Tindivanam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tindivanam?

Tindivanam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 922 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1956, reaching 44.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tindivanam?

The coldest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1946, at 15.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tindivanam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tindivanam warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Tindivanam?

The wettest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2009, with 263 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tindivanam?

The windiest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tindivanam?

The warmest month in Tindivanam is May (31.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tindivanam?

Tindivanam receives on average 922 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tindivanam?

Tindivanam gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tindivanam (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 922 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 (31.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Tindivanam averages 0 frost days, 270 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.

Tindivanam has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 11 May 1956) and the coldest 15.8 °C (on 29 January 1946).

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

TindivanamTamil Nadu

coords: 12.23°, 79.66°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

32.8°C

Average daily low

24.8°C

Annual rainfall

922mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

16.1km/h

Seasonal range

7.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

270 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

126 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.7 °C

Average feels-like low

28.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

347 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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

11 May 1956

Coldest day

15.8 °C

29 January 1946

Wettest day

263 mm

10 March 2009

Windiest day

44.3 km/h

31 October 2012

Strongest gust

85.3 km/h

12 December 2016

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

19 May 1980

Coldest feels-like

16.5 °C

14 December 1966

Sunniest day

12.6 h

26 May 1981

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.0 °C8 July 2025	20.7 °C14 February 2025	28.8 °C	889 mm	282
2024	39.2 °C31 May 2024	20.9 °C17 January 2024	29.1 °C	1,447 mm	313
2023	40.2 °C16 May 2023	19.6 °C13 February 2023	28.8 °C	1,072 mm	300
2022	37.0 °C29 June 2022	20.0 °C9 December 2022	28.5 °C	1,025 mm	309
2021	38.1 °C2 April 2021	19.9 °C23 December 2021	28.6 °C	1,564 mm	288
2020	40.3 °C20 May 2020	19.3 °C14 January 2020	28.6 °C	1,310 mm	288
2019	40.5 °C9 June 2019	19.5 °C9 January 2019	29.2 °C	969 mm	299
2018	39.5 °C21 June 2018	18.7 °C3 February 2018	28.8 °C	596 mm	306
2017	40.1 °C18 May 2017	19.1 °C8 February 2017	28.8 °C	1,143 mm	295
2016	38.4 °C23 May 2016	19.0 °C11 December 2016	28.9 °C	761 mm	324
2015	39.7 °C25 May 2015	19.8 °C19 January 2015	28.7 °C	1,243 mm	299
2014	41.6 °C11 June 2014	18.7 °C6 February 2014	28.8 °C	990 mm	289
2013	42.2 °C25 May 2013	18.8 °C10 December 2013	28.6 °C	850 mm	289
2012	40.7 °C2 June 2012	17.2 °C17 January 2012	28.7 °C	860 mm	287
2011	38.8 °C21 June 2011	18.4 °C14 February 2011	28.3 °C	1,114 mm	283
2010	42.0 °C27 May 2010	19.1 °C3 March 2010	28.4 °C	1,328 mm	273
2009	39.5 °C26 July 2009	18.2 °C11 February 2009	28.5 °C	1,179 mm	270
2008	41.0 °C17 May 2008	18.7 °C20 January 2008	28.2 °C	1,055 mm	267
2007	40.4 °C15 May 2007	19.0 °C25 November 2007	28.0 °C	1,202 mm	266
2006	39.0 °C30 April 2006	18.2 °C20 January 2006	28.3 °C	973 mm	266
2005	40.0 °C16 June 2005	18.5 °C11 January 2005	28.3 °C	1,437 mm	269
2004	38.6 °C18 April 2004	18.8 °C18 January 2004	27.9 °C	1,048 mm	265
2003	41.0 °C30 May 2003	19.0 °C15 December 2003	28.6 °C	684 mm	285
2002	40.6 °C11 May 2002	18.9 °C14 January 2002	28.4 °C	575 mm	262
