Vedaraniyam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,205 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2020, reaching 33.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Vedaraniyam?

The coldest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1945, at 21.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Vedaraniyam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Vedaraniyam warmed?

Yes: Vedaraniyam warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Vedaraniyam?

The wettest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 2008, with 253 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Vedaraniyam?

The windiest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1993, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Vedaraniyam?

The warmest month in Vedaraniyam is May (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam receives on average 1,205 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Vedaraniyam (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,205 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Vedaraniyam averages 0 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.

Vedaraniyam has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 18 May 2020) and the coldest 21.4 °C (on 13 December 1945).

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

VedaraniyamTamil Nadu

coords: 10.37°, 79.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

26.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,205mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

28.5km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

29 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

148 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.1 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

39.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

33.2 °C

18 May 2020

Coldest day

21.4 °C

13 December 1945

Wettest day

253 mm

25 November 2008

Windiest day

60.3 km/h

4 December 1993

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

4 December 1993

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

3 May 2007

Coldest feels-like

17.9 °C

1 December 1984

Sunniest day

12.5 h

1 June 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.8 °C14 May 2025	23.8 °C26 December 2025	27.9 °C	1,652 mm	83
2024	31.7 °C2 May 2024	23.4 °C28 November 2024	28.2 °C	1,755 mm	82
2023	31.9 °C15 June 2023	24.0 °C16 January 2023	27.9 °C	1,674 mm	77
2022	31.8 °C9 May 2022	22.1 °C8 December 2022	27.6 °C	1,591 mm	37
2021	31.5 °C14 May 2021	23.9 °C11 February 2021	27.7 °C	1,997 mm	52
2020	33.2 °C18 May 2020	24.3 °C26 December 2020	27.9 °C	1,536 mm	54
2019	31.5 °C16 August 2019	23.8 °C2 January 2019	27.9 °C	1,248 mm	54
2018	31.2 °C9 June 2018	23.7 °C4 February 2018	27.6 °C	1,181 mm	37
2017	31.7 °C5 July 2017	23.7 °C23 December 2017	27.8 °C	1,676 mm	72
2016	31.6 °C19 August 2016	22.2 °C1 December 2016	28.1 °C	777 mm	113
2015	31.4 °C14 August 2015	23.6 °C22 January 2015	27.7 °C	1,824 mm	27
2014	33.1 °C15 June 2014	22.1 °C29 November 2014	27.6 °C	1,738 mm	56
2013	31.3 °C13 May 2013	24.2 °C16 December 2013	27.6 °C	789 mm	40
2012	32.2 °C13 July 2012	22.7 °C3 December 2012	27.6 °C	934 mm	13
2011	30.7 °C28 June 2011	22.8 °C27 December 2011	27.5 °C	1,505 mm	31
2010	32.9 °C17 May 2010	23.1 °C6 December 2010	27.7 °C	1,627 mm	67
2009	31.0 °C16 May 2009	23.3 °C15 January 2009	27.6 °C	1,500 mm	26
2008	30.6 °C29 April 2008	23.8 °C19 January 2008	27.4 °C	1,831 mm	15
2007	31.4 °C3 May 2007	23.5 °C25 December 2007	27.4 °C	1,399 mm	31
2006	30.7 °C26 April 2006	22.4 °C23 January 2006	27.5 °C	1,209 mm	22
2005	31.3 °C11 May 2005	23.3 °C29 December 2005	27.7 °C	1,743 mm	58
2004	31.8 °C28 August 2004	23.6 °C29 February 2004	27.4 °C	1,716 mm	41
2003	31.9 °C8 July 2003	23.1 °C15 December 2003	27.7 °C	1,232 mm	45
2002	32.2 °C16 July 2002	23.5 °C13 January 2002	27.7 °C	1,184 mm	56
2001	31.9 °C31 August 2001	23.8 °C6 February 2001	27.6 °C	1,314 mm	66
2000	32.2 °C24 April 2000	23.4 °C26 December 2000	27.6 °C	1,167 mm	65
