Uttamapālaiyam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,457 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2024, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The coldest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 10.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Uttamapālaiyam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Uttamapālaiyam warmed?

Yes: Uttamapālaiyam warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The wettest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1972, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The windiest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1983, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Uttamapālaiyam?

The warmest month in Uttamapālaiyam is April (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam receives on average 1,457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 205 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Uttamapālaiyam (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,457 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 April (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Uttamapālaiyam averages 0 frost days, 96 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 205 rainy days per year.

Uttamapālaiyam has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 2 May 2024) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 26 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

UttamapālaiyamTamil Nadu

coords: 9.81°, 77.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.3°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

19.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,457mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

96 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

205 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

21.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

147 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

37.5 °C

2 May 2024

Coldest day

10.2 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

167 mm

12 May 1972

Windiest day

24.9 km/h

27 June 1983

Strongest gust

109.8 km/h

23 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

26 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 May 1948

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C30 March 2025	13.7 °C20 December 2025	23.6 °C	1,778 mm	84
2024	37.5 °C2 May 2024	15.9 °C7 February 2024	24.5 °C	2,004 mm	99
2023	34.6 °C19 April 2023	14.1 °C13 January 2023	24.3 °C	1,756 mm	108
2022	34.7 °C18 March 2022	16.7 °C23 December 2022	23.9 °C	1,831 mm	80
2021	35.8 °C30 March 2021	15.1 °C11 February 2021	24.0 °C	1,760 mm	93
2020	35.5 °C5 May 2020	15.5 °C27 December 2020	24.5 °C	1,475 mm	126
2019	37.0 °C12 April 2019	14.4 °C4 January 2019	24.6 °C	1,440 mm	135
2018	35.4 °C23 April 2018	15.0 °C3 February 2018	24.1 °C	1,722 mm	85
2017	35.1 °C27 April 2017	15.8 °C19 January 2017	24.3 °C	1,546 mm	100
2016	36.3 °C4 April 2016	16.2 °C2 February 2016	24.6 °C	942 mm	118
2015	35.6 °C7 April 2015	15.8 °C13 January 2015	24.1 °C	1,671 mm	113
2014	36.9 °C31 March 2014	15.6 °C9 February 2014	24.3 °C	1,608 mm	117
2013	35.2 °C11 April 2013	15.1 °C24 December 2013	24.1 °C	1,619 mm	137
2012	36.1 °C21 March 2012	14.5 °C16 January 2012	24.4 °C	1,120 mm	156
2011	36.0 °C23 March 2011	13.5 °C20 January 2011	23.9 °C	1,601 mm	121
2010	36.5 °C25 March 2010	16.1 °C23 January 2010	24.2 °C	1,723 mm	119
2009	36.2 °C2 April 2009	13.9 °C1 January 2009	24.2 °C	1,812 mm	129
2008	35.2 °C21 April 2008	13.8 °C3 January 2008	23.8 °C	1,392 mm	112
2007	36.8 °C4 April 2007	14.0 °C4 January 2007	24.0 °C	1,603 mm	118
2006	36.0 °C28 March 2006	13.2 °C21 January 2006	23.7 °C	1,473 mm	103
2005	35.1 °C22 March 2005	14.1 °C10 January 2005	24.0 °C	1,512 mm	114
2004	36.5 °C18 March 2004	14.5 °C15 January 2004	23.7 °C	1,435 mm	107
2003	34.9 °C14 April 2003	13.9 °C9 December 2003	23.8 °C	1,094 mm	125
2002	35.2 °C26 March 2002	13.6 °C13 January 2002	23.6 °C	1,155 mm	109
2001	35.3 °C17 March 2001	14.1 °C14 December 2001	23.3 °C	1,200 mm	97
2000	34.9 °C31 March 2000	12.3 °C14 December 2000	23.1 °C	1,394 mm	85
