Sālamedu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sālamedu?

Sālamedu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 943 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1956, reaching 45.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sālamedu?

The coldest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 14.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sālamedu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sālamedu warmed?

Yes: Sālamedu warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sālamedu?

The wettest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sālamedu?

The windiest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2011, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sālamedu?

The warmest month in Sālamedu is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sālamedu?

Sālamedu receives on average 943 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sālamedu?

Sālamedu gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sālamedu (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 943 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 (32.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Sālamedu averages 0 frost days, 278 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.

Sālamedu has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 11 May 1956) and the coldest 14.6 °C (on 26 December 1941).

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

SālameduTamil Nadu

coords: 11.91°, 79.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

24.4°C

Annual rainfall

943mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.5km/h

Seasonal range

7.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

278 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

129 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.8 °C

Average feels-like low

27.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

334 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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

45.0 °C

11 May 1956

Coldest day

14.6 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

199 mm

31 October 2012

Windiest day

39.1 km/h

30 December 2011

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

6 December 1972

Hottest feels-like

48.7 °C

19 May 1980

Coldest feels-like

15.0 °C

26 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.6 h

29 May 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.2 °C4 May 2025	19.4 °C14 February 2025	28.7 °C	910 mm	285
2024	39.7 °C1 May 2024	19.9 °C17 January 2024	29.0 °C	1,610 mm	317
2023	39.9 °C16 May 2023	18.8 °C16 January 2023	28.7 °C	1,089 mm	302
2022	38.5 °C1 May 2022	19.2 °C9 December 2022	28.4 °C	1,030 mm	311
2021	38.9 °C31 May 2021	19.2 °C11 February 2021	28.5 °C	1,513 mm	289
2020	40.5 °C20 May 2020	19.0 °C16 February 2020	28.6 °C	1,296 mm	299
2019	41.1 °C9 June 2019	18.8 °C9 January 2019	29.3 °C	964 mm	311
2018	38.9 °C29 May 2018	17.6 °C3 February 2018	28.8 °C	648 mm	320
2017	41.2 °C18 May 2017	18.4 °C8 February 2017	28.8 °C	1,191 mm	302
2016	40.0 °C22 April 2016	18.7 °C11 December 2016	29.0 °C	797 mm	327
2015	40.2 °C6 July 2015	18.8 °C13 January 2015	28.7 °C	1,277 mm	301
2014	42.9 °C23 May 2014	17.8 °C9 February 2014	29.1 °C	988 mm	299
2013	42.7 °C25 May 2013	17.9 °C10 December 2013	28.7 °C	829 mm	300
2012	41.8 °C21 May 2012	16.5 °C17 January 2012	28.8 °C	951 mm	306
2011	39.6 °C31 May 2011	17.4 °C13 February 2011	28.3 °C	1,105 mm	289
2010	43.6 °C27 May 2010	18.3 °C3 March 2010	28.4 °C	1,386 mm	278
2009	40.8 °C13 May 2009	17.5 °C11 February 2009	28.5 °C	1,168 mm	273
2008	41.0 °C3 May 2008	18.0 °C20 January 2008	28.2 °C	1,117 mm	278
2007	40.6 °C14 May 2007	17.9 °C25 November 2007	27.9 °C	1,254 mm	268
2006	40.6 °C30 April 2006	16.9 °C14 February 2006	28.3 °C	1,002 mm	267
2005	39.8 °C16 June 2005	17.6 °C11 January 2005	28.2 °C	1,515 mm	280
2004	41.2 °C18 April 2004	18.1 °C21 December 2004	27.8 °C	1,196 mm	263
2003	42.9 °C22 May 2003	18.1 °C15 December 2003	28.7 °C	813 mm	298
2002	40.9 °C9 May 2002	17.5 °C14 January 2002	28.4 °C	592 mm	270
