Uttarkāshi climate — normals and trends
Uttarkāshi (India) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 2,051 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Uttarkāshi averages 103 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Uttarkāshi has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.3 °C (on 30 May 1954) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 31 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
UttarkāshiUttarakhand
- coords
- 30.73°, 78.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
2,051mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
28.3 °C
30 May 1954
Coldest day
-19.3 °C
31 December 1954
Wettest day
221 mm
12 August 2007
Windiest day
16.1 km/h
16 January 1946
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
21 February 1994
Hottest feels-like
29.5 °C
9 August 2014
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
31 December 1954
Snowiest day
43.9 cm
28 February 1990
Sunniest day
13.7 h
23 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 36 mm | -45 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 119 mm | +28 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -57 mm |
| Apr | 19.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 45 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 139 mm | +49 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 417 mm | +205 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 674 mm | +113 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 677 mm | +163 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 381 mm | +173 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Uttarkāshi?
Uttarkāshi has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 2,051 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uttarkāshi?
The hottest day measured in Uttarkāshi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1954, reaching 28.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Uttarkāshi?
The coldest day measured in Uttarkāshi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1954, at -19.3 °C.
Does it snow in Uttarkāshi?
Yes. Uttarkāshi gets on average 119.5 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Uttarkāshi warmed?
Yes: Uttarkāshi warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Uttarkāshi?
The wettest day measured in Uttarkāshi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2007, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Uttarkāshi?
The windiest day measured in Uttarkāshi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1946, with winds reaching 16.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Uttarkāshi?
The warmest month in Uttarkāshi is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Uttarkāshi?
Uttarkāshi receives on average 2,051 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Uttarkāshi?
Uttarkāshi gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Uttarkāshi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Uttarkāshi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1990, with 43.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Uttarkāshi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Uttarkāshi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uttarkāshi?
In Uttarkāshi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.5 °C on 9 August 2014, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 31 December 1954.
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