Lashio climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lashio?

Lashio has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,672 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1988, reaching 38.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lashio?

The coldest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1974, at 3.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lashio?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lashio warmed?

Yes: Lashio warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lashio?

The wettest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1998, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lashio?

The windiest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2004, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lashio?

The warmest month in Lashio is May (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lashio?

Lashio receives on average 1,672 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lashio?

Lashio gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lashio (Myanmar) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,672 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Lashio averages 0 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 172 rainy days per year.

Lashio has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 8 April 1988) and the coldest 3.6 °C (on 6 January 1974).

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

LashioShan State

coords: 22.94°, 97.75°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,672mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

7.1km/h

Seasonal range

9.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

172 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

18.0 °C

Average peak gust

26.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

143 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

38.7 °C

8 April 1988

Coldest day

3.6 °C

6 January 1974

Wettest day

130 mm

28 May 1998

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

20 May 2004

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

30 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

19 July 2018

Coldest feels-like

0.9 °C

6 January 1974

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C24 April 2025	6.9 °C29 November 2025	22.4 °C	1,746 mm	111
2024	36.7 °C7 April 2024	7.3 °C9 January 2024	22.6 °C	1,615 mm	127
2023	36.8 °C19 April 2023	5.6 °C15 January 2023	22.5 °C	1,695 mm	115
2022	36.0 °C14 March 2022	5.8 °C7 February 2022	22.3 °C	1,459 mm	120
2021	36.6 °C22 April 2021	6.9 °C3 February 2021	22.6 °C	1,317 mm	128
2020	35.7 °C7 May 2020	4.5 °C27 January 2020	22.4 °C	1,213 mm	125
2019	37.5 °C19 May 2019	6.2 °C17 January 2019	22.6 °C	1,216 mm	155
2018	34.3 °C19 July 2018	5.4 °C30 January 2018	21.8 °C	1,783 mm	86
2017	36.0 °C5 May 2017	5.7 °C22 December 2017	22.4 °C	1,500 mm	111
2016	35.9 °C28 April 2016	6.2 °C12 January 2016	22.3 °C	1,553 mm	113
2015	35.5 °C7 May 2015	6.3 °C27 January 2015	21.9 °C	1,545 mm	99
2014	36.1 °C20 April 2014	6.9 °C4 January 2014	22.4 °C	1,322 mm	120
2013	36.7 °C11 April 2013	4.5 °C18 December 2013	22.3 °C	1,660 mm	117
2012	37.2 °C19 May 2012	5.8 °C16 January 2012	22.4 °C	1,613 mm	112
2011	34.6 °C18 April 2011	5.1 °C21 January 2011	22.0 °C	1,627 mm	98
2010	37.3 °C8 April 2010	5.8 °C3 January 2010	22.8 °C	1,732 mm	125
2009	37.8 °C12 May 2009	5.2 °C30 December 2009	22.5 °C	1,532 mm	133
2008	36.7 °C20 April 2008	6.9 °C5 February 2008	22.1 °C	1,922 mm	102
