Shwegu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shwegu?

Shwegu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,488 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 42.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shwegu?

The coldest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1983, at 7.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shwegu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Shwegu warmed?

Yes: Shwegu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Shwegu?

The wettest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1990, with 287 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shwegu?

The windiest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shwegu?

The warmest month in Shwegu is April (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shwegu?

Shwegu receives on average 2,488 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shwegu?

Shwegu gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Shwegu (Myanmar) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,488 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Shwegu averages 0 frost days, 182 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 183 rainy days per year.

Shwegu has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 20 May 2019) and the coldest 7.0 °C (on 6 January 1983).

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

ShweguKachin State

coords: 24.23°, 96.79°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.0°C

Average daily high

29.9°C

Average daily low

21.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,488mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

7.1km/h

Seasonal range

9.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

182 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

183 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.2 °C

Average feels-like low

24.3 °C

Average peak gust

21.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

231 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

42.8 °C

20 May 2019

Coldest day

7.0 °C

6 January 1983

Wettest day

287 mm

25 June 1990

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

30 April 1991

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

30 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

47.8 °C

16 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

5.6 °C

6 January 1983

Sunniest day

13.0 h

2 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.0 °C1 April 2025	12.7 °C8 December 2025	26.2 °C	2,159 mm	239
2024	42.5 °C16 May 2024	10.3 °C10 January 2024	26.2 °C	1,532 mm	247
2023	41.4 °C9 May 2023	12.1 °C12 January 2023	26.3 °C	1,756 mm	268
2022	39.4 °C26 April 2022	11.2 °C6 January 2022	25.6 °C	1,884 mm	237
2021	40.7 °C25 April 2021	11.9 °C18 December 2021	26.4 °C	1,464 mm	254
2020	40.6 °C15 April 2020	10.7 °C27 January 2020	26.0 °C	1,807 mm	244
2019	42.8 °C20 May 2019	11.2 °C2 January 2019	26.2 °C	1,699 mm	249
2018	39.2 °C25 April 2018	11.3 °C30 January 2018	25.3 °C	2,424 mm	225
2017	39.7 °C9 April 2017	10.4 °C16 January 2017	25.5 °C	2,287 mm	226
2016	40.6 °C12 April 2016	11.3 °C13 January 2016	25.9 °C	2,105 mm	226
2015	39.1 °C5 May 2015	12.2 °C12 January 2015	25.5 °C	2,179 mm	227
2014	41.7 °C22 April 2014	10.9 °C4 January 2014	26.1 °C	1,786 mm	240
2013	40.7 °C12 April 2013	9.1 °C18 December 2013	25.7 °C	1,968 mm	222
2012	41.0 °C19 May 2012	11.3 °C16 January 2012	26.0 °C	1,959 mm	231
2011	39.6 °C18 April 2011	9.6 °C21 January 2011	25.5 °C	2,698 mm	218
2010	40.4 °C14 April 2010	9.6 °C4 January 2010	25.8 °C	2,560 mm	233
2009	39.8 °C12 May 2009	9.4 °C30 December 2009	26.0 °C	2,153 mm	246
2008	39.5 °C20 April 2008	10.9 °C4 February 2008	25.1 °C	2,579 mm	195
2007	39.8 °C1 May 2007	10.3 °C24 January 2007	25.2 °C	2,663 mm	191
2006	41.0 °C14 April 2006	10.8 °C4 January 2006	25.7 °C	2,065 mm	225
2005	40.9 °C20 April 2005	12.4 °C13 January 2005	26.1 °C	1,887 mm	233
2004	39.6 °C26 March 2004	10.3 °C11 January 2004	25.0 °C	2,738 mm	192
2003	39.6 °C9 April 2003	11.4 °C27 January 2003	25.4 °C	2,442 mm	219
2002	39.7 °C19 April 2002	11.0 °C13 January 2002	25.5 °C	2,144 mm	215
2001	39.5 °C7 April 2001	10.2 °C12 January 2001	25.4 °C	2,778 mm	196
