Sholinghur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sholinghur?

Sholinghur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 852 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1964, reaching 44.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sholinghur?

The coldest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at 13.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sholinghur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sholinghur warmed?

Yes: Sholinghur warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sholinghur?

The wettest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sholinghur?

The windiest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 2016, with winds reaching 49.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sholinghur?

The warmest month in Sholinghur is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sholinghur?

Sholinghur receives on average 852 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sholinghur?

Sholinghur gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sholinghur (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 852 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 (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Sholinghur averages 0 frost days, 278 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Sholinghur has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 9 May 1964) and the coldest 13.0 °C (on 30 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

SholinghurTamil Nadu

coords: 13.12°, 79.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.9°C

Average daily high

33.2°C

Average daily low

23.8°C

Annual rainfall

852mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

15.2km/h

Seasonal range

8.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

278 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

27.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

310 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

44.7 °C

9 May 1964

Coldest day

13.0 °C

30 December 1941

Wettest day

200 mm

14 June 1996

Windiest day

49.6 km/h

12 December 2016

Strongest gust

103.0 km/h

12 December 2016

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

31 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.8 °C

11 December 1981

Sunniest day

12.7 h

20 May 1948

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.0 °C12 April 2025	18.6 °C20 December 2025	28.7 °C	803 mm	285
2024	42.9 °C31 May 2024	18.8 °C17 January 2024	29.0 °C	1,320 mm	311
2023	41.7 °C16 May 2023	17.7 °C15 January 2023	28.6 °C	978 mm	298
2022	39.6 °C30 April 2022	19.1 °C3 February 2022	28.3 °C	1,179 mm	301
2021	40.8 °C2 April 2021	17.8 °C11 February 2021	28.4 °C	1,396 mm	287
2020	41.1 °C20 May 2020	18.2 °C15 January 2020	28.5 °C	1,131 mm	302
2019	42.2 °C2 May 2019	17.5 °C9 January 2019	29.2 °C	835 mm	303
2018	40.0 °C29 May 2018	16.4 °C3 February 2018	28.7 °C	650 mm	316
2017	41.9 °C16 May 2017	17.3 °C10 February 2017	28.7 °C	990 mm	308
2016	41.2 °C22 April 2016	17.5 °C23 December 2016	28.9 °C	799 mm	334
2015	40.6 °C25 May 2015	17.2 °C13 January 2015	28.5 °C	1,176 mm	306
2014	42.1 °C23 May 2014	16.8 °C6 February 2014	28.6 °C	884 mm	296
2013	42.2 °C24 May 2013	16.0 °C16 December 2013	28.3 °C	912 mm	310
2012	41.5 °C23 May 2012	14.8 °C17 January 2012	28.6 °C	712 mm	305
2011	41.0 °C6 May 2011	15.6 °C10 February 2011	28.0 °C	854 mm	292
2010	42.1 °C29 May 2010	16.2 °C22 December 2010	28.0 °C	1,212 mm	270
2009	41.3 °C13 May 2009	16.0 °C19 January 2009	28.4 °C	836 mm	287
2008	41.2 °C2 May 2008	16.0 °C29 December 2008	27.7 °C	1,076 mm	272
2007	41.2 °C14 May 2007	15.5 °C25 November 2007	27.6 °C	1,055 mm	286
2006	41.3 °C30 April 2006	15.8 °C14 February 2006	27.8 °C	785 mm	270
2005	40.1 °C16 May 2005	16.5 °C11 January 2005	27.9 °C	1,189 mm	272
2004	41.5 °C17 April 2004	17.0 °C17 January 2004	27.7 °C	853 mm	262
2003	42.2 °C21 May 2003	17.2 °C8 December 2003	28.4 °C	637 mm	304
2002	41.3 °C10 May 2002	16.0 °C13 January 2002	28.0 °C	508 mm	270
2001	42.1 °C12 May 2001	16.6 °C9 December 2001	28.1 °C	1,074 mm	270
