Virajpet climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Virajpet?

Virajpet has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 3,058 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1987, reaching 36.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Virajpet?

The coldest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 9.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Virajpet?

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

Q: Has the climate of Virajpet warmed?

Yes: Virajpet warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Virajpet?

The wettest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1991, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Virajpet?

The windiest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1989, with winds reaching 27.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Virajpet?

The warmest month in Virajpet is April (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Virajpet?

Virajpet receives on average 3,058 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 226 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Virajpet?

Virajpet gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Virajpet (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 3,058 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Virajpet averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 226 rainy days per year.

Virajpet has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 21 April 1987) and the coldest 9.1 °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

VirajpetKarnataka

coords: 12.20°, 75.81°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

3,058mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

10.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

226 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.2 °C

Average feels-like low

20.5 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

86 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °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

36.3 °C

21 April 1987

Coldest day

9.1 °C

1 January 1951

Wettest day

223 mm

6 June 1991

Windiest day

27.8 km/h

23 July 1989

Strongest gust

95.8 km/h

24 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

27 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

2 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.1 h

21 May 1947

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C5 March 2025	13.0 °C21 December 2025	22.6 °C	3,531 mm	73
2024	35.4 °C6 April 2024	14.7 °C18 December 2024	23.2 °C	3,307 mm	101
2023	34.4 °C13 April 2023	13.2 °C12 January 2023	23.1 °C	2,434 mm	109
2022	33.8 °C14 March 2022	13.3 °C24 January 2022	22.5 °C	3,593 mm	68
2021	33.4 °C26 March 2021	14.5 °C21 December 2021	22.7 °C	3,430 mm	42
2020	34.0 °C1 April 2020	15.1 °C8 February 2020	23.0 °C	3,223 mm	80
2019	34.1 °C25 March 2019	13.6 °C6 January 2019	23.0 °C	3,428 mm	65
2018	33.2 °C11 March 2018	13.6 °C2 February 2018	22.7 °C	3,614 mm	72
2017	33.8 °C26 March 2017	13.6 °C12 January 2017	22.8 °C	2,958 mm	49
2016	35.0 °C27 April 2016	13.9 °C28 November 2016	23.1 °C	2,116 mm	109
2015	32.9 °C5 April 2015	12.8 °C14 January 2015	22.9 °C	2,637 mm	57
2014	35.3 °C29 March 2014	14.1 °C6 January 2014	22.9 °C	3,131 mm	66
2013	33.9 °C8 April 2013	13.4 °C11 December 2013	22.5 °C	3,152 mm	76
2012	34.4 °C25 March 2012	11.6 °C17 January 2012	22.6 °C	2,826 mm	81
2011	33.5 °C8 March 2011	11.6 °C13 January 2011	22.3 °C	3,732 mm	68
2010	34.4 °C9 March 2010	13.9 °C25 December 2010	22.7 °C	3,765 mm	64
2009	34.1 °C1 March 2009	12.9 °C1 January 2009	22.7 °C	3,487 mm	64
2008	33.1 °C5 March 2008	13.7 °C27 January 2008	22.4 °C	3,026 mm	52
2007	33.3 °C17 March 2007	12.1 °C16 November 2007	22.4 °C	3,741 mm	74
2006	34.1 °C20 February 2006	13.4 °C14 February 2006	22.5 °C	3,020 mm	62
2005	34.6 °C14 February 2005	12.1 °C19 November 2005	22.5 °C	2,875 mm	73
2004	35.1 °C16 March 2004	13.3 °C21 December 2004	22.4 °C	2,835 mm	69
2003	33.2 °C7 March 2003	13.1 °C9 December 2003	22.5 °C	2,760 mm	59
2002	34.1 °C12 March 2002	12.8 °C31 December 2002	22.5 °C	2,282 mm	63
2001	33.2 °C1 April 2001	12.0 °C10 December 2001	22.2 °C	2,353 mm	71