1999	35.1 °C31 March 1999	12.7 °C26 January 1999	23.1 °C	1,565 mm	75
1998	36.4 °C23 March 1998	13.3 °C26 December 1998	24.1 °C	1,588 mm	128
1997	35.9 °C13 March 1997	14.8 °C16 February 1997	23.8 °C	1,334 mm	134
1996	35.7 °C26 March 1996	13.8 °C11 March 1996	23.4 °C	1,633 mm	99
1995	34.5 °C24 March 1995	14.1 °C3 December 1995	23.4 °C	1,404 mm	80
1994	35.6 °C19 March 1994	13.5 °C29 January 1994	23.2 °C	1,451 mm	88
1993	35.3 °C11 May 1993	11.8 °C19 January 1993	23.3 °C	1,320 mm	99
1992	35.6 °C5 April 1992	12.7 °C8 January 1992	23.3 °C	1,591 mm	96
1991	36.3 °C20 March 1991	13.4 °C28 January 1991	23.5 °C	1,307 mm	104
1990	35.1 °C30 March 1990	11.3 °C19 January 1990	23.4 °C	1,407 mm	104
1989	36.4 °C10 April 1989	11.1 °C4 February 1989	23.5 °C	1,326 mm	111
1988	35.4 °C3 April 1988	14.8 °C31 January 1988	23.6 °C	1,165 mm	100
1987	36.2 °C15 April 1987	14.6 °C25 January 1987	24.0 °C	1,063 mm	142
1986	35.9 °C22 March 1986	13.2 °C18 November 1986	23.7 °C	977 mm	105
1985	35.4 °C13 May 1985	14.1 °C30 November 1985	23.4 °C	1,196 mm	104
1984	34.9 °C11 May 1984	11.8 °C13 December 1984	23.0 °C	1,355 mm	78
1983	36.5 °C8 April 1983	11.9 °C9 January 1983	24.0 °C	1,278 mm	136
1982	35.5 °C31 March 1982	13.2 °C14 February 1982	23.6 °C	837 mm	128
1981	35.6 °C31 March 1981	14.1 °C19 February 1981	23.4 °C	1,302 mm	110
1980	35.1 °C24 March 1980	13.3 °C24 January 1980	23.6 °C	1,063 mm	122
1979	35.8 °C6 April 1979	14.2 °C19 December 1979	23.6 °C	1,360 mm	88
1978	35.2 °C1 April 1978	13.1 °C19 January 1978	23.2 °C	1,556 mm	90
1977	35.0 °C16 March 1977	13.4 °C14 January 1977	23.3 °C	1,376 mm	94
1976	35.3 °C21 April 1976	13.8 °C26 February 1976	23.2 °C	1,058 mm	94
1975	34.6 °C22 March 1975	14.1 °C30 January 1975	22.9 °C	1,515 mm	91
1974	34.5 °C20 March 1974	11.8 °C15 January 1974	23.0 °C	1,071 mm	88
1973	36.3 °C20 March 1973	14.6 °C15 January 1973	23.4 °C	1,316 mm	114
1972	35.0 °C3 April 1972	11.4 °C12 January 1972	23.3 °C	1,264 mm	103
1971	35.5 °C1 April 1971	13.2 °C24 December 1971	22.8 °C	1,314 mm	69
1970	35.5 °C30 March 1970	12.8 °C15 December 1970	23.1 °C	1,245 mm	75
1969	35.0 °C20 April 1969	14.6 °C11 January 1969	23.4 °C	1,532 mm	86
1968	32.5 °C12 March 1968	13.5 °C8 February 1968	22.6 °C	1,791 mm	54
1967	34.5 °C4 April 1967	12.1 °C19 February 1967	22.8 °C	1,713 mm	74
1966	34.6 °C1 April 1966	13.6 °C22 January 1966	22.7 °C	2,011 mm	81
1965	34.5 °C12 April 1965	14.2 °C13 January 1965	22.4 °C	1,719 mm	70
1964	35.2 °C29 April 1964	12.9 °C10 January 1964	22.7 °C	1,640 mm	97
1963	34.0 °C17 March 1963	12.5 °C31 December 1963	22.8 °C	1,325 mm	85
1962	33.8 °C17 March 1962	14.2 °C17 January 1962	22.8 °C	1,784 mm	56
1961	35.0 °C13 April 1961	15.0 °C26 February 1961	22.8 °C	1,665 mm	84
1960	34.6 °C28 March 1960	13.9 °C20 December 1960	22.7 °C	1,587 mm	63
1959	35.8 °C24 March 1959	14.5 °C16 December 1959	23.1 °C	1,534 mm	98
1958	35.3 °C10 April 1958	14.1 °C11 January 1958	23.2 °C	1,449 mm	91
1957	34.3 °C7 May 1957	13.8 °C8 January 1957	23.0 °C	1,562 mm	94
1956	35.2 °C29 March 1956	13.5 °C21 December 1956	22.2 °C	1,403 mm	69
1955	35.1 °C18 April 1955	12.7 °C21 December 1955	22.2 °C	1,682 mm	67
1954	34.6 °C20 April 1954	13.5 °C18 January 1954	22.3 °C	1,824 mm	71
1953	34.6 °C19 March 1953	12.6 °C4 January 1953	22.6 °C	1,239 mm	104
1952	34.2 °C2 April 1952	12.3 °C21 January 1952	22.8 °C	1,179 mm	103
1951	33.6 °C15 May 1951	12.7 °C1 January 1951	22.6 °C	1,394 mm	101
1950	34.2 °C26 April 1950	13.3 °C23 October 1950	22.5 °C	1,033 mm	98
1949	34.2 °C26 April 1949	12.9 °C12 November 1949	22.0 °C	1,289 mm	58
1948	34.1 °C20 March 1948	15.4 °C24 December 1948	22.9 °C	1,295 mm	94
1947	33.7 °C22 March 1947	14.5 °C14 January 1947	22.8 °C	951 mm	76
1946	33.9 °C27 April 1946	11.8 °C29 January 1946	22.2 °C	1,574 mm	67
1945	34.1 °C21 March 1945	12.7 °C2 January 1945	22.3 °C	1,680 mm	87
1944	32.5 °C23 April 1944	11.9 °C30 December 1944	22.2 °C	1,797 mm	34
1943	33.7 °C4 March 1943	12.0 °C20 January 1943	21.4 °C	1,962 mm	62
1942	34.1 °C28 March 1942	12.4 °C6 January 1942	21.7 °C	1,399 mm	42
1941	32.9 °C14 March 1941	10.2 °C26 December 1941	21.9 °C	1,683 mm	74
1940	34.4 °C3 April 1940	12.7 °C21 February 1940	21.7 °C	1,711 mm	49