1999	31.2 °C22 April 1999	23.6 °C14 January 1999	27.3 °C	992 mm	16
1998	31.7 °C12 July 1998	24.0 °C18 December 1998	28.1 °C	1,355 mm	83
1997	31.2 °C18 July 1997	22.8 °C31 January 1997	27.5 °C	1,274 mm	24
1996	30.8 °C8 June 1996	23.5 °C9 January 1996	27.3 °C	1,435 mm	18
1995	31.5 °C13 May 1995	23.5 °C27 January 1995	27.5 °C	920 mm	25
1994	31.1 °C2 June 1994	23.5 °C12 December 1994	27.2 °C	1,009 mm	34
1993	31.0 °C28 July 1993	23.6 °C27 January 1993	27.3 °C	1,422 mm	32
1992	32.2 °C17 June 1992	23.6 °C24 January 1992	27.3 °C	750 mm	47
1991	32.7 °C26 April 1991	24.0 °C11 February 1991	27.7 °C	1,019 mm	46
1990	31.3 °C7 May 1990	22.0 °C15 January 1990	27.6 °C	1,013 mm	51
1989	31.2 °C1 July 1989	22.9 °C4 February 1989	27.2 °C	892 mm	25
1988	31.8 °C20 May 1988	23.9 °C16 December 1988	27.7 °C	1,046 mm	39
1987	32.6 °C8 June 1987	23.8 °C12 November 1987	27.7 °C	898 mm	56
1986	31.5 °C11 May 1986	23.6 °C18 January 1986	27.3 °C	1,010 mm	40
1985	31.8 °C27 May 1985	23.7 °C3 January 1985	27.5 °C	1,142 mm	46
1984	30.8 °C4 June 1984	22.0 °C1 December 1984	27.2 °C	1,682 mm	26
1983	30.3 °C23 April 1983	23.9 °C4 December 1983	27.6 °C	1,275 mm	23
1982	31.0 °C25 April 1982	23.6 °C12 January 1982	27.3 °C	746 mm	18
1981	31.3 °C15 May 1981	23.0 °C6 January 1981	27.2 °C	1,075 mm	23
1980	31.7 °C10 June 1980	23.1 °C5 December 1980	27.4 °C	742 mm	44
1979	31.6 °C26 June 1979	23.9 °C11 January 1979	27.3 °C	1,094 mm	20
1978	30.9 °C14 August 1978	23.2 °C19 January 1978	27.2 °C	1,027 mm	6
1977	30.5 °C13 June 1977	22.0 °C28 January 1977	27.0 °C	998 mm	3
1976	30.1 °C31 May 1976	22.8 °C2 January 1976	26.9 °C	839 mm	2
1975	30.0 °C3 May 1975	22.3 °C14 December 1975	26.9 °C	1,154 mm	1
1974	31.3 °C18 May 1974	22.8 °C8 January 1974	27.2 °C	552 mm	9
1973	30.9 °C10 June 1973	23.8 °C11 December 1973	27.3 °C	1,076 mm	27
1972	30.1 °C1 August 1972	22.5 °C20 January 1972	27.0 °C	1,141 mm	2
1971	30.8 °C20 May 1971	23.2 °C23 November 1971	26.9 °C	1,228 mm	11
1970	30.3 °C1 June 1970	23.6 °C2 February 1970	27.2 °C	1,000 mm	8
1969	31.0 °C14 May 1969	23.4 °C27 January 1969	27.4 °C	1,505 mm	40
1968	30.1 °C23 July 1968	22.9 °C16 December 1968	27.1 °C	1,107 mm	3
1967	30.7 °C13 July 1967	23.0 °C27 January 1967	27.0 °C	1,490 mm	6
1966	31.2 °C30 April 1966	23.3 °C1 January 1966	27.1 °C	1,246 mm	5
1965	30.3 °C14 July 1965	23.0 °C17 January 1965	26.8 °C	1,319 mm	1
1964	30.7 °C12 May 1964	23.4 °C14 January 1964	27.1 °C	901 mm	21
1963	31.4 °C25 May 1963	22.8 °C19 January 1963	27.0 °C	1,673 mm	16
1962	30.7 °C28 June 1962	23.6 °C4 February 1962	27.0 °C	1,054 mm	8
1961	31.1 °C10 May 1961	23.4 °C23 January 1961	27.1 °C	1,098 mm	7
1960	31.2 °C21 May 1960	22.6 °C19 November 1960	27.0 °C	1,105 mm	19
1959	30.8 °C24 May 1959	23.6 °C22 December 1959	27.3 °C	1,098 mm	6
1958	30.9 °C24 June 1958	23.7 °C8 December 1958	27.5 °C	1,133 mm	31
1957	30.5 °C20 May 1957	22.7 °C27 January 1957	27.1 °C	1,209 mm	5
1956	30.3 °C15 May 1956	22.9 °C18 February 1956	26.7 °C	996 mm	1
1955	30.6 °C15 May 1955	22.9 °C6 December 1955	26.8 °C	1,103 mm	4
1954	30.0 °C2 May 1954	23.1 °C20 January 1954	26.9 °C	1,353 mm	2
1953	31.2 °C29 April 1953	23.4 °C4 January 1953	27.3 °C	646 mm	25
1952	31.9 °C28 May 1952	23.4 °C10 December 1952	27.3 °C	366 mm	17
1951	31.1 °C15 May 1951	23.1 °C18 December 1951	27.3 °C	877 mm	19
1950	30.7 °C3 May 1950	23.4 °C10 January 1950	27.0 °C	250 mm	4
1949	31.3 °C23 April 1949	23.3 °C6 January 1949	27.1 °C	732 mm	4
1948	30.9 °C18 May 1948	23.5 °C21 January 1948	27.1 °C	1,433 mm	6
1947	30.8 °C8 April 1947	23.0 °C30 January 1947	27.2 °C	873 mm	9
1946	30.5 °C1 May 1946	23.1 °C26 January 1946	27.0 °C	1,416 mm	12
1945	31.2 °C10 June 1945	21.4 °C13 December 1945	27.2 °C	1,057 mm	18
1944	29.9 °C10 June 1944	22.2 °C29 November 1944	27.0 °C	1,587 mm	0
1943	32.1 °C24 May 1943	23.4 °C15 January 1943	26.7 °C	1,413 mm	13
1942	31.2 °C19 May 1942	23.3 °C5 January 1942	27.0 °C	1,177 mm	23
1941	32.0 °C24 May 1941	23.5 °C26 December 1941	27.3 °C	1,557 mm	42
1940	30.4 °C18 May 1940	23.1 °C6 January 1940	27.1 °C	1,232 mm	7