2000	40.9 °C27 April 2000	15.7 °C14 December 2000	27.7 °C	730 mm	285
1999	39.7 °C13 April 1999	16.2 °C23 January 1999	27.9 °C	540 mm	280
1998	42.4 °C27 May 1998	17.1 °C24 December 1998	28.2 °C	953 mm	282
1997	41.5 °C29 May 1997	15.7 °C16 February 1997	27.9 °C	820 mm	273
1996	41.5 °C7 May 1996	15.4 °C2 December 1996	27.6 °C	1,367 mm	277
1995	40.4 °C2 June 1995	16.3 °C15 December 1995	27.6 °C	849 mm	268
1994	41.6 °C10 May 1994	15.1 °C11 December 1994	27.9 °C	702 mm	258
1993	41.2 °C7 May 1993	16.0 °C5 January 1993	27.8 °C	1,021 mm	263
1992	40.7 °C22 May 1992	14.5 °C8 January 1992	27.6 °C	561 mm	271
1991	41.3 °C30 April 1991	16.0 °C29 November 1991	27.9 °C	886 mm	273
1990	40.2 °C22 April 1990	14.9 °C13 January 1990	28.0 °C	811 mm	272
1989	41.3 °C30 April 1989	14.2 °C3 February 1989	27.4 °C	947 mm	261
1988	41.4 °C13 May 1988	15.1 °C1 December 1988	27.7 °C	1,019 mm	267
1987	40.5 °C1 June 1987	16.6 °C2 January 1987	28.0 °C	883 mm	268
1986	41.7 °C21 May 1986	16.0 °C23 February 1986	27.9 °C	687 mm	249
1985	41.6 °C1 May 1985	16.4 °C28 January 1985	27.8 °C	727 mm	264
1984	41.6 °C24 May 1984	16.0 °C13 December 1984	27.5 °C	970 mm	234
1983	43.0 °C31 May 1983	16.0 °C9 January 1983	28.0 °C	796 mm	290
1982	40.1 °C4 April 1982	17.0 °C14 January 1982	28.1 °C	477 mm	279
1981	41.2 °C16 May 1981	14.2 °C11 December 1981	27.6 °C	748 mm	264
1980	43.6 °C25 May 1980	16.5 °C1 January 1980	28.1 °C	603 mm	283
1979	41.9 °C4 June 1979	16.6 °C31 December 1979	28.2 °C	657 mm	259
1978	41.2 °C21 May 1978	15.4 °C19 January 1978	28.0 °C	962 mm	274
1977	40.5 °C20 May 1977	14.7 °C13 January 1977	27.8 °C	582 mm	257
1976	42.2 °C3 May 1976	15.4 °C22 January 1976	27.6 °C	890 mm	261
1975	42.2 °C12 May 1975	15.3 °C11 January 1975	27.7 °C	760 mm	259
1974	40.6 °C1 May 1974	15.4 °C7 February 1974	27.5 °C	612 mm	271
1973	42.7 °C12 May 1973	16.2 °C23 January 1973	28.1 °C	653 mm	278
1972	42.7 °C5 June 1972	14.6 °C7 January 1972	27.8 °C	764 mm	267
1971	40.6 °C4 May 1971	15.9 °C21 December 1971	27.3 °C	712 mm	266
1970	41.8 °C5 May 1970	14.5 °C2 December 1970	27.7 °C	701 mm	265
1969	42.5 °C30 May 1969	14.5 °C27 January 1969	28.3 °C	970 mm	274
1968	40.5 °C30 May 1968	16.4 °C17 January 1968	27.8 °C	774 mm	275
1967	42.1 °C3 June 1967	14.7 °C7 February 1967	27.5 °C	955 mm	260
1966	44.3 °C27 May 1966	14.0 °C14 December 1966	27.3 °C	1,345 mm	234
1965	42.6 °C12 May 1965	15.2 °C14 January 1965	27.5 °C	945 mm	275
1964	44.7 °C9 May 1964	15.5 °C15 January 1964	27.7 °C	827 mm	279
1963	42.4 °C27 May 1963	15.7 °C13 February 1963	27.5 °C	817 mm	275
1962	41.0 °C2 May 1962	15.2 °C5 January 1962	27.3 °C	743 mm	247
1961	39.7 °C22 April 1961	16.1 °C27 December 1961	27.4 °C	589 mm	265
1960	41.6 °C25 May 1960	15.5 °C4 February 1960	27.7 °C	846 mm	273
1959	42.4 °C23 May 1959	16.7 °C15 December 1959	28.0 °C	643 mm	278
1958	42.2 °C7 June 1958	16.3 °C29 December 1958	28.3 °C	749 mm	294
1957	42.3 °C6 May 1957	15.3 °C24 January 1957	27.6 °C	627 mm	268
1956	44.3 °C12 May 1956	14.8 °C2 January 1956	27.1 °C	1,058 mm	237
1955	41.9 °C14 April 1955	15.0 °C30 December 1955	26.9 °C	1,104 mm	253
1954	42.8 °C28 May 1954	14.3 °C8 December 1954	27.3 °C	967 mm	270
1953	42.5 °C20 May 1953	17.0 °C28 January 1953	28.1 °C	711 mm	295
1952	42.9 °C19 May 1952	16.9 °C21 January 1952	28.7 °C	523 mm	341
1951	41.2 °C9 May 1951	16.0 °C26 February 1951	28.0 °C	803 mm	312
1950	42.4 °C16 May 1950	15.8 °C2 January 1950	28.1 °C	634 mm	356
1949	40.6 °C25 April 1949	17.0 °C7 January 1949	27.4 °C	840 mm	291
1948	42.4 °C22 May 1948	17.7 °C26 December 1948	28.2 °C	943 mm	278
1947	42.7 °C22 May 1947	15.7 °C7 February 1947	27.9 °C	665 mm	272
1946	43.9 °C1 May 1946	14.0 °C25 January 1946	27.7 °C	1,026 mm	273
1945	42.9 °C17 May 1945	15.0 °C2 December 1945	28.0 °C	610 mm	279
1944	41.5 °C16 May 1944	15.5 °C26 December 1944	27.6 °C	966 mm	277
1943	41.8 °C30 April 1943	15.6 °C19 January 1943	26.6 °C	1,062 mm	241
1942	39.6 °C10 May 1942	13.8 °C1 January 1942	26.9 °C	700 mm	256
1941	43.4 °C25 April 1941	13.0 °C30 December 1941	27.5 °C	1,066 mm	274
1940	40.9 °C13 May 1940	14.2 °C12 January 1940	27.5 °C	563 mm	301