2007	37.1 °C6 May 2007	6.7 °C20 February 2007	22.0 °C	1,564 mm	113
2006	36.7 °C12 April 2006	6.7 °C6 January 2006	22.1 °C	1,756 mm	105
2005	38.1 °C20 April 2005	7.6 °C28 December 2005	22.9 °C	1,372 mm	136
2004	35.5 °C26 March 2004	6.3 °C29 January 2004	21.9 °C	1,759 mm	90
2003	35.0 °C6 April 2003	6.8 °C21 January 2003	22.3 °C	1,484 mm	92
2002	36.8 °C19 April 2002	7.3 °C13 January 2002	22.2 °C	1,377 mm	111
2001	36.1 °C26 April 2001	5.1 °C11 January 2001	22.1 °C	1,868 mm	89
2000	36.1 °C10 April 2000	7.3 °C14 January 2000	22.0 °C	1,733 mm	71
1999	36.6 °C3 April 1999	4.0 °C26 December 1999	22.3 °C	1,755 mm	88
1998	37.4 °C13 April 1998	6.5 °C13 February 1998	22.7 °C	1,596 mm	89
1997	37.7 °C15 May 1997	5.1 °C10 February 1997	21.6 °C	1,597 mm	71
1996	34.8 °C16 April 1996	6.3 °C22 January 1996	22.0 °C	1,753 mm	75
1995	35.7 °C26 April 1995	5.6 °C27 January 1995	22.3 °C	1,738 mm	104
1994	35.4 °C9 April 1994	6.9 °C4 January 1994	22.1 °C	1,808 mm	87
1993	35.3 °C8 April 1993	5.9 °C20 January 1993	21.8 °C	1,510 mm	72
1992	37.1 °C13 April 1992	5.3 °C6 January 1992	21.3 °C	1,537 mm	93
1991	37.0 °C23 April 1991	5.3 °C16 February 1991	21.9 °C	1,747 mm	102
1990	35.8 °C3 May 1990	4.9 °C2 January 1990	21.4 °C	1,851 mm	54
1989	37.3 °C19 April 1989	6.0 °C19 January 1989	21.9 °C	1,699 mm	96
1988	38.7 °C8 April 1988	6.0 °C26 January 1988	22.2 °C	1,635 mm	104
1987	37.8 °C29 May 1987	6.3 °C30 December 1987	21.9 °C	1,554 mm	82
1986	36.9 °C16 April 1986	6.0 °C19 February 1986	21.5 °C	1,570 mm	73
1985	36.2 °C17 May 1985	5.1 °C16 January 1985	21.4 °C	1,871 mm	66
1984	35.2 °C4 April 1984	6.0 °C22 January 1984	21.3 °C	2,011 mm	76
1983	36.5 °C19 April 1983	3.8 °C5 January 1983	21.2 °C	1,870 mm	81
1982	34.3 °C13 May 1982	5.6 °C15 January 1982	21.2 °C	1,708 mm	70
1981	33.8 °C9 May 1981	6.6 °C19 January 1981	21.6 °C	1,784 mm	54
1980	38.3 °C16 April 1980	4.9 °C17 January 1980	22.0 °C	1,728 mm	104
1979	36.8 °C7 May 1979	4.5 °C10 January 1979	21.8 °C	1,516 mm	118
1978	34.6 °C25 April 1978	4.5 °C29 January 1978	21.3 °C	2,103 mm	81
1977	35.1 °C24 March 1977	4.9 °C8 January 1977	21.3 °C	1,707 mm	83
1976	34.2 °C1 April 1976	5.7 °C16 January 1976	21.0 °C	1,990 mm	65
1975	37.6 °C2 May 1975	5.7 °C23 December 1975	21.5 °C	1,882 mm	90
1974	33.9 °C22 April 1974	3.6 °C6 January 1974	21.2 °C	1,824 mm	72
1973	37.3 °C18 April 1973	5.8 °C20 January 1973	21.7 °C	2,122 mm	76
1972	36.0 °C25 April 1972	5.5 °C10 February 1972	21.5 °C	1,496 mm	92
1971	35.2 °C5 May 1971	5.1 °C3 February 1971	20.9 °C	1,995 mm	61
1970	36.2 °C3 May 1970	5.2 °C11 January 1970	21.5 °C	1,793 mm	91
1969	36.0 °C16 May 1969	4.0 °C23 January 1969	21.4 °C	1,488 mm	90
1968	36.5 °C22 April 1968	3.7 °C7 February 1968	21.0 °C	1,772 mm	57
1967	33.8 °C4 April 1967	5.5 °C26 February 1967	21.3 °C	1,669 mm	73
1966	37.7 °C3 May 1966	7.1 °C31 December 1966	21.0 °C	1,417 mm	67
1965	36.0 °C30 April 1965	4.4 °C2 January 1965	21.0 °C	1,559 mm	63
1964	35.0 °C25 March 1964	4.0 °C30 January 1964	21.4 °C	1,938 mm	79
1963	34.2 °C25 April 1963	4.3 °C14 January 1963	21.0 °C	1,667 mm	55
1962	35.9 °C7 May 1962	4.6 °C29 December 1962	21.4 °C	1,592 mm	83
1961	35.9 °C26 April 1961	5.6 °C25 January 1961	21.3 °C	1,950 mm	66
1960	37.2 °C30 April 1960	5.8 °C31 January 1960	21.5 °C	1,836 mm	82
1959	36.2 °C12 April 1959	4.4 °C10 January 1959	20.7 °C	1,778 mm	65
1958	36.9 °C1 June 1958	4.9 °C24 January 1958	21.5 °C	2,010 mm	101
1957	38.5 °C15 May 1957	5.1 °C26 January 1957	21.5 °C	1,811 mm	92
1956	37.5 °C15 April 1956	4.2 °C3 January 1956	21.0 °C	1,693 mm	64
1955	36.5 °C20 April 1955	5.2 °C26 December 1955	20.9 °C	1,551 mm	67