2001	41.7 °C12 May 2001	18.4 °C9 December 2001	28.6 °C	865 mm	279
2000	40.6 °C15 May 2000	16.3 °C23 January 2000	28.1 °C	824 mm	282
1999	39.9 °C14 April 1999	17.0 °C27 January 1999	28.2 °C	833 mm	286
1998	42.8 °C2 June 1998	18.9 °C16 December 1998	28.6 °C	997 mm	288
1997	41.1 °C29 May 1997	16.6 °C1 February 1997	28.3 °C	939 mm	277
1996	41.6 °C16 May 1996	16.6 °C2 December 1996	28.0 °C	1,419 mm	276
1995	40.0 °C2 June 1995	17.8 °C2 January 1995	28.0 °C	862 mm	271
1994	41.2 °C10 May 1994	17.0 °C12 December 1994	28.2 °C	768 mm	253
1993	41.5 °C11 May 1993	17.2 °C19 January 1993	28.2 °C	1,162 mm	262
1992	42.2 °C22 May 1992	16.6 °C8 January 1992	28.0 °C	691 mm	271
1991	41.5 °C29 April 1991	17.8 °C29 November 1991	28.4 °C	873 mm	281
1990	40.8 °C17 May 1990	15.5 °C20 January 1990	28.4 °C	893 mm	275
1989	40.9 °C30 April 1989	16.0 °C4 February 1989	27.8 °C	999 mm	268
1988	41.3 °C11 May 1988	17.2 °C29 November 1988	28.2 °C	1,000 mm	280
1987	42.5 °C5 June 1987	18.0 °C12 February 1987	28.6 °C	831 mm	286
1986	43.0 °C21 May 1986	17.2 °C23 February 1986	28.4 °C	832 mm	248
1985	41.9 °C30 May 1985	17.8 °C28 January 1985	28.2 °C	765 mm	270
1984	41.2 °C25 May 1984	16.5 °C14 December 1984	27.9 °C	1,101 mm	239
1983	42.7 °C31 May 1983	17.8 °C9 January 1983	28.5 °C	816 mm	293
1982	40.5 °C4 May 1982	17.7 °C14 February 1982	28.6 °C	453 mm	282
1981	41.3 °C25 May 1981	16.0 °C19 February 1981	28.2 °C	739 mm	280
1980	43.3 °C21 May 1980	17.1 °C28 January 1980	28.6 °C	572 mm	279
1979	42.2 °C4 June 1979	18.2 °C30 January 1979	28.4 °C	826 mm	254
1978	41.3 °C21 May 1978	15.8 °C19 January 1978	28.4 °C	927 mm	268
1977	41.0 °C22 May 1977	15.6 °C13 January 1977	28.1 °C	841 mm	253
1976	42.4 °C3 May 1976	16.5 °C22 January 1976	28.1 °C	854 mm	262
1975	42.2 °C12 May 1975	17.4 °C11 January 1975	28.1 °C	848 mm	279
1974	40.1 °C6 June 1974	15.9 °C7 February 1974	28.0 °C	544 mm	281
1973	42.6 °C10 May 1973	17.7 °C22 January 1973	28.3 °C	735 mm	270
1972	42.3 °C5 June 1972	16.2 °C7 January 1972	28.0 °C	1,098 mm	253
1971	40.3 °C4 May 1971	17.3 °C13 February 1971	27.6 °C	881 mm	268
1970	41.3 °C5 May 1970	16.5 °C2 December 1970	28.0 °C	767 mm	258
1969	42.1 °C29 May 1969	15.8 °C27 January 1969	28.7 °C	1,159 mm	272
1968	40.8 °C30 May 1968	17.5 °C12 February 1968	28.0 °C	841 mm	265
1967	41.1 °C3 June 1967	15.8 °C9 February 1967	27.8 °C	971 mm	267
1966	43.6 °C24 May 1966	16.0 °C14 December 1966	27.6 °C	1,338 mm	243
1965	42.3 °C11 May 1965	17.4 °C14 January 1965	27.8 °C	1,070 mm	275
1964	43.6 °C28 May 1964	16.0 °C15 January 1964	27.9 °C	901 mm	264
1963	41.6 °C7 May 1963	16.2 °C13 February 1963	27.9 °C	1,044 mm	264
1962	39.9 °C2 May 1962	17.2 °C11 January 1962	27.7 °C	760 mm	260
1961	39.4 °C20 May 1961	18.0 °C26 February 1961	27.8 °C	613 mm	259
1960	41.9 °C5 June 1960	15.9 °C4 February 1960	27.9 °C	1,030 mm	263
1959	42.4 °C23 May 1959	18.0 °C12 February 1959	28.3 °C	755 mm	274
1958	42.2 °C7 June 1958	17.7 °C14 February 1958	28.4 °C	813 mm	271
1957	41.1 °C20 May 1957	16.6 °C24 January 1957	28.0 °C	754 mm	256
1956	45.0 °C11 May 1956	16.1 °C22 January 1956	27.5 °C	1,121 mm	233
1955	40.1 °C14 April 1955	16.3 °C30 December 1955	27.3 °C	1,149 mm	258
1954	42.5 °C29 May 1954	15.7 °C21 January 1954	27.7 °C	1,026 mm	270
1953	42.9 °C30 May 1953	18.1 °C22 December 1953	28.5 °C	750 mm	308
1952	43.3 °C19 May 1952	17.7 °C21 January 1952	29.0 °C	537 mm	340
1951	41.9 °C9 May 1951	16.1 °C27 February 1951	28.4 °C	883 mm	319
1950	42.6 °C16 May 1950	17.5 °C26 January 1950	28.8 °C	537 mm	357
1949	41.0 °C15 May 1949	18.5 °C7 January 1949	27.9 °C	765 mm	293
1948	41.6 °C22 May 1948	19.0 °C26 December 1948	28.6 °C	1,020 mm	275
1947	42.0 °C22 May 1947	17.5 °C7 February 1947	28.1 °C	732 mm	271
1946	43.7 °C12 May 1946	15.1 °C26 January 1946	27.9 °C	1,264 mm	258
1945	42.7 °C17 May 1945	16.2 °C26 January 1945	28.3 °C	857 mm	283
1944	40.8 °C16 May 1944	17.5 °C26 January 1944	27.8 °C	1,033 mm	269
1943	41.8 °C30 April 1943	16.8 °C17 February 1943	26.9 °C	1,052 mm	243
1942	38.9 °C9 May 1942	15.1 °C1 January 1942	27.2 °C	855 mm	259
1941	42.5 °C29 April 1941	14.6 °C26 December 1941	27.8 °C	1,090 mm	281
1940	40.9 °C13 May 1940	15.5 °C9 January 1940	27.7 °C	614 mm	291

