Vāzhakulam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,594 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2011, reaching 39.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Vāzhakulam?

The coldest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 15.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Vāzhakulam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Vāzhakulam warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Vāzhakulam?

The wettest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 1998, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Vāzhakulam?

The windiest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Vāzhakulam?

The warmest month in Vāzhakulam is March (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam receives on average 2,594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Vāzhakulam (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,594 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 March (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Vāzhakulam averages 0 frost days, 237 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 220 rainy days per year.

Vāzhakulam 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 39.9 °C (on 15 March 2011) and the coldest 15.0 °C (on 1 January 1951).

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

VāzhakulamKerala

coords: 10.09°, 76.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.7°C

Average daily high

31.3°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,594mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

10.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

237 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

220 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.8 °C

Average feels-like low

27.9 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

354 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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

39.9 °C

15 March 2011

Coldest day

15.0 °C

1 January 1951

Wettest day

254 mm

16 May 1998

Windiest day

29.2 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

72.4 km/h

23 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

23 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

14.5 °C

1 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.1 h

14 May 1953

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.8 °C27 February 2025	18.4 °C21 December 2025	27.3 °C	2,693 mm	280
2024	37.7 °C8 May 2024	21.3 °C24 December 2024	28.0 °C	3,079 mm	303
2023	37.5 °C19 April 2023	19.9 °C12 January 2023	27.9 °C	2,454 mm	317
2022	37.7 °C14 March 2022	20.3 °C24 January 2022	27.4 °C	2,913 mm	280
2021	37.6 °C14 March 2021	20.7 °C9 February 2021	27.5 °C	2,966 mm	272
2020	38.9 °C31 March 2020	21.1 °C27 December 2020	28.1 °C	2,593 mm	310
2019	38.6 °C25 March 2019	17.6 °C4 January 2019	28.0 °C	2,735 mm	302
2018	37.4 °C8 April 2018	20.6 °C1 February 2018	27.6 °C	2,555 mm	291
2017	36.1 °C30 April 2017	20.1 °C18 February 2017	27.6 °C	2,618 mm	293
2016	39.4 °C27 April 2016	19.5 °C2 January 2016	28.0 °C	1,845 mm	281
2015	38.8 °C28 March 2015	20.8 °C13 January 2015	27.8 °C	2,526 mm	311
2014	39.8 °C25 March 2014	21.3 °C2 January 2014	27.8 °C	2,558 mm	296
2013	38.6 °C1 March 2013	18.8 °C24 December 2013	27.6 °C	2,708 mm	280
2012	38.3 °C25 February 2012	19.3 °C26 January 2012	27.6 °C	2,205 mm	306
2011	39.9 °C15 March 2011	19.3 °C27 December 2011	27.3 °C	3,030 mm	286
2010	38.9 °C25 March 2010	20.6 °C14 December 2010	27.5 °C	3,151 mm	253
2009	37.5 °C8 March 2009	18.9 °C1 January 2009	27.5 °C	2,998 mm	287
2008	38.7 °C6 March 2008	19.5 °C31 December 2008	27.1 °C	2,422 mm	293
2007	39.0 °C5 April 2007	19.4 °C17 November 2007	27.4 °C	3,105 mm	283
2006	37.1 °C23 February 2006	18.5 °C8 February 2006	27.3 °C	2,612 mm	283
2005	38.6 °C2 April 2005	18.8 °C14 February 2005	27.3 °C	2,498 mm	281
2004	38.7 °C2 March 2004	18.9 °C18 December 2004	27.1 °C	2,545 mm	263
2003	36.7 °C7 March 2003	17.6 °C9 December 2003	27.1 °C	2,424 mm	284
2002	37.8 °C11 March 2002	17.8 °C23 December 2002	27.1 °C	1,916 mm	280
2001	37.6 °C13 March 2001	17.5 °C11 December 2001	26.7 °C	2,207 mm	268
2000	37.5 °C29 February 2000	16.4 °C15 December 2000	26.6 °C	2,205 mm	275