2000	40.6 °C10 April 2000	11.5 °C1 January 2000	25.1 °C	2,900 mm	161
1999	41.2 °C4 April 1999	9.2 °C30 December 1999	25.9 °C	2,955 mm	218
1998	41.6 °C15 May 1998	12.0 °C5 January 1998	26.1 °C	2,414 mm	207
1997	41.2 °C17 May 1997	10.1 °C19 January 1997	24.8 °C	2,821 mm	181
1996	38.7 °C18 April 1996	11.6 °C22 January 1996	25.2 °C	2,808 mm	178
1995	40.4 °C29 May 1995	10.4 °C6 January 1995	25.8 °C	2,643 mm	205
1994	39.5 °C21 May 1994	11.4 °C27 December 1994	25.5 °C	2,600 mm	202
1993	38.1 °C20 April 1993	10.8 °C20 January 1993	24.9 °C	3,013 mm	162
1992	41.1 °C12 April 1992	9.7 °C6 January 1992	24.6 °C	2,323 mm	171
1991	39.0 °C26 April 1991	10.1 °C26 January 1991	24.9 °C	2,899 mm	175
1990	40.9 °C3 May 1990	10.0 °C2 January 1990	24.8 °C	3,103 mm	148
1989	41.4 °C21 April 1989	10.4 °C19 January 1989	25.1 °C	2,812 mm	180
1988	41.0 °C8 April 1988	11.0 °C2 January 1988	25.6 °C	2,626 mm	195
1987	41.5 °C22 May 1987	9.9 °C5 January 1987	25.3 °C	2,685 mm	180
1986	40.5 °C1 April 1986	11.0 °C15 January 1986	25.1 °C	2,522 mm	175
1985	39.1 °C15 April 1985	10.1 °C16 January 1985	24.8 °C	2,814 mm	168
1984	39.2 °C22 April 1984	11.4 °C10 February 1984	24.7 °C	3,353 mm	156
1983	39.6 °C19 April 1983	7.0 °C6 January 1983	24.4 °C	3,341 mm	177
1982	39.6 °C23 May 1982	9.8 °C27 December 1982	24.6 °C	2,270 mm	181
1981	39.3 °C15 May 1981	11.2 °C18 January 1981	25.2 °C	2,793 mm	188
1980	40.5 °C25 May 1980	10.9 °C17 January 1980	25.5 °C	2,144 mm	185
1979	41.1 °C7 May 1979	8.6 °C3 January 1979	25.4 °C	2,298 mm	200
1978	39.6 °C30 April 1978	8.6 °C22 December 1978	24.8 °C	2,672 mm	188
1977	38.9 °C20 March 1977	9.4 °C10 February 1977	24.6 °C	2,717 mm	171
1976	39.3 °C24 April 1976	10.3 °C13 January 1976	24.4 °C	2,993 mm	174
1975	40.8 °C1 May 1975	10.4 °C27 December 1975	24.9 °C	2,866 mm	196
1974	37.0 °C24 April 1974	8.3 °C4 January 1974	24.5 °C	2,617 mm	171
1973	41.1 °C5 April 1973	10.5 °C20 January 1973	25.1 °C	3,177 mm	192
1972	39.3 °C17 May 1972	9.9 °C22 January 1972	25.1 °C	2,474 mm	205
1971	37.8 °C27 March 1971	10.9 °C25 January 1971	24.4 °C	3,091 mm	170
1970	40.9 °C23 April 1970	8.2 °C1 January 1970	25.0 °C	2,489 mm	191
1969	40.8 °C16 May 1969	8.2 °C27 December 1969	25.2 °C	2,278 mm	220
1968	39.9 °C22 April 1968	8.8 °C6 February 1968	24.1 °C	3,281 mm	154
1967	37.6 °C6 April 1967	10.0 °C1 January 1967	24.7 °C	2,626 mm	182
1966	41.4 °C3 May 1966	12.4 °C29 December 1966	24.3 °C	2,681 mm	114
1965	38.4 °C26 April 1965	9.0 °C1 January 1965	23.9 °C	2,598 mm	129
1964	39.4 °C28 April 1964	8.9 °C30 December 1964	25.2 °C	2,915 mm	199
1963	39.0 °C8 April 1963	9.3 °C22 January 1963	24.5 °C	2,432 mm	166
1962	40.0 °C26 April 1962	8.5 °C6 January 1962	24.6 °C	2,564 mm	170
1961	40.3 °C16 April 1961	9.9 °C23 December 1961	24.7 °C	2,232 mm	174
1960	40.2 °C8 May 1960	10.7 °C30 January 1960	25.2 °C	2,214 mm	179
1959	40.4 °C12 April 1959	10.5 °C2 January 1959	24.1 °C	2,806 mm	146
1958	41.4 °C26 April 1958	9.4 °C26 December 1958	25.1 °C	2,923 mm	175
1957	40.9 °C15 May 1957	10.8 °C29 December 1957	24.8 °C	2,156 mm	164
1956	40.3 °C18 April 1956	8.8 °C3 January 1956	24.2 °C	2,896 mm	153
1955	38.2 °C20 April 1955	9.8 °C26 December 1955	24.1 °C	2,375 mm	151
1954	40.1 °C29 April 1954	11.2 °C19 January 1954	24.3 °C	2,525 mm	142
1953	34.4 °C1 April 1953	8.0 °C27 January 1953	23.7 °C	2,194 mm	120
1952	37.5 °C18 May 1952	9.9 °C31 December 1952	24.1 °C	2,581 mm	136
1951	35.6 °C8 May 1951	11.5 °C26 January 1951	24.0 °C	2,540 mm	128
1950	38.5 °C16 May 1950	10.4 °C15 January 1950	24.2 °C	2,586 mm	112
1949	33.2 °C20 September 1949	10.7 °C11 February 1949	23.7 °C	2,837 mm	93
1948	37.8 °C12 April 1948	11.5 °C17 December 1948	23.8 °C	2,274 mm	112
1947	39.2 °C18 May 1947	10.6 °C27 January 1947	24.4 °C	2,239 mm	135
1946	38.2 °C7 April 1946	11.2 °C14 January 1946	24.3 °C	1,700 mm	152
1945	39.6 °C20 April 1945	11.0 °C18 February 1945	24.0 °C	2,408 mm	121
1944	37.4 °C24 April 1944	11.2 °C13 January 1944	23.9 °C	2,441 mm	114
1943	37.9 °C18 May 1943	10.1 °C3 February 1943	23.8 °C	2,187 mm	128
1942	39.1 °C25 April 1942	10.7 °C28 December 1942	23.7 °C	2,773 mm	116
1941	36.8 °C23 March 1941	10.9 °C23 January 1941	23.7 °C	2,625 mm	112
1940	37.4 °C26 April 1940	8.9 °C10 January 1940	23.4 °C	2,129 mm	99