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

-0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

-12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1778 mm

+321 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.4 °C	-0.2 °C	33 mm	+17 mm
Feb	30.3 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-18 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	-0.4 °C	48 mm	+8 mm
Apr	30.4 °C	-1.6 °C	125 mm	+38 mm
May	28.8 °C	-1.4 °C	331 mm	+182 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.4 °C	249 mm	+8 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	337 mm	+116 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+0.3 °C	162 mm	-7 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+0.3 °C	92 mm	-46 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+0.3 °C	255 mm	+72 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+0.1 °C	109 mm	-30 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	+0.4 °C	35 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

30 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

74.0 mm

30 May 2025

Windiest day

21.4 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

11 May 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,457 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uttamapālaiyam?

The hottest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2024, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The coldest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Uttamapālaiyam?

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

Has the climate of Uttamapālaiyam warmed?

Yes: Uttamapālaiyam warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The wettest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1972, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Uttamapālaiyam?

The windiest day measured in Uttamapālaiyam between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1983, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Uttamapālaiyam?

The warmest month in Uttamapālaiyam is April (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam receives on average 1,457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 205 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Uttamapālaiyam?

Uttamapālaiyam gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Uttamapālaiyam?

Yes: Uttamapālaiyam has on average 147 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uttamapālaiyam?

In Uttamapālaiyam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 9.8 °C on 26 December 1941.

Compare Uttamapālaiyam with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Uttamapālaiyam

Other cities — India

All cities in India →