2001	40.9 °C15 May 2001	19.1 °C10 February 2001	28.5 °C	948 mm	274
2000	40.7 °C15 May 2000	17.3 °C23 January 2000	28.0 °C	811 mm	261
1999	39.6 °C14 April 1999	17.9 °C27 January 1999	28.2 °C	720 mm	275
1998	41.0 °C29 May 1998	19.2 °C16 December 1998	28.6 °C	985 mm	285
1997	40.1 °C19 May 1997	17.3 °C1 February 1997	28.3 °C	911 mm	269
1996	40.5 °C13 May 1996	17.6 °C2 December 1996	28.0 °C	1,454 mm	266
1995	38.6 °C2 June 1995	18.4 °C23 January 1995	28.0 °C	831 mm	267
1994	40.0 °C10 May 1994	17.7 °C11 December 1994	28.2 °C	758 mm	246
1993	40.0 °C25 May 1993	17.9 °C19 January 1993	28.1 °C	1,111 mm	250
1992	40.1 °C21 May 1992	17.7 °C7 January 1992	28.0 °C	611 mm	268
1991	40.5 °C29 April 1991	18.6 °C29 November 1991	28.3 °C	799 mm	270
1990	39.8 °C23 June 1990	16.4 °C20 January 1990	28.2 °C	931 mm	264
1989	40.2 °C29 April 1989	16.4 °C4 February 1989	27.8 °C	968 mm	254
1988	40.5 °C13 May 1988	17.6 °C29 November 1988	28.2 °C	981 mm	267
1987	41.5 °C5 June 1987	18.8 °C12 February 1987	28.4 °C	859 mm	267
1986	41.5 °C18 May 1986	18.6 °C23 February 1986	28.3 °C	807 mm	241
1985	41.4 °C30 May 1985	18.5 °C28 January 1985	28.1 °C	780 mm	265
1984	40.8 °C4 June 1984	17.4 °C14 December 1984	27.9 °C	1,100 mm	235
1983	42.6 °C31 May 1983	18.1 °C9 January 1983	28.4 °C	731 mm	287
1982	39.5 °C5 June 1982	18.8 °C11 January 1982	28.4 °C	447 mm	276
1981	41.0 °C20 May 1981	16.5 °C11 December 1981	28.0 °C	712 mm	270
1980	42.3 °C25 May 1980	17.5 °C28 January 1980	28.4 °C	530 mm	271
1979	39.6 °C19 May 1979	19.1 °C10 January 1979	28.4 °C	784 mm	248
1978	41.0 °C18 May 1978	16.7 °C19 January 1978	28.3 °C	930 mm	257
1977	39.5 °C2 June 1977	17.0 °C27 January 1977	28.0 °C	758 mm	245
1976	42.2 °C24 May 1976	17.4 °C22 February 1976	27.9 °C	831 mm	260
1975	40.3 °C12 May 1975	17.2 °C11 January 1975	28.0 °C	868 mm	267
1974	39.3 °C18 August 1974	16.7 °C7 February 1974	27.9 °C	632 mm	265
1973	41.5 °C9 May 1973	18.2 °C10 December 1973	28.3 °C	717 mm	254
1972	42.6 °C5 June 1972	17.2 °C6 January 1972	27.9 °C	999 mm	244
1971	39.6 °C4 May 1971	18.3 °C21 December 1971	27.6 °C	895 mm	256
1970	40.4 °C15 May 1970	17.2 °C2 December 1970	28.0 °C	724 mm	254
1969	40.8 °C30 May 1969	16.1 °C27 January 1969	28.5 °C	1,180 mm	261
1968	40.0 °C30 May 1968	18.3 °C7 February 1968	28.0 °C	835 mm	245
1967	40.7 °C7 June 1967	17.0 °C7 February 1967	27.7 °C	963 mm	249
1966	44.1 °C24 May 1966	17.0 °C14 December 1966	27.6 °C	1,319 mm	237
1965	41.7 °C31 May 1965	18.4 °C14 January 1965	27.8 °C	1,051 mm	270
1964	43.2 °C27 May 1964	16.7 °C15 January 1964	27.9 °C	893 mm	254
1963	42.5 °C27 May 1963	17.0 °C13 February 1963	27.8 °C	983 mm	255
1962	39.0 °C30 May 1962	18.6 °C5 January 1962	27.6 °C	735 mm	245
1961	39.6 °C26 May 1961	18.4 °C26 February 1961	27.7 °C	586 mm	256
1960	41.4 °C5 June 1960	16.6 °C4 February 1960	27.9 °C	1,022 mm	253
1959	41.7 °C23 May 1959	18.8 °C12 February 1959	28.2 °C	803 mm	266
1958	41.9 °C4 June 1958	18.7 °C6 January 1958	28.3 °C	849 mm	267
1957	38.8 °C8 May 1957	16.5 °C6 February 1957	27.9 °C	695 mm	245
1956	44.7 °C11 May 1956	16.8 °C22 January 1956	27.5 °C	1,092 mm	226
1955	39.8 °C7 June 1955	16.9 °C30 December 1955	27.3 °C	1,198 mm	251
1954	42.5 °C29 May 1954	16.7 °C20 January 1954	27.6 °C	1,014 mm	258
1953	42.1 °C26 May 1953	18.7 °C22 December 1953	28.3 °C	699 mm	299
1952	42.6 °C19 May 1952	18.6 °C21 January 1952	28.8 °C	500 mm	330
1951	40.8 °C10 May 1951	17.0 °C27 February 1951	28.2 °C	901 mm	309
1950	41.7 °C16 May 1950	18.1 °C2 January 1950	28.4 °C	569 mm	351
1949	39.8 °C15 May 1949	19.2 °C7 January 1949	27.8 °C	783 mm	282
1948	40.7 °C1 June 1948	19.7 °C29 February 1948	28.4 °C	1,004 mm	267
1947	40.3 °C23 June 1947	18.5 °C7 February 1947	27.9 °C	707 mm	261
1946	44.2 °C12 May 1946	15.8 °C29 January 1946	27.9 °C	1,191 mm	252
1945	42.3 °C17 May 1945	17.1 °C7 February 1945	28.1 °C	781 mm	273
1944	39.9 °C16 June 1944	18.9 °C24 January 1944	27.8 °C	976 mm	255
1943	40.7 °C29 April 1943	17.2 °C17 February 1943	26.9 °C	1,161 mm	231
1942	38.8 °C9 May 1942	16.5 °C1 January 1942	27.2 °C	830 mm	250
1941	42.8 °C29 April 1941	15.9 °C26 December 1941	27.8 °C	1,135 mm	278
1940	40.0 °C13 May 1940	16.2 °C9 January 1940	27.9 °C	587 mm	291

