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Saiha?

The wettest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1949, with 356 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Saiha?

The windiest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 31.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Saiha?

The warmest month in Saiha is May (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Saiha?

Saiha receives on average 2,164 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Saiha?

Saiha gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Saiha (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,164 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Saiha averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.

Saiha has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 8 May 2023) and the coldest 1.3 °C (on 26 January 1953).

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

SaihaMizoram

coords: 22.49°, 92.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,164mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

7.5km/h

Seasonal range

9.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

190 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

123 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

37.6 °C

8 May 2023

Coldest day

1.3 °C

26 January 1953

Wettest day

356 mm

18 May 1949

Windiest day

31.8 km/h

30 April 1991

Strongest gust

153.0 km/h

30 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

40.2 °C

23 May 2021

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

26 January 1953

Sunniest day

12.9 h

29 May 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.6 °C10 May 2025	7.6 °C29 January 2025	21.9 °C	2,183 mm	60
2024	35.4 °C27 April 2024	6.5 °C14 January 2024	22.1 °C	2,426 mm	85
2023	37.6 °C8 May 2023	5.4 °C19 January 2023	22.2 °C	1,781 mm	91
2022	35.5 °C28 April 2022	5.3 °C13 February 2022	21.9 °C	1,830 mm	72
2021	36.7 °C25 April 2021	4.6 °C1 February 2021	22.2 °C	2,329 mm	83
2020	34.8 °C11 April 2020	4.8 °C4 February 2020	21.6 °C	1,903 mm	61
2019	36.1 °C28 April 2019	5.1 °C5 January 2019	21.9 °C	1,914 mm	77
2018	34.8 °C25 April 2018	4.5 °C29 January 2018	21.1 °C	1,896 mm	48
2017	34.5 °C27 May 2017	4.9 °C14 January 2017	21.6 °C	2,640 mm	53
2016	34.1 °C11 May 2016	4.9 °C27 January 2016	21.6 °C	2,512 mm	46
2015	34.5 °C5 May 2015	5.7 °C2 February 2015	21.3 °C	2,783 mm	67
2014	36.3 °C22 April 2014	5.0 °C4 January 2014	21.7 °C	1,572 mm	70
2013	34.3 °C11 April 2013	2.3 °C12 January 2013	21.4 °C	2,272 mm	59
2012	34.3 °C25 May 2012	3.4 °C27 December 2012	21.2 °C	2,253 mm	59
2011	33.9 °C9 April 2011	5.3 °C13 January 2011	21.0 °C	2,131 mm	37
2010	35.7 °C17 May 2010	5.6 °C2 January 2010	21.7 °C	2,272 mm	60
2009	34.2 °C13 April 2009	5.4 °C27 December 2009	21.7 °C	2,037 mm	58
2008	35.9 °C22 April 2008	4.4 °C15 February 2008	21.2 °C	1,905 mm	47
2007	35.0 °C1 May 2007	5.0 °C24 January 2007	20.9 °C	2,681 mm	43
2006	33.6 °C13 April 2006	6.7 °C24 January 2006	21.3 °C	1,844 mm	48
2005	33.9 °C16 May 2005	5.2 °C14 January 2005	21.7 °C	1,905 mm	54
2004	34.1 °C9 May 2004	3.7 °C29 January 2004	21.0 °C	2,190 mm	36
2003	33.6 °C27 April 2003	5.5 °C25 January 2003	21.3 °C	2,111 mm	38
2002	33.5 °C18 April 2002	5.6 °C27 January 2002	21.1 °C	2,047 mm	34
2001	34.5 °C24 April 2001	4.3 °C12 January 2001	21.1 °C	2,147 mm	40
