Lawksawk climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lawksawk?

Lawksawk has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,827 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2010, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lawksawk?

The coldest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1953, at 3.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lawksawk?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lawksawk warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Lawksawk?

The wettest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1989, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lawksawk?

The windiest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lawksawk?

The warmest month in Lawksawk is April (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lawksawk?

Lawksawk receives on average 1,827 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lawksawk?

Lawksawk gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lawksawk (Myanmar) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,827 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Lawksawk averages 0 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.

Lawksawk 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 36.8 °C (on 12 May 2010) and the coldest 3.6 °C (on 27 January 1953).

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

LawksawkShan State

coords: 21.25°, 96.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,827mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

8.4km/h

Seasonal range

8.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

201 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

104 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

36.8 °C

12 May 2010

Coldest day

3.6 °C

27 January 1953

Wettest day

160 mm

13 May 1989

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

30 April 1991

Strongest gust

89.6 km/h

30 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

11 May 2016

Coldest feels-like

1.1 °C

27 January 1953

Sunniest day

13.0 h

10 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C25 April 2025	7.1 °C29 November 2025	21.8 °C	2,326 mm	45
2024	35.4 °C7 April 2024	7.8 °C10 January 2024	22.1 °C	2,101 mm	79
2023	34.2 °C15 April 2023	6.9 °C16 January 2023	22.1 °C	1,908 mm	52
2022	33.9 °C15 March 2022	6.1 °C30 January 2022	21.7 °C	1,862 mm	46
2021	33.5 °C20 March 2021	6.6 °C3 February 2021	21.9 °C	1,935 mm	47
2020	34.5 °C21 April 2020	5.1 °C27 January 2020	21.9 °C	1,556 mm	65
2019	35.2 °C9 May 2019	6.4 °C8 December 2019	21.9 °C	1,511 mm	90
2018	32.1 °C13 April 2018	5.8 °C1 February 2018	21.3 °C	2,144 mm	25
2017	35.2 °C9 April 2017	5.7 °C22 December 2017	21.6 °C	1,922 mm	42
2016	36.4 °C28 April 2016	5.9 °C19 January 2016	21.8 °C	1,956 mm	59
2015	33.3 °C21 March 2015	6.8 °C10 January 2015	21.5 °C	2,050 mm	51
2014	33.7 °C29 March 2014	7.8 °C9 January 2014	21.6 °C	1,777 mm	46
2013	34.6 °C12 April 2013	5.0 °C18 December 2013	21.5 °C	1,907 mm	59
2012	34.1 °C22 April 2012	6.0 °C15 January 2012	21.6 °C	1,860 mm	60
2011	33.4 °C23 March 2011	6.5 °C21 January 2011	21.2 °C	2,202 mm	33
2010	36.8 °C12 May 2010	7.4 °C25 December 2010	22.5 °C	1,761 mm	83
2009	33.5 °C25 April 2009	5.6 °C30 December 2009	21.9 °C	1,640 mm	62
2008	34.6 °C19 April 2008	8.5 °C17 February 2008	21.6 °C	1,931 mm	48
2007	33.5 °C1 May 2007	6.7 °C21 January 2007	21.3 °C	1,937 mm	47
2006	35.0 °C12 April 2006	7.6 °C22 December 2006	21.2 °C	2,212 mm	43
2005	35.2 °C17 April 2005	6.8 °C14 January 2005	21.9 °C	1,713 mm	77
2004	33.5 °C27 March 2004	6.9 °C29 January 2004	21.2 °C	1,928 mm	53
2003	34.2 °C7 April 2003	7.5 °C17 February 2003	21.7 °C	1,807 mm	60
2002	34.1 °C19 April 2002	7.9 °C5 February 2002	21.4 °C	1,696 mm	54
2001	34.4 °C25 April 2001	6.6 °C11 January 2001	21.4 °C	2,038 mm	47
2000	32.7 °C8 April 2000	8.1 °C31 January 2000	21.2 °C	1,859 mm	29
1999	34.5 °C3 April 1999	4.0 °C26 December 1999	21.9 °C	1,918 mm	62