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.0 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

285 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

910 mm

-33 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+0.4 °C	23 mm	-0 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Mar	33.9 °C	0.0 °C	29 mm	+11 mm
Apr	35.7 °C	-0.4 °C	23 mm	-4 mm
May	35.4 °C	-2.7 °C	170 mm	+119 mm
Jun	35.8 °C	-1.1 °C	50 mm	-10 mm
Jul	35.8 °C	+0.2 °C	41 mm	-36 mm
Aug	34.0 °C	-1.0 °C	109 mm	+8 mm
Sep	33.7 °C	-0.6 °C	78 mm	-45 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	-0.2 °C	187 mm	+1 mm
Nov	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	161 mm	-12 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+0.8 °C	39 mm	-57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest day

19.4 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

79.1 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.5 °C

15 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sālamedu?

Sālamedu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 943 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sālamedu?

The hottest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1956, reaching 45.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sālamedu?

The coldest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 14.6 °C.

Does it snow in Sālamedu?

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

Has the climate of Sālamedu warmed?

Yes: Sālamedu warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sālamedu?

The wettest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sālamedu?

The windiest day measured in Sālamedu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2011, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sālamedu?

The warmest month in Sālamedu is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Sālamedu?

Sālamedu receives on average 943 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sālamedu?

Sālamedu gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sālamedu?

Yes: Sālamedu has on average 334 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sālamedu?

In Sālamedu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.7 °C on 19 May 1980, and the lowest was 15.0 °C on 26 December 1941.

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