Sundarnagar climate — normals and trends
Sundarnagar (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 1,582 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sundarnagar averages 38 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Sundarnagar has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest -12.3 °C (on 25 January 1960).
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
SundarnagarHimachal Pradesh
- coords
- 31.54°, 76.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,582mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
38 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
37.2 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
25 January 1960
Wettest day
217 mm
27 July 1953
Windiest day
19.8 km/h
14 May 1958
Strongest gust
79.2 km/h
7 February 2019
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
31 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-16.9 °C
25 January 1960
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
15 January 1953
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 39 mm | -52 mm |
| Feb | 16.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 172 mm | +68 mm |
| Mar | 20.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 66 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 48 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 26.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 85 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | -1.5 °C | 259 mm | +148 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 463 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 439 mm | +48 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 366 mm | +222 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 51 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 20.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 17.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sundarnagar?
Sundarnagar has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 1,582 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sundarnagar?
The hottest day measured in Sundarnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sundarnagar?
The coldest day measured in Sundarnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1960, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sundarnagar?
Yes. Sundarnagar gets on average 9.1 cm of snow per year and has around 38 frost days.
Has the climate of Sundarnagar warmed?
Yes: Sundarnagar warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sundarnagar?
The wettest day measured in Sundarnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1953, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sundarnagar?
The windiest day measured in Sundarnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1958, with winds reaching 19.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sundarnagar?
The warmest month in Sundarnagar is June (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sundarnagar?
Sundarnagar receives on average 1,582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sundarnagar?
Sundarnagar gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sundarnagar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sundarnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1953, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sundarnagar?
Yes: Sundarnagar has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sundarnagar?
In Sundarnagar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 31 July 2024, and the lowest was -16.9 °C on 25 January 1960.
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