2000	33.9 °C29 March 2000	12.5 °C15 December 2000	22.1 °C	2,909 mm	59
1999	34.1 °C28 February 1999	12.8 °C27 January 1999	22.0 °C	2,692 mm	56
1998	35.0 °C20 March 1998	13.2 °C25 December 1998	22.6 °C	2,988 mm	94
1997	34.8 °C11 March 1997	13.0 °C1 February 1997	22.3 °C	2,814 mm	60
1996	34.7 °C13 March 1996	11.9 °C3 December 1996	22.2 °C	3,266 mm	74
1995	34.1 °C20 March 1995	12.0 °C3 January 1995	22.4 °C	2,804 mm	65
1994	35.8 °C18 March 1994	12.9 °C13 December 1994	22.1 °C	3,141 mm	40
1993	33.1 °C6 March 1993	12.8 °C20 January 1993	22.1 °C	3,019 mm	56
1992	35.0 °C26 March 1992	12.0 °C28 December 1992	21.9 °C	3,190 mm	54
1991	35.0 °C29 March 1991	12.0 °C4 January 1991	22.3 °C	3,241 mm	89
1990	34.2 °C17 March 1990	12.1 °C23 February 1990	22.1 °C	2,630 mm	88
1989	33.5 °C15 February 1989	13.0 °C2 February 1989	22.2 °C	2,912 mm	74
1988	34.6 °C9 April 1988	11.5 °C1 December 1988	22.3 °C	2,846 mm	72
1987	36.3 °C21 April 1987	12.6 °C29 November 1987	22.5 °C	2,007 mm	91
1986	33.8 °C28 March 1986	13.0 °C17 February 1986	22.2 °C	2,200 mm	51
1985	35.1 °C10 March 1985	12.8 °C30 November 1985	22.1 °C	2,255 mm	57
1984	33.1 °C22 March 1984	12.6 °C13 December 1984	22.0 °C	2,807 mm	42
1983	34.8 °C12 March 1983	12.1 °C13 January 1983	22.3 °C	2,950 mm	92
1982	34.7 °C22 March 1982	13.5 °C25 December 1982	22.1 °C	2,477 mm	68
1981	35.1 °C12 April 1981	10.0 °C11 December 1981	22.0 °C	2,932 mm	58
1980	33.6 °C25 March 1980	12.6 °C15 January 1980	22.3 °C	3,241 mm	65
1979	34.3 °C8 April 1979	14.2 °C29 December 1979	22.5 °C	2,636 mm	56
1978	33.0 °C1 April 1978	12.9 °C18 January 1978	22.0 °C	3,034 mm	46
1977	33.5 °C8 March 1977	12.6 °C28 December 1977	22.1 °C	2,928 mm	46
1976	33.4 °C17 March 1976	12.6 °C11 February 1976	22.0 °C	2,331 mm	54
1975	33.9 °C5 April 1975	10.8 °C9 January 1975	21.7 °C	3,192 mm	68
1974	34.1 °C10 March 1974	12.4 °C19 November 1974	21.7 °C	2,847 mm	76
1973	35.0 °C11 March 1973	13.1 °C8 November 1973	22.2 °C	2,763 mm	70
1972	33.8 °C13 March 1972	11.9 °C12 January 1972	22.0 °C	2,488 mm	53
1971	33.4 °C14 March 1971	11.3 °C21 December 1971	21.6 °C	2,724 mm	36
1970	33.4 °C9 March 1970	11.4 °C6 December 1970	21.9 °C	2,993 mm	50
1969	34.5 °C8 March 1969	13.2 °C13 January 1969	22.2 °C	2,939 mm	52
1968	32.3 °C8 March 1968	12.3 °C13 December 1968	21.8 °C	3,341 mm	30
1967	33.8 °C23 February 1967	12.2 °C25 January 1967	22.0 °C	3,575 mm	46
1966	32.8 °C30 March 1966	12.3 °C15 December 1966	21.7 °C	3,737 mm	44
1965	32.4 °C12 April 1965	11.9 °C23 March 1965	21.5 °C	3,269 mm	33
1964	34.4 °C15 March 1964	12.1 °C28 November 1964	21.6 °C	3,568 mm	88
1963	33.1 °C9 March 1963	13.5 °C23 January 1963	21.7 °C	3,286 mm	41
1962	34.7 °C31 March 1962	12.8 °C19 January 1962	21.7 °C	3,736 mm	35
1961	34.3 °C12 March 1961	12.4 °C27 January 1961	21.8 °C	4,438 mm	46
1960	34.4 °C30 March 1960	13.0 °C2 December 1960	21.8 °C	2,983 mm	66
1959	35.1 °C22 March 1959	13.7 °C9 January 1959	22.1 °C	3,140 mm	87
1958	35.4 °C8 March 1958	13.3 °C22 December 1958	22.1 °C	3,549 mm	65
1957	33.5 °C7 April 1957	13.3 °C9 January 1957	22.0 °C	2,953 mm	99
1956	34.4 °C27 March 1956	12.4 °C17 December 1956	21.3 °C	3,311 mm	64
1955	34.1 °C15 March 1955	12.5 °C12 December 1955	21.5 °C	3,370 mm	66
1954	34.0 °C9 March 1954	12.4 °C24 February 1954	21.6 °C	3,802 mm	58
1953	33.5 °C26 February 1953	10.6 °C23 January 1953	21.4 °C	2,416 mm	69
1952	34.8 °C2 April 1952	12.6 °C11 February 1952	21.3 °C	2,352 mm	69
1951	34.3 °C2 March 1951	9.1 °C1 January 1951	21.3 °C	2,627 mm	67
1950	33.0 °C25 April 1950	10.1 °C21 January 1950	20.8 °C	1,806 mm	35
1949	32.9 °C18 April 1949	10.4 °C11 November 1949	20.8 °C	2,319 mm	38
1948	33.2 °C1 March 1948	12.8 °C27 December 1948	21.8 °C	2,714 mm	37
1947	32.5 °C5 May 1947	13.1 °C7 November 1947	21.5 °C	2,299 mm	19
1946	35.6 °C14 March 1946	12.0 °C9 January 1946	21.3 °C	4,097 mm	55
1945	34.2 °C27 March 1945	10.9 °C13 December 1945	21.5 °C	3,367 mm	57
1944	31.9 °C4 March 1944	12.7 °C10 December 1944	21.5 °C	3,757 mm	27
1943	32.8 °C23 February 1943	11.1 °C30 January 1943	20.6 °C	5,093 mm	38
1942	34.5 °C1 April 1942	12.1 °C1 January 1942	21.1 °C	2,980 mm	64
1941	32.8 °C14 March 1941	11.6 °C11 December 1941	21.1 °C	3,587 mm	53
1940	34.4 °C4 April 1940	11.2 °C16 January 1940	21.0 °C	4,060 mm	56