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.9 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

282 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

889 mm

-33 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	23 mm	-0 mm
Feb	31.6 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Mar	33.4 °C	+0.5 °C	26 mm	+8 mm
Apr	34.9 °C	-0.1 °C	22 mm	-3 mm
May	35.2 °C	-1.8 °C	120 mm	+75 mm
Jun	36.2 °C	-0.4 °C	40 mm	-13 mm
Jul	36.2 °C	+0.8 °C	38 mm	-35 mm
Aug	33.9 °C	-0.8 °C	106 mm	+9 mm
Sep	33.5 °C	-0.4 °C	93 mm	-23 mm
Oct	31.4 °C	+0.1 °C	182 mm	-5 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+0.8 °C	187 mm	+10 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	51 mm	-49 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.0 °C

8 Jul 2025

Coldest day

20.7 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

72.2 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

28.4 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

27 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.5 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tindivanam?

Tindivanam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 922 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tindivanam?

The hottest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1956, reaching 44.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tindivanam?

The coldest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1946, at 15.8 °C.

Does it snow in Tindivanam?

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

Has the climate of Tindivanam warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Tindivanam?

The wettest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2009, with 263 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tindivanam?

The windiest day measured in Tindivanam between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tindivanam?

The warmest month in Tindivanam is May (31.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Tindivanam?

Tindivanam receives on average 922 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tindivanam?

Tindivanam gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tindivanam?

Yes: Tindivanam has on average 347 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tindivanam?

In Tindivanam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 19 May 1980, and the lowest was 16.5 °C on 14 December 1966.

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