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.6 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

239 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2159 mm

-329 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Mar	35.5 °C	+2.7 °C	8 mm	-12 mm
Apr	36.1 °C	+1.0 °C	81 mm	+17 mm
May	32.4 °C	-0.7 °C	423 mm	+92 mm
Jun	33.3 °C	+2.3 °C	377 mm	-134 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+1.3 °C	328 mm	-124 mm
Aug	31.9 °C	+1.5 °C	376 mm	-78 mm
Sep	33.0 °C	+2.5 °C	280 mm	-60 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+2.1 °C	220 mm	+10 mm
Nov	29.0 °C	+1.6 °C	63 mm	+8 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

1 Apr 2025

Coldest day

12.7 °C

8 Dec 2025

Wettest day

64.5 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

16.3 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

31 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

1 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

8 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

5 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shwegu?

Shwegu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,488 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shwegu?

The hottest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 42.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shwegu?

The coldest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1983, at 7.0 °C.

Does it snow in Shwegu?

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

Has the climate of Shwegu warmed?

Yes: Shwegu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Shwegu?

The wettest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1990, with 287 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shwegu?

The windiest day measured in Shwegu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1991, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shwegu?

The warmest month in Shwegu is April (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Shwegu?

Shwegu receives on average 2,488 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shwegu?

Shwegu gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Shwegu?

Yes: Shwegu has on average 231 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shwegu?

In Shwegu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 16 May 2024, and the lowest was 5.6 °C on 6 January 1983.

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