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3531 mm

+473 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Feb	31.7 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	-12 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	0.0 °C	103 mm	+35 mm
Apr	29.0 °C	-0.7 °C	321 mm	+125 mm
May	27.0 °C	-1.0 °C	637 mm	+360 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+1.1 °C	637 mm	+25 mm
Jul	23.9 °C	+0.1 °C	848 mm	+133 mm
Aug	24.7 °C	+0.4 °C	513 mm	+18 mm
Sep	26.1 °C	+0.6 °C	178 mm	-105 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	250 mm	-14 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+0.6 °C	18 mm	-79 mm
Dec	28.0 °C	+0.5 °C	19 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.0 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

105.4 mm

15 Jun 2025

Windiest day

20.8 km/h

25 May 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.5 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Virajpet?

Virajpet has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 3,058 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Virajpet?

The hottest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1987, reaching 36.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Virajpet?

The coldest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 9.1 °C.

Does it snow in Virajpet?

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

Has the climate of Virajpet warmed?

Yes: Virajpet warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Virajpet?

The wettest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1991, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Virajpet?

The windiest day measured in Virajpet between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1989, with winds reaching 27.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Virajpet?

The warmest month in Virajpet is April (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Virajpet?

Virajpet receives on average 3,058 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 226 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Virajpet?

Virajpet gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Virajpet?

Yes: Virajpet has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Virajpet?

In Virajpet, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 27 April 2016, and the lowest was 6.6 °C on 2 January 1951.

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