Shopian climate — normals and trends
Shopian (India) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 3,566 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 July (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shopian averages 135 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 225 rainy days per year.
Shopian has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.6 °C (on 5 July 2025) and the coldest -16.4 °C (on 30 December 1954).
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
ShopianJammu and Kashmir
- coords
- 33.72°, 74.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
3,566mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
4.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
225 d/yr
Annual snowfall
441.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
24.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
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
28.6 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest day
-16.4 °C
30 December 1954
Wettest day
195 mm
4 July 1959
Windiest day
15.8 km/h
16 December 1959
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
17 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
31 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-20.8 °C
30 December 1954
Snowiest day
63.7 cm
29 January 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 139 mm | -108 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 418 mm | +108 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 292 mm | -76 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 167 mm | -127 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 197 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 280 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 767 mm | +153 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 640 mm | +131 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 195 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 107 mm | -35 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -107 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 96 mm | -84 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shopian?
Shopian has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 3,566 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shopian?
The hottest day measured in Shopian between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, reaching 28.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shopian?
The coldest day measured in Shopian between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1954, at -16.4 °C.
Does it snow in Shopian?
Yes. Shopian gets on average 441.9 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Shopian warmed?
Yes: Shopian warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shopian?
The wettest day measured in Shopian between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shopian?
The windiest day measured in Shopian between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1959, with winds reaching 15.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shopian?
The warmest month in Shopian is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Shopian?
Shopian receives on average 3,566 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 225 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shopian?
Shopian gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shopian?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shopian between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1961, with 63.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shopian?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shopian.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shopian?
In Shopian, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 31 July 2024, and the lowest was -20.8 °C on 30 December 1954.
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