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

+54

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1652 mm

+447 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.5 °C	+0.6 °C	91 mm	+36 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+0.5 °C	29 mm	+3 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+0.8 °C	76 mm	+46 mm
Apr	29.9 °C	+0.6 °C	64 mm	+11 mm
May	30.6 °C	+0.9 °C	76 mm	+19 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+0.7 °C	31 mm	-7 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+1.2 °C	48 mm	-4 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	+0.2 °C	112 mm	+47 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	97 mm	+9 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.5 °C	302 mm	+86 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+0.4 °C	623 mm	+305 mm
Dec	26.2 °C	-0.1 °C	105 mm	-104 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.8 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest day

23.8 °C

26 Dec 2025

Wettest day

180.0 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

51.9 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

72.4 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.7 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,205 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vedaraniyam?

The hottest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2020, reaching 33.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Vedaraniyam?

The coldest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1945, at 21.4 °C.

Does it snow in Vedaraniyam?

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

Has the climate of Vedaraniyam warmed?

Yes: Vedaraniyam warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Vedaraniyam?

The wettest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 2008, with 253 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Vedaraniyam?

The windiest day measured in Vedaraniyam between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1993, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Vedaraniyam?

The warmest month in Vedaraniyam is May (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam receives on average 1,205 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Vedaraniyam?

Vedaraniyam gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Vedaraniyam?

Yes: Vedaraniyam has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vedaraniyam?

In Vedaraniyam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 3 May 2007, and the lowest was 17.9 °C on 1 December 1984.

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