1999	37.4 °C15 March 1999	18.8 °C30 December 1999	26.6 °C	2,490 mm	247
1998	39.3 °C6 April 1998	18.7 °C26 December 1998	27.4 °C	2,931 mm	250
1997	38.3 °C25 April 1997	19.0 °C1 January 1997	27.1 °C	2,380 mm	283
1996	37.7 °C22 March 1996	18.5 °C31 December 1996	26.7 °C	2,584 mm	245
1995	37.8 °C3 April 1995	17.7 °C14 December 1995	26.9 °C	2,437 mm	243
1994	38.0 °C19 March 1994	18.2 °C14 December 1994	26.8 °C	2,462 mm	246
1993	37.1 °C9 March 1993	16.5 °C3 January 1993	26.7 °C	2,450 mm	237
1992	37.9 °C2 April 1992	17.2 °C26 December 1992	26.5 °C	2,665 mm	231
1991	37.3 °C18 March 1991	17.1 °C28 December 1991	27.1 °C	2,436 mm	275
1990	38.2 °C30 March 1990	17.9 °C19 January 1990	26.7 °C	2,387 mm	239
1989	38.7 °C7 April 1989	18.3 °C3 February 1989	26.7 °C	2,538 mm	247
1988	38.4 °C4 April 1988	19.2 °C23 December 1988	26.9 °C	2,406 mm	253
1987	39.1 °C23 March 1987	19.8 °C2 February 1987	27.3 °C	1,823 mm	295
1986	38.0 °C28 March 1986	18.9 °C4 January 1986	27.0 °C	1,752 mm	261
1985	38.2 °C14 March 1985	18.4 °C29 November 1985	26.7 °C	1,996 mm	209
1984	37.9 °C23 March 1984	16.2 °C19 October 1984	26.3 °C	2,095 mm	224
1983	38.5 °C27 April 1983	18.2 °C1 January 1983	27.1 °C	2,245 mm	259
1982	37.6 °C14 March 1982	18.4 °C8 December 1982	26.8 °C	1,878 mm	274
1981	37.5 °C15 March 1981	18.8 °C12 December 1981	26.8 °C	2,468 mm	244
1980	37.5 °C14 March 1980	19.4 °C12 January 1980	26.9 °C	2,181 mm	282
1979	38.0 °C8 April 1979	19.7 °C19 December 1979	27.2 °C	2,005 mm	256
1978	37.6 °C5 April 1978	19.5 °C12 January 1978	26.7 °C	2,946 mm	214
1977	37.7 °C25 March 1977	18.7 °C3 January 1977	26.6 °C	2,173 mm	245
1976	36.9 °C17 March 1976	18.4 °C23 January 1976	26.4 °C	2,183 mm	235
1975	37.7 °C27 March 1975	17.6 °C13 January 1975	26.3 °C	2,787 mm	182
1974	37.3 °C27 March 1974	17.8 °C7 January 1974	26.3 °C	2,176 mm	218
1973	38.1 °C17 March 1973	19.6 °C24 December 1973	26.5 °C	2,085 mm	230
1972	36.6 °C29 March 1972	17.5 °C12 January 1972	26.6 °C	2,534 mm	239
1971	37.0 °C28 March 1971	17.5 °C21 December 1971	26.2 °C	2,349 mm	212
1970	36.9 °C25 March 1970	17.3 °C6 December 1970	26.4 °C	2,591 mm	217
1969	36.9 °C6 March 1969	18.6 °C9 November 1969	26.7 °C	3,075 mm	214
1968	37.6 °C8 March 1968	18.5 °C14 December 1968	26.4 °C	2,814 mm	215
1967	37.2 °C15 February 1967	18.6 °C4 February 1967	26.3 °C	3,360 mm	221
1966	36.6 °C1 April 1966	18.5 °C5 January 1966	26.1 °C	3,319 mm	185
1965	36.0 °C24 February 1965	18.2 °C13 January 1965	25.9 °C	3,062 mm	179
1964	37.5 °C13 March 1964	18.1 °C13 January 1964	26.1 °C	3,083 mm	180
1963	36.8 °C17 March 1963	18.0 °C20 December 1963	26.2 °C	2,548 mm	187
1962	38.1 °C14 March 1962	19.3 °C12 February 1962	26.5 °C	3,081 mm	204
1961	38.9 °C12 March 1961	19.8 °C14 January 1961	26.5 °C	3,173 mm	202
1960	36.8 °C14 February 1960	19.2 °C9 October 1960	26.2 °C	3,018 mm	172
1959	37.6 °C20 March 1959	18.5 °C17 December 1959	26.5 °C	2,219 mm	196
1958	38.9 °C8 March 1958	19.3 °C9 January 1958	26.6 °C	2,730 mm	193
1957	36.8 °C20 January 1957	17.5 °C7 January 1957	26.5 °C	2,376 mm	198
1956	37.6 °C27 March 1956	16.1 °C20 December 1956	25.8 °C	2,897 mm	156
1955	36.9 °C25 February 1955	15.8 °C21 December 1955	25.9 °C	2,880 mm	162
1954	36.9 °C9 April 1954	17.7 °C30 November 1954	25.8 °C	3,250 mm	180
1953	36.5 °C6 March 1953	17.7 °C9 December 1953	26.0 °C	2,213 mm	235
1952	36.8 °C27 March 1952	18.1 °C21 January 1952	25.9 °C	2,424 mm	207
1951	38.6 °C1 March 1951	15.0 °C1 January 1951	26.0 °C	2,548 mm	233
1950	36.9 °C25 February 1950	16.2 °C25 December 1950	25.7 °C	2,010 mm	205
1949	36.2 °C18 April 1949	16.3 °C12 November 1949	25.4 °C	2,732 mm	200
1948	37.3 °C1 March 1948	19.2 °C28 December 1948	26.2 °C	2,510 mm	217
1947	35.4 °C17 March 1947	18.6 °C15 January 1947	25.9 °C	2,102 mm	213
1946	37.5 °C9 March 1946	17.1 °C12 December 1946	25.7 °C	3,006 mm	152
1945	37.7 °C27 March 1945	18.6 °C15 December 1945	25.8 °C	2,976 mm	173
1944	34.5 °C29 February 1944	17.1 °C26 December 1944	25.7 °C	3,332 mm	157
1943	35.7 °C20 March 1943	16.2 °C19 January 1943	24.9 °C	3,536 mm	136
1942	37.2 °C1 April 1942	17.3 °C30 December 1942	25.3 °C	2,734 mm	151
1941	35.6 °C16 March 1941	15.8 °C24 December 1941	25.4 °C	3,122 mm	163
1940	36.8 °C3 April 1940	17.4 °C24 December 1940	25.3 °C	2,961 mm	158

