Thākurganj climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Thākurganj?

Thākurganj has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 2,553 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1957, reaching 44.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Thākurganj?

The coldest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1964, at 3.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Thākurganj?

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

Q: Has the climate of Thākurganj warmed?

Yes: Thākurganj warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Thākurganj?

The wettest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1973, with 393 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Thākurganj?

The windiest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1992, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Thākurganj?

The warmest month in Thākurganj is June (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Thākurganj?

Thākurganj receives on average 2,553 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Thākurganj?

Thākurganj gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Thākurganj (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 2,553 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Thākurganj averages 0 frost days, 173 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.

Thākurganj has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.2 °C (on 15 May 1957) and the coldest 3.0 °C (on 28 January 1964).

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

ThākurganjBihar

coords: 26.43°, 88.13°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.1°C

Average daily high

29.4°C

Average daily low

19.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,553mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

11.2km/h

Seasonal range

11.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

173 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

161 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.5 °C

Average feels-like low

21.8 °C

Average peak gust

25.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

205 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

44.2 °C

15 May 1957

Coldest day

3.0 °C

28 January 1964

Wettest day

393 mm

17 June 1973

Windiest day

45.7 km/h

24 March 1992

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

28 May 1989

Hottest feels-like

48.4 °C

26 May 1957

Coldest feels-like

-0.6 °C

31 January 1964

Sunniest day

13.3 h

5 June 1979

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.0 °C10 May 2025	9.4 °C3 January 2025	25.0 °C	2,524 mm	210
2024	39.7 °C25 May 2024	6.6 °C28 January 2024	25.0 °C	2,677 mm	221
2023	40.5 °C6 June 2023	7.8 °C12 January 2023	25.2 °C	2,396 mm	230
2022	36.1 °C15 July 2022	6.8 °C31 January 2022	24.5 °C	2,175 mm	203
2021	38.7 °C26 April 2021	6.8 °C1 February 2021	24.5 °C	2,280 mm	202
2020	36.9 °C13 May 2020	8.1 °C21 December 2020	24.1 °C	2,660 mm	188
2019	37.8 °C25 April 2019	6.7 °C3 January 2019	24.6 °C	2,976 mm	207
2018	36.9 °C20 July 2018	6.5 °C9 January 2018	24.3 °C	2,387 mm	212
2017	36.7 °C27 April 2017	7.4 °C14 January 2017	24.6 °C	2,295 mm	187
2016	40.1 °C12 April 2016	8.5 °C23 January 2016	24.7 °C	2,440 mm	213
2015	37.4 °C16 April 2015	6.7 °C23 December 2015	24.4 °C	2,257 mm	190
2014	41.4 °C25 April 2014	7.9 °C29 December 2014	24.7 °C	2,463 mm	210
2013	40.4 °C12 April 2013	3.4 °C11 January 2013	24.6 °C	2,490 mm	210
2012	41.3 °C15 May 2012	6.4 °C28 December 2012	24.4 °C	2,667 mm	217
2011	39.2 °C23 April 2011	6.8 °C12 January 2011	24.4 °C	3,142 mm	209
2010	40.4 °C4 April 2010	8.0 °C6 January 2010	25.0 °C	2,792 mm	228
2009	40.7 °C23 April 2009	9.1 °C28 December 2009	25.1 °C	2,300 mm	225
2008	40.9 °C28 April 2008	9.0 °C2 February 2008	24.7 °C	2,845 mm	212
2007	40.8 °C5 May 2007	7.4 °C16 January 2007	24.6 °C	2,880 mm	198
2006	41.7 °C13 April 2006	9.3 °C25 January 2006	25.0 °C	2,177 mm	227
2005	40.3 °C18 April 2005	8.6 °C31 December 2005	24.7 °C	2,765 mm	205
2004	40.0 °C11 May 2004	7.9 °C29 January 2004	24.2 °C	2,472 mm	172
2003	36.9 °C7 April 2003	6.6 °C23 January 2003	24.1 °C	3,136 mm	168
2002	35.8 °C20 March 2002	9.1 °C1 January 2002	24.4 °C	2,674 mm	174