2000	35.2 °C11 April 2000	5.5 °C3 January 2000	20.7 °C	2,240 mm	37
1999	35.3 °C27 April 1999	5.7 °C31 December 1999	21.4 °C	1,926 mm	61
1998	33.0 °C14 May 1998	4.8 °C4 January 1998	21.1 °C	2,068 mm	31
1997	34.3 °C15 May 1997	3.8 °C9 February 1997	20.3 °C	1,993 mm	26
1996	32.4 °C21 May 1996	4.9 °C20 January 1996	20.8 °C	2,818 mm	22
1995	34.2 °C30 April 1995	3.6 °C4 January 1995	21.2 °C	1,902 mm	58
1994	32.6 °C30 April 1994	6.5 °C19 December 1994	20.8 °C	2,050 mm	24
1993	31.4 °C8 April 1993	4.5 °C21 January 1993	20.3 °C	2,213 mm	14
1992	33.9 °C11 May 1992	5.2 °C28 December 1992	20.4 °C	2,305 mm	39
1991	33.3 °C18 March 1991	4.7 °C31 December 1991	20.8 °C	2,262 mm	29
1990	32.9 °C6 May 1990	4.5 °C12 January 1990	20.7 °C	2,271 mm	25
1989	34.2 °C19 April 1989	2.9 °C13 January 1989	20.5 °C	1,913 mm	39
1988	36.3 °C7 April 1988	5.5 °C28 January 1988	21.1 °C	2,027 mm	48
1987	34.0 °C23 May 1987	5.1 °C4 January 1987	21.0 °C	1,952 mm	43
1986	33.4 °C31 March 1986	5.5 °C18 January 1986	20.8 °C	1,806 mm	53
1985	33.6 °C17 May 1985	6.0 °C13 February 1985	20.6 °C	1,822 mm	32
1984	35.0 °C22 April 1984	4.2 °C22 December 1984	20.5 °C	2,418 mm	39
1983	32.4 °C18 April 1983	3.7 °C5 January 1983	20.3 °C	2,403 mm	17
1982	35.3 °C21 May 1982	5.4 °C18 January 1982	20.5 °C	1,812 mm	35
1981	30.9 °C9 April 1981	5.8 °C3 January 1981	20.6 °C	1,688 mm	6
1980	35.6 °C14 April 1980	5.5 °C11 January 1980	21.0 °C	2,000 mm	51
1979	34.0 °C25 April 1979	5.5 °C2 January 1979	21.2 °C	1,799 mm	63
1978	34.7 °C10 April 1978	2.6 °C5 January 1978	20.5 °C	2,182 mm	36
1977	33.5 °C24 March 1977	4.1 °C9 February 1977	20.3 °C	2,055 mm	20
1976	33.0 °C2 May 1976	5.3 °C16 January 1976	20.3 °C	2,286 mm	30
1975	34.6 °C5 May 1975	3.2 °C22 January 1975	20.4 °C	2,283 mm	49
1974	31.5 °C26 April 1974	4.6 °C26 January 1974	20.2 °C	2,183 mm	12
1973	34.0 °C4 April 1973	5.5 °C18 January 1973	20.9 °C	2,429 mm	42
1972	34.0 °C14 May 1972	4.7 °C10 February 1972	20.8 °C	1,462 mm	45
1971	32.0 °C11 March 1971	4.6 °C29 December 1971	20.0 °C	2,338 mm	14
1970	33.9 °C23 April 1970	3.8 °C30 January 1970	20.6 °C	2,538 mm	34
1969	34.7 °C5 April 1969	3.6 °C17 January 1969	20.8 °C	2,171 mm	50
1968	34.4 °C23 April 1968	3.8 °C5 February 1968	20.2 °C	2,150 mm	22
1967	32.1 °C16 May 1967	3.6 °C31 January 1967	20.2 °C	2,298 mm	18
1966	34.5 °C1 May 1966	4.3 °C24 December 1966	20.4 °C	2,615 mm	54
1965	32.2 °C18 April 1965	3.5 °C13 January 1965	20.1 °C	3,040 mm	24
1964	34.1 °C26 March 1964	2.5 °C20 January 1964	20.6 °C	1,880 mm	48
1963	33.1 °C7 April 1963	4.8 °C4 January 1963	20.3 °C	2,560 mm	16
1962	33.8 °C23 May 1962	2.4 °C3 January 1962	20.3 °C	2,282 mm	36
1961	34.1 °C14 April 1961	3.8 °C31 December 1961	20.5 °C	2,180 mm	46
1960	36.7 °C30 April 1960	5.0 °C20 January 1960	20.7 °C	2,098 mm	59
1959	33.5 °C8 April 1959	4.8 °C2 January 1959	20.2 °C	2,619 mm	38
1958	33.8 °C26 April 1958	5.2 °C1 February 1958	21.0 °C	2,131 mm	60
1957	34.6 °C11 April 1957	4.7 °C16 February 1957	20.5 °C	1,737 mm	56
1956	36.9 °C15 April 1956	4.3 °C3 January 1956	20.5 °C	2,363 mm	43
1955	33.2 °C15 May 1955	3.2 °C26 December 1955	20.4 °C	1,985 mm	47
1954	35.0 °C20 April 1954	3.6 °C26 January 1954	20.6 °C	2,053 mm	57
1953	31.5 °C1 April 1953	1.3 °C26 January 1953	19.9 °C	1,872 mm	7
1952	32.6 °C13 April 1952	4.3 °C30 December 1952	20.2 °C	1,988 mm	17
1951	31.9 °C10 April 1951	5.5 °C29 January 1951	20.0 °C	2,572 mm	13