1998	35.8 °C10 May 1998	8.0 °C11 January 1998	22.4 °C	1,321 mm	101
1997	32.8 °C13 May 1997	5.8 °C9 February 1997	21.0 °C	1,505 mm	31
1996	32.5 °C23 March 1996	6.8 °C22 January 1996	21.3 °C	1,831 mm	28
1995	34.5 °C2 May 1995	6.5 °C23 January 1995	21.8 °C	1,701 mm	73
1994	34.3 °C12 April 1994	8.4 °C11 January 1994	21.6 °C	1,811 mm	46
1993	33.7 °C20 April 1993	6.7 °C26 January 1993	21.2 °C	1,676 mm	40
1992	34.9 °C13 April 1992	6.1 °C5 January 1992	20.7 °C	1,678 mm	61
1991	35.2 °C18 April 1991	6.6 °C22 January 1991	21.5 °C	1,791 mm	66
1990	34.5 °C23 April 1990	5.5 °C11 January 1990	21.2 °C	1,879 mm	38
1989	35.9 °C24 April 1989	6.2 °C19 January 1989	21.3 °C	1,770 mm	60
1988	36.1 °C8 April 1988	6.8 °C26 January 1988	21.6 °C	1,747 mm	65
1987	33.8 °C23 May 1987	7.6 °C12 February 1987	21.3 °C	1,700 mm	56
1986	34.0 °C16 April 1986	8.2 °C19 February 1986	21.1 °C	1,690 mm	49
1985	34.6 °C15 April 1985	6.4 °C18 January 1985	20.7 °C	2,047 mm	41
1984	34.9 °C21 April 1984	6.8 °C22 January 1984	20.9 °C	1,853 mm	40
1983	34.8 °C19 April 1983	5.3 °C5 January 1983	21.0 °C	1,911 mm	60
1982	32.9 °C7 April 1982	6.8 °C8 February 1982	20.8 °C	1,826 mm	29
1981	33.8 °C9 April 1981	7.1 °C16 January 1981	21.1 °C	1,878 mm	22
1980	35.3 °C16 April 1980	6.0 °C12 February 1980	21.5 °C	1,690 mm	77
1979	34.0 °C7 May 1979	5.8 °C23 December 1979	21.4 °C	1,548 mm	48
1978	33.1 °C5 April 1978	6.0 °C28 January 1978	20.9 °C	1,612 mm	54
1977	32.5 °C20 March 1977	5.7 °C9 February 1977	20.6 °C	1,803 mm	25
1976	33.2 °C18 April 1976	6.7 °C3 January 1976	20.6 °C	1,982 mm	37
1975	35.9 °C2 May 1975	5.5 °C30 December 1975	21.0 °C	2,033 mm	62
1974	33.0 °C21 April 1974	4.6 °C2 January 1974	20.7 °C	1,908 mm	32
1973	36.5 °C18 April 1973	6.2 °C31 December 1973	21.2 °C	2,177 mm	57
1972	33.2 °C8 May 1972	5.7 °C10 February 1972	21.1 °C	1,683 mm	62
1971	33.2 °C17 April 1971	6.2 °C29 December 1971	20.3 °C	1,827 mm	36
1970	34.2 °C3 May 1970	6.3 °C12 February 1970	20.9 °C	1,990 mm	51
1969	34.7 °C6 May 1969	6.1 °C23 January 1969	20.9 °C	1,585 mm	52
1968	33.5 °C17 April 1968	5.6 °C21 January 1968	20.5 °C	1,983 mm	29
1967	31.9 °C3 April 1967	5.4 °C3 February 1967	20.6 °C	1,938 mm	13
1966	36.1 °C2 May 1966	7.7 °C27 December 1966	20.8 °C	1,611 mm	56
1965	33.3 °C30 April 1965	4.7 °C9 January 1965	20.6 °C	2,066 mm	26
1964	33.8 °C28 April 1964	6.0 °C20 January 1964	20.8 °C	1,790 mm	44
1963	31.6 °C1 May 1963	5.8 °C14 January 1963	20.4 °C	1,793 mm	12
1962	34.8 °C7 May 1962	6.5 °C3 January 1962	21.0 °C	1,706 mm	35
1961	33.1 °C15 April 1961	6.2 °C20 December 1961	20.7 °C	1,810 mm	26
1960	34.4 °C18 April 1960	6.8 °C31 January 1960	21.1 °C	1,676 mm	50
1959	35.1 °C13 April 1959	6.8 °C10 January 1959	20.7 °C	2,134 mm	53
1958	35.4 °C25 April 1958	6.0 °C25 December 1958	21.5 °C	1,581 mm	83
1957	36.5 °C15 May 1957	6.6 °C26 January 1957	21.2 °C	1,551 mm	70
1956	34.3 °C15 April 1956	5.9 °C2 January 1956	20.8 °C	1,788 mm	42
1955	33.4 °C15 April 1955	5.6 °C26 December 1955	20.8 °C	1,699 mm	34
1954	33.7 °C19 April 1954	4.4 °C19 January 1954	20.8 °C	1,519 mm	32
1953	32.8 °C30 March 1953	3.6 °C27 January 1953	20.2 °C	1,975 mm	9
1952	32.7 °C13 April 1952	7.3 °C11 January 1952	20.6 °C	1,903 mm	32
1951	32.0 °C9 April 1951	5.7 °C30 January 1951	20.3 °C	1,940 mm	27
1950	33.9 °C1 May 1950	6.8 °C3 January 1950	21.1 °C	1,783 mm	58
1949	29.9 °C6 April 1949	5.4 °C11 February 1949	20.1 °C	1,932 mm	0
1948	32.6 °C14 March 1948	7.3 °C31 December 1948	20.4 °C	1,695 mm	28
1947	34.4 °C9 April 1947	6.5 °C16 January 1947	21.0 °C	1,525 mm	54
1946	33.8 °C20 March 1946	7.3 °C25 December 1946	20.4 °C	1,599 mm	36
1945	34.0 °C9 April 1945	7.1 °C24 December 1945	20.0 °C	1,730 mm	31
1944	31.9 °C4 May 1944	7.2 °C13 January 1944	20.0 °C	1,717 mm	28
1943	32.6 °C7 April 1943	6.5 °C4 February 1943	20.1 °C	1,850 mm	22
1942	33.9 °C16 April 1942	6.7 °C7 January 1942	20.0 °C	1,852 mm	37
1941	32.6 °C24 March 1941	6.0 °C24 January 1941	19.9 °C	2,272 mm	38
1940	32.5 °C4 April 1940	6.5 °C10 January 1940	19.8 °C	1,808 mm	24

