Thongwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Thongwa?

Thongwa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,380 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1998, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Thongwa?

The coldest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1956, at 12.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Thongwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Thongwa warmed?

Yes: Thongwa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Thongwa?

The wettest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2022, with 276 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Thongwa?

The windiest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2008, with winds reaching 62.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Thongwa?

The warmest month in Thongwa is April (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Thongwa?

Thongwa receives on average 2,380 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Thongwa?

Thongwa gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Thongwa (Myanmar) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,380 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 (30.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Thongwa averages 0 frost days, 274 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.

Thongwa has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 9 May 1998) and the coldest 12.5 °C (on 22 January 1956).

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

ThongwaYangon

coords: 16.76°, 96.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.2°C

Average daily high

31.7°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,380mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

274 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

175 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

27.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

314 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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

40.7 °C

9 May 1998

Coldest day

12.5 °C

22 January 1956

Wettest day

276 mm

17 August 2022

Windiest day

62.1 km/h

3 May 2008

Strongest gust

122.0 km/h

3 May 2008

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

16 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

11.5 °C

28 December 1999

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C9 April 2025	17.0 °C30 November 2025	28.0 °C	2,926 mm	314
2024	40.6 °C4 May 2024	16.7 °C22 January 2024	28.5 °C	2,811 mm	321
2023	40.2 °C6 May 2023	16.5 °C15 January 2023	28.5 °C	2,234 mm	328
2022	38.3 °C27 April 2022	14.3 °C2 February 2022	28.2 °C	2,593 mm	328
2021	37.5 °C24 March 2021	16.9 °C25 January 2021	28.1 °C	2,402 mm	325
2020	39.5 °C4 May 2020	14.6 °C28 January 2020	28.3 °C	1,977 mm	339
2019	40.2 °C25 April 2019	17.0 °C11 December 2019	28.3 °C	2,180 mm	322
2018	37.9 °C14 April 2018	14.2 °C1 February 2018	28.0 °C	2,388 mm	305
2017	37.8 °C5 April 2017	17.2 °C22 December 2017	28.2 °C	2,418 mm	318
2016	39.1 °C26 April 2016	15.0 °C10 February 2016	28.1 °C	2,381 mm	317
2015	38.5 °C1 May 2015	16.1 °C15 February 2015	28.1 °C	2,335 mm	319
2014	37.9 °C6 May 2014	14.3 °C24 January 2014	27.8 °C	2,536 mm	311
2013	38.3 °C19 April 2013	13.5 °C13 January 2013	27.8 °C	2,545 mm	290
2012	38.8 °C27 April 2012	13.7 °C17 January 2012	27.8 °C	2,306 mm	317
2011	37.3 °C23 April 2011	16.1 °C8 February 2011	27.4 °C	2,543 mm	313
2010	40.1 °C14 May 2010	16.4 °C26 December 2010	28.3 °C	2,058 mm	338
2009	37.5 °C9 May 2009	15.7 °C17 January 2009	27.6 °C	2,618 mm	306
2008	37.0 °C17 April 2008	15.9 °C15 January 2008	27.4 °C	3,097 mm	308
2007	38.7 °C24 April 2007	14.5 °C22 January 2007	27.5 °C	2,443 mm	317
2006	38.1 °C10 April 2006	15.2 °C29 December 2006	27.7 °C	2,731 mm	316
2005	38.7 °C5 May 2005	17.0 °C5 January 2005	28.1 °C	2,484 mm	316