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

280 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2693 mm

+99 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.1 °C	+0.4 °C	25 mm	+13 mm
Feb	35.1 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Mar	35.8 °C	+0.5 °C	28 mm	-3 mm
Apr	34.3 °C	+0.1 °C	99 mm	-5 mm
May	31.6 °C	0.0 °C	528 mm	+204 mm
Jun	30.3 °C	+1.3 °C	497 mm	-54 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	551 mm	+72 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	348 mm	-16 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	179 mm	-81 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	258 mm	+1 mm
Nov	30.4 °C	+0.2 °C	119 mm	-37 mm
Dec	31.1 °C	0.0 °C	63 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.8 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.4 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

83.6 mm

25 May 2025

Windiest day

29.2 km/h

30 May 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

8 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.4 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,594 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vāzhakulam?

The hottest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2011, reaching 39.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Vāzhakulam?

The coldest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 15.0 °C.

Does it snow in Vāzhakulam?

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

Has the climate of Vāzhakulam warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Vāzhakulam?

The wettest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 1998, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Vāzhakulam?

The windiest day measured in Vāzhakulam between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2025, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Vāzhakulam?

The warmest month in Vāzhakulam is March (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam receives on average 2,594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Vāzhakulam?

Vāzhakulam gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Vāzhakulam?

Yes: Vāzhakulam has on average 354 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vāzhakulam?

In Vāzhakulam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 23 March 2016, and the lowest was 14.5 °C on 1 January 1951.

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