1954	36.1 °C19 April 1954	5.4 °C19 January 1954	20.9 °C	1,455 mm	58
1953	33.1 °C24 May 1953	3.8 °C27 January 1953	20.6 °C	1,270 mm	36
1952	34.2 °C13 April 1952	6.3 °C11 January 1952	20.9 °C	1,810 mm	56
1951	34.6 °C12 May 1951	5.6 °C4 February 1951	20.7 °C	1,691 mm	41
1950	35.6 °C25 April 1950	5.5 °C2 January 1950	21.1 °C	1,712 mm	55
1949	31.0 °C14 April 1949	4.4 °C11 February 1949	20.6 °C	1,713 mm	13
1948	35.3 °C13 April 1948	6.5 °C31 December 1948	20.6 °C	1,651 mm	55
1947	36.5 °C12 May 1947	6.7 °C16 January 1947	21.0 °C	1,398 mm	66
1946	34.4 °C20 March 1946	7.0 °C26 December 1946	20.6 °C	1,317 mm	54
1945	35.9 °C2 April 1945	5.5 °C17 February 1945	20.6 °C	1,824 mm	74
1944	34.9 °C24 April 1944	7.0 °C5 February 1944	20.6 °C	1,577 mm	57
1943	35.1 °C14 May 1943	4.8 °C4 February 1943	20.5 °C	1,785 mm	53
1942	35.9 °C24 April 1942	6.0 °C5 January 1942	20.3 °C	1,806 mm	61
1941	34.4 °C24 March 1941	5.7 °C24 January 1941	20.3 °C	1,793 mm	59
1940	33.8 °C19 April 1940	5.6 °C9 January 1940	20.2 °C	1,571 mm	35

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

111 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1746 mm

+74 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.2 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Feb	28.1 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Mar	31.4 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Apr	31.4 °C	-0.5 °C	49 mm	+22 mm
May	29.2 °C	-1.3 °C	234 mm	+97 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.5 °C	257 mm	+10 mm
Jul	28.6 °C	+0.9 °C	355 mm	+20 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+0.8 °C	402 mm	+14 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+1.5 °C	237 mm	-57 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+1.7 °C	127 mm	-29 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	+1.1 °C	81 mm	+33 mm
Dec	25.1 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest day

6.9 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

49.0 mm

3 Nov 2025

Windiest day

14.3 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

31 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.1 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lashio?

Lashio has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,672 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lashio?

The hottest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1988, reaching 38.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lashio?

The coldest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1974, at 3.6 °C.

Does it snow in Lashio?

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

Has the climate of Lashio warmed?

Yes: Lashio warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lashio?

The wettest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1998, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lashio?

The windiest day measured in Lashio between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2004, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lashio?

The warmest month in Lashio is May (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Lashio?

Lashio receives on average 1,672 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lashio?

Lashio gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lashio?

Yes: Lashio has on average 143 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lashio?

In Lashio, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 19 July 2018, and the lowest was 0.9 °C on 6 January 1974.

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