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2326 mm

+499 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.5 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-14 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+1.7 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+1.7 °C	25 mm	+6 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	-0.7 °C	193 mm	+108 mm
May	27.6 °C	-1.2 °C	475 mm	+218 mm
Jun	27.7 °C	+0.3 °C	392 mm	+145 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+0.2 °C	343 mm	+98 mm
Aug	27.1 °C	+0.5 °C	309 mm	+16 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	+0.5 °C	320 mm	+32 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+1.3 °C	182 mm	-56 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	+1.1 °C	82 mm	-17 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest day

7.1 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

66.6 mm

28 Jul 2025

Windiest day

19.0 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

2 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.3 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

10 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lawksawk?

Lawksawk has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,827 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lawksawk?

The hottest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2010, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lawksawk?

The coldest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1953, at 3.6 °C.

Does it snow in Lawksawk?

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

Has the climate of Lawksawk warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Lawksawk?

The wettest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1989, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lawksawk?

The windiest day measured in Lawksawk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lawksawk?

The warmest month in Lawksawk is April (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Lawksawk?

Lawksawk receives on average 1,827 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lawksawk?

Lawksawk gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lawksawk?

Yes: Lawksawk has on average 104 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lawksawk?

In Lawksawk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 11 May 2016, and the lowest was 1.1 °C on 27 January 1953.

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