2001	40.7 °C7 April 2001	7.4 °C14 January 2001	24.7 °C	2,341 mm	222
2000	37.9 °C13 May 2000	7.3 °C8 January 2000	24.2 °C	2,534 mm	195
1999	38.8 °C5 April 1999	6.8 °C14 January 1999	24.6 °C	2,807 mm	194
1998	41.7 °C20 May 1998	8.0 °C29 December 1998	24.7 °C	2,946 mm	199
1997	39.0 °C17 May 1997	7.1 °C16 January 1997	23.9 °C	2,478 mm	191
1996	41.3 °C18 April 1996	9.4 °C14 January 1996	24.7 °C	2,575 mm	184
1995	41.5 °C5 May 1995	5.6 °C2 January 1995	24.7 °C	3,407 mm	207
1994	42.5 °C6 May 1994	7.4 °C26 December 1994	24.8 °C	2,376 mm	224
1993	38.8 °C3 April 1993	8.4 °C3 January 1993	24.0 °C	2,891 mm	169
1992	43.8 °C14 April 1992	6.8 °C3 January 1992	24.2 °C	1,755 mm	202
1991	40.3 °C16 April 1991	6.8 °C16 January 1991	24.1 °C	2,232 mm	186
1990	39.2 °C14 April 1990	6.9 °C4 January 1990	24.0 °C	2,826 mm	167
1989	41.8 °C21 April 1989	6.1 °C31 December 1989	24.2 °C	3,321 mm	182
1988	41.2 °C11 April 1988	6.2 °C26 January 1988	24.7 °C	2,565 mm	201
1987	42.4 °C18 May 1987	8.2 °C9 January 1987	24.6 °C	3,383 mm	162
1986	39.9 °C18 April 1986	7.4 °C29 December 1986	24.0 °C	2,241 mm	155
1985	39.7 °C15 April 1985	7.7 °C21 January 1985	24.1 °C	2,318 mm	159
1984	41.5 °C4 April 1984	6.7 °C28 January 1984	23.9 °C	2,222 mm	170
1983	39.1 °C9 April 1983	5.1 °C2 February 1983	23.8 °C	2,486 mm	191
1982	40.8 °C7 April 1982	7.2 °C28 December 1982	24.2 °C	2,120 mm	187
1981	37.7 °C11 June 1981	6.8 °C11 January 1981	24.1 °C	1,717 mm	196
1980	41.4 °C24 April 1980	5.5 °C14 January 1980	24.4 °C	2,027 mm	208
1979	40.9 °C6 June 1979	6.6 °C3 January 1979	24.7 °C	1,847 mm	173
1978	39.5 °C10 April 1978	5.6 °C9 January 1978	24.0 °C	1,787 mm	197
1977	37.9 °C24 March 1977	6.6 °C11 February 1977	23.9 °C	2,103 mm	170
1976	39.5 °C11 April 1976	7.2 °C12 December 1976	24.1 °C	2,134 mm	189
1975	40.5 °C10 April 1975	6.3 °C16 January 1975	24.0 °C	2,587 mm	170
1974	36.2 °C30 May 1974	6.9 °C7 February 1974	23.9 °C	2,319 mm	160
1973	43.3 °C15 April 1973	7.8 °C26 December 1973	24.6 °C	3,230 mm	168
1972	38.3 °C1 May 1972	8.3 °C18 February 1972	24.3 °C	2,417 mm	178
1971	36.4 °C25 March 1971	7.0 °C1 February 1971	23.4 °C	2,789 mm	110
1970	37.1 °C19 April 1970	8.3 °C9 December 1970	23.8 °C	2,549 mm	163
1969	38.3 °C17 May 1969	6.6 °C30 January 1969	23.9 °C	1,864 mm	171
1968	39.5 °C21 April 1968	7.5 °C31 December 1968	23.5 °C	2,346 mm	145
1967	37.6 °C18 May 1967	6.0 °C3 January 1967	23.5 °C	2,746 mm	142
1966	43.1 °C2 May 1966	8.7 °C18 January 1966	23.7 °C	2,872 mm	130
1965	40.6 °C26 April 1965	7.6 °C9 January 1965	23.6 °C	2,526 mm	138
1964	39.3 °C30 May 1964	3.0 °C28 January 1964	24.3 °C	2,610 mm	179
1963	39.5 °C31 March 1963	5.7 °C20 January 1963	23.9 °C	2,949 mm	173
1962	40.0 °C15 April 1962	6.6 °C18 January 1962	23.7 °C	2,701 mm	154
1961	41.3 °C24 April 1961	5.2 °C26 December 1961	24.0 °C	2,650 mm	179
1960	43.8 °C20 April 1960	6.0 °C2 January 1960	24.8 °C	2,824 mm	183
1959	40.7 °C9 April 1959	7.4 °C30 December 1959	23.9 °C	3,153 mm	126
1958	38.8 °C15 April 1958	9.2 °C12 February 1958	24.4 °C	3,780 mm	166
1957	44.2 °C15 May 1957	7.9 °C14 February 1957	24.7 °C	2,390 mm	185
1956	40.9 °C19 April 1956	7.5 °C3 January 1956	23.8 °C	3,398 mm	157
1955	38.8 °C24 April 1955	6.0 °C4 January 1955	23.8 °C	3,083 mm	155
1954	40.2 °C19 April 1954	8.0 °C26 January 1954	23.9 °C	2,672 mm	130
1953	34.1 °C31 July 1953	7.0 °C25 January 1953	22.7 °C	2,412 mm	66
1952	35.6 °C14 April 1952	8.3 °C12 January 1952	22.9 °C	2,691 mm	94
1951	36.0 °C8 April 1951	8.3 °C27 January 1951	23.3 °C	2,410 mm	107
1950	38.2 °C23 April 1950	7.8 °C12 February 1950	23.1 °C	2,856 mm	94
1949	32.7 °C21 September 1949	7.1 °C1 January 1949	22.8 °C	2,815 mm	71
1948	37.1 °C13 April 1948	8.6 °C22 December 1948	23.6 °C	2,309 mm	146
1947	39.1 °C8 April 1947	8.6 °C18 January 1947	24.0 °C	1,950 mm	155
1946	36.9 °C19 March 1946	8.3 °C2 January 1946	23.8 °C	2,385 mm	155
1945	39.4 °C10 April 1945	6.2 °C12 February 1945	23.3 °C	2,282 mm	146
1944	36.6 °C23 April 1944	8.6 °C20 January 1944	23.5 °C	2,591 mm	143
1943	34.1 °C6 April 1943	7.6 °C2 February 1943	22.7 °C	2,224 mm	70
1942	37.2 °C19 April 1942	7.9 °C5 February 1942	23.5 °C	3,002 mm	121
1941	35.6 °C7 April 1941	7.2 °C31 January 1941	23.1 °C	2,229 mm	116
1940	37.6 °C15 April 1940	8.3 °C22 December 1940	23.2 °C	1,595 mm	132