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.5 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

285 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

803 mm

-49 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+0.2 °C	10 mm	-6 mm
Feb	32.9 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Mar	35.3 °C	+0.4 °C	19 mm	+5 mm
Apr	37.5 °C	+0.4 °C	14 mm	-4 mm
May	36.2 °C	-2.2 °C	117 mm	+66 mm
Jun	37.0 °C	+0.5 °C	33 mm	-36 mm
Jul	36.3 °C	+1.4 °C	53 mm	-33 mm
Aug	33.8 °C	-0.4 °C	147 mm	+43 mm
Sep	33.9 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	-60 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	+0.2 °C	182 mm	+25 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+1.0 °C	99 mm	-39 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	67 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

12 Apr 2025

Coldest day

18.6 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

41.3 mm

30 Nov 2025

Windiest day

29.4 km/h

27 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

20 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.0 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sholinghur?

Sholinghur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 852 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sholinghur?

The hottest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1964, reaching 44.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sholinghur?

The coldest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at 13.0 °C.

Does it snow in Sholinghur?

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

Has the climate of Sholinghur warmed?

Yes: Sholinghur warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sholinghur?

The wettest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sholinghur?

The windiest day measured in Sholinghur between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 2016, with winds reaching 49.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sholinghur?

The warmest month in Sholinghur is May (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Sholinghur?

Sholinghur receives on average 852 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sholinghur?

Sholinghur gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sholinghur?

Yes: Sholinghur has on average 310 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sholinghur?

In Sholinghur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 31 May 2024, and the lowest was 12.8 °C on 11 December 1981.

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