Sāmba climate — normals and trends
Sāmba (India) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,185 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 (32.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sāmba averages 0 frost days, 186 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Sāmba has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.5 °C (on 26 June 1947) and the coldest -2.3 °C (on 11 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
SāmbaJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 32.56°, 75.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.4°C
Average daily high
29.0°C
Average daily low
16.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,185mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
186 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.7 °C
Average feels-like low
17.3 °C
Average peak gust
24.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
153 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.009
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
47.5 °C
26 June 1947
Coldest day
-2.3 °C
11 February 1950
Wettest day
358 mm
2 August 1988
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
14 May 1958
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
14 May 1958
Hottest feels-like
51.9 °C
7 June 1978
Coldest feels-like
-5.6 °C
11 February 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 11 mm | -59 mm |
| Feb | 22.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 103 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 27.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 30 mm | -64 mm |
| Apr | 35.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 37.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 32 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 37.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 155 mm | +84 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 356 mm | +35 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 739 mm | +458 mm |
| Sep | 33.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 242 mm | +135 mm |
| Oct | 30.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 63 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 25.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 8 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 20.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sāmba?
Sāmba has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,185 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sāmba?
The hottest day measured in Sāmba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1947, reaching 47.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sāmba?
The coldest day measured in Sāmba between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -2.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sāmba?
Almost never: Sāmba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sāmba warmed?
Yes: Sāmba warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sāmba?
The wettest day measured in Sāmba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, with 358 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sāmba?
The windiest day measured in Sāmba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1958, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sāmba?
The warmest month in Sāmba is June (32.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sāmba?
Sāmba receives on average 1,185 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sāmba?
Sāmba gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sāmba?
Yes: Sāmba has on average 153 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sāmba?
In Sāmba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.9 °C on 7 June 1978, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 11 February 1950.
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