Viratnagar climate — normals and trends
Viratnagar (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 628 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 June (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Viratnagar averages 0 frost days, 209 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Viratnagar between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.4 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest 0.3 °C (on 11 January 1967).
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
ViratnagarRajasthan
- coords
- 27.44°, 76.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
30.6°C
Average daily low
19.4°C
Annual rainfall
628mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
209 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.4 °C
Average feels-like low
19.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
195 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
46.4 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
0.3 °C
11 January 1967
Wettest day
179 mm
25 July 1983
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
15 March 1956
Strongest gust
76.7 km/h
28 April 1958
Hottest feels-like
48.4 °C
3 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-4.2 °C
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.3 h
9 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 23 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 25.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 11 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 31.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 38.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 37.0 °C | -2.4 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 34.8 °C | -3.5 °C | 156 mm | +101 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | -2.2 °C | 273 mm | +81 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 146 mm | -55 mm |
| Sep | 32.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 101 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 29.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 58 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 26.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 23.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Viratnagar?
Viratnagar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Viratnagar?
The hottest day measured in Viratnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 46.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Viratnagar?
The coldest day measured in Viratnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, at 0.3 °C.
Does it snow in Viratnagar?
Almost never: Viratnagar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Viratnagar warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Viratnagar.
What is the wettest day in Viratnagar?
The wettest day measured in Viratnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1983, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Viratnagar?
The windiest day measured in Viratnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1956, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Viratnagar?
The warmest month in Viratnagar is June (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Viratnagar?
Viratnagar receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Viratnagar?
Viratnagar gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Viratnagar?
Yes: Viratnagar has on average 195 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Viratnagar?
In Viratnagar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 3 July 1958, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 11 January 1967.
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