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

210 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2525 mm

-29 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.1 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Feb	26.1 °C	-0.3 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	-0.3 °C	13 mm	-9 mm
Apr	32.7 °C	-0.9 °C	82 mm	+11 mm
May	32.4 °C	+0.3 °C	295 mm	+93 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+2.1 °C	316 mm	-194 mm
Jul	33.0 °C	+2.4 °C	426 mm	-270 mm
Aug	31.9 °C	+1.1 °C	695 mm	+147 mm
Sep	32.9 °C	+2.4 °C	372 mm	+16 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+1.4 °C	286 mm	+174 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	34 mm	+27 mm
Dec	24.7 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.0 °C

10 May 2025

Coldest day

9.4 °C

3 Jan 2025

Wettest day

95.1 mm

4 Aug 2025

Windiest day

33.1 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

13 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Thākurganj?

Thākurganj has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 2,553 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thākurganj?

The hottest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1957, reaching 44.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Thākurganj?

The coldest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1964, at 3.0 °C.

Does it snow in Thākurganj?

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

Has the climate of Thākurganj warmed?

Yes: Thākurganj warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Thākurganj?

The wettest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1973, with 393 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Thākurganj?

The windiest day measured in Thākurganj between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1992, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Thākurganj?

The warmest month in Thākurganj is June (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Thākurganj?

Thākurganj receives on average 2,553 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Thākurganj?

Thākurganj gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Thākurganj?

Yes: Thākurganj has on average 205 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thākurganj?

In Thākurganj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 26 May 1957, and the lowest was -0.6 °C on 31 January 1964.

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