1950	33.2 °C25 April 1950	5.1 °C14 February 1950	20.4 °C	2,354 mm	38
1949	30.7 °C24 March 1949	4.3 °C24 December 1949	19.8 °C	3,471 mm	1
1948	32.0 °C12 April 1948	5.7 °C29 December 1948	20.2 °C	2,336 mm	12
1947	35.6 °C17 May 1947	5.3 °C17 January 1947	20.7 °C	2,146 mm	53
1946	34.1 °C20 March 1946	5.9 °C2 January 1946	20.4 °C	2,133 mm	44
1945	34.3 °C20 April 1945	4.8 °C24 December 1945	20.5 °C	1,896 mm	63
1944	32.5 °C21 March 1944	5.4 °C13 January 1944	20.2 °C	1,906 mm	22
1943	34.2 °C19 May 1943	5.5 °C9 February 1943	20.1 °C	1,793 mm	36
1942	33.5 °C23 April 1942	5.5 °C6 January 1942	20.1 °C	1,941 mm	54
1941	32.7 °C22 March 1941	4.4 °C13 January 1941	19.9 °C	2,367 mm	25
1940	32.8 °C19 April 1940	4.8 °C2 January 1940	19.8 °C	2,172 mm	28

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2183 mm

+19 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.1 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-15 mm
Mar	30.7 °C	+2.3 °C	3 mm	-29 mm
Apr	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	75 mm	+6 mm
May	29.5 °C	+0.5 °C	272 mm	+44 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+0.9 °C	555 mm	+113 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	+1.0 °C	385 mm	-19 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	+1.6 °C	319 mm	-52 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	313 mm	-2 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+2.2 °C	199 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.1 °C	+1.7 °C	62 mm	+4 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.6 °C

10 May 2025

Coldest day

7.6 °C

29 Jan 2025

Wettest day

77.2 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

16.0 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

76.7 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

10 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.9 °C

29 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

9 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Saiha?

Saiha has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,164 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saiha?

The hottest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2023, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Saiha?

The coldest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1953, at 1.3 °C.

Does it snow in Saiha?

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

Has the climate of Saiha warmed?

Yes: Saiha warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Saiha?

The wettest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1949, with 356 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Saiha?

The windiest day measured in Saiha between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 31.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Saiha?

The warmest month in Saiha is May (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Saiha?

Saiha receives on average 2,164 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Saiha?

Saiha gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Saiha?

Yes: Saiha has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saiha?

In Saiha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 23 May 2021, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 26 January 1953.

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