2004	38.9 °C20 April 2004	15.8 °C18 January 2004	27.7 °C	2,083 mm	312
2003	38.8 °C7 May 2003	17.3 °C24 January 2003	27.7 °C	2,252 mm	317
2002	37.9 °C29 April 2002	16.1 °C15 January 2002	27.8 °C	2,309 mm	319
2001	38.6 °C21 April 2001	15.3 °C27 January 2001	27.6 °C	2,040 mm	308
2000	36.7 °C22 March 2000	16.4 °C15 January 2000	27.4 °C	2,433 mm	321
1999	37.3 °C3 April 1999	12.8 °C28 December 1999	27.6 °C	2,745 mm	296
1998	40.7 °C9 May 1998	15.3 °C14 January 1998	28.3 °C	1,878 mm	347
1997	38.6 °C12 May 1997	13.7 °C9 February 1997	27.5 °C	2,204 mm	322
1996	38.2 °C9 April 1996	14.6 °C27 January 1996	27.5 °C	2,173 mm	310
1995	38.4 °C21 April 1995	15.4 °C4 January 1995	27.7 °C	2,083 mm	311
1994	37.1 °C21 April 1994	16.7 °C11 January 1994	27.5 °C	2,703 mm	303
1993	37.9 °C6 May 1993	14.0 °C26 January 1993	27.5 °C	2,025 mm	299
1992	38.5 °C28 April 1992	15.0 °C6 January 1992	26.9 °C	2,348 mm	277
1991	37.8 °C5 April 1991	16.0 °C20 January 1991	27.7 °C	2,115 mm	303
1990	37.1 °C12 April 1990	15.1 °C12 January 1990	27.4 °C	2,382 mm	305
1989	37.3 °C3 May 1989	13.5 °C20 January 1989	27.0 °C	2,025 mm	290
1988	38.6 °C27 April 1988	16.5 °C5 January 1988	27.4 °C	2,517 mm	304
1987	38.5 °C23 May 1987	17.0 °C5 January 1987	27.7 °C	2,071 mm	306
1986	38.8 °C10 April 1986	16.3 °C4 January 1986	27.3 °C	2,075 mm	308
1985	38.6 °C13 April 1985	15.9 °C19 January 1985	27.1 °C	2,331 mm	266
1984	36.7 °C20 April 1984	14.5 °C23 January 1984	27.1 °C	1,864 mm	272
1983	38.3 °C14 April 1983	15.3 °C27 January 1983	27.1 °C	2,324 mm	259
1982	38.1 °C1 May 1982	15.3 °C24 December 1982	27.0 °C	2,307 mm	251
1981	38.3 °C29 April 1981	15.8 °C13 February 1981	27.2 °C	2,519 mm	260
1980	39.0 °C2 May 1980	13.7 °C12 February 1980	27.4 °C	2,103 mm	297
1979	38.1 °C4 March 1979	16.3 °C15 February 1979	27.5 °C	1,864 mm	317
1978	38.6 °C10 May 1978	13.5 °C19 January 1978	27.1 °C	2,362 mm	289
1977	36.7 °C27 April 1977	14.2 °C4 February 1977	27.0 °C	2,208 mm	284
1976	37.2 °C15 April 1976	13.6 °C3 January 1976	26.6 °C	2,851 mm	246
1975	38.6 °C29 April 1975	14.3 °C26 December 1975	26.8 °C	2,537 mm	250
1974	35.8 °C21 April 1974	13.6 °C4 February 1974	26.7 °C	2,911 mm	272
1973	38.0 °C23 April 1973	14.5 °C21 January 1973	27.0 °C	2,093 mm	264
1972	38.0 °C5 May 1972	14.3 °C10 February 1972	26.9 °C	2,451 mm	264
1971	37.5 °C24 April 1971	14.8 °C4 February 1971	26.8 °C	2,202 mm	239
1970	38.0 °C29 April 1970	16.7 °C4 February 1970	27.1 °C	2,609 mm	276
1969	38.8 °C23 April 1969	13.7 °C27 January 1969	27.2 °C	2,376 mm	284
1968	37.2 °C24 March 1968	14.4 °C7 February 1968	27.0 °C	2,114 mm	292
1967	38.2 °C4 May 1967	15.9 °C20 January 1967	26.9 °C	2,695 mm	261
1966	37.0 °C3 May 1966	16.0 °C5 January 1966	26.8 °C	2,263 mm	228
1965	39.3 °C30 April 1965	15.6 °C21 January 1965	26.9 °C	2,881 mm	269
1964	37.0 °C19 April 1964	13.1 °C19 January 1964	26.7 °C	2,511 mm	238
1963	38.8 °C16 May 1963	15.0 °C25 December 1963	26.9 °C	2,738 mm	244
1962	37.2 °C9 May 1962	16.2 °C8 December 1962	26.9 °C	2,181 mm	259
1961	37.6 °C26 April 1961	15.3 °C25 February 1961	26.9 °C	2,352 mm	239
1960	37.4 °C25 April 1960	16.1 °C31 January 1960	27.1 °C	1,995 mm	243
1959	36.7 °C27 April 1959	15.5 °C7 February 1959	26.9 °C	2,401 mm	247
1958	37.5 °C25 April 1958	14.3 °C24 December 1958	26.8 °C	2,414 mm	237
1957	37.7 °C13 April 1957	13.6 °C17 February 1957	26.8 °C	2,209 mm	267
1956	35.5 °C7 April 1956	12.5 °C22 January 1956	26.2 °C	2,117 mm	218
1955	36.2 °C8 May 1955	13.8 °C5 December 1955	26.3 °C	2,374 mm	234
1954	37.1 °C23 April 1954	14.1 °C21 January 1954	26.6 °C	1,945 mm	249
1953	35.0 °C15 April 1953	15.3 °C27 January 1953	26.3 °C	3,003 mm	204
1952	37.1 °C2 May 1952	14.1 °C18 January 1952	26.7 °C	2,778 mm	227
1951	36.0 °C16 April 1951	15.6 °C11 February 1951	26.6 °C	2,259 mm	236
1950	38.0 °C28 March 1950	14.1 °C18 January 1950	26.5 °C	2,313 mm	208
1949	35.5 °C25 February 1949	13.5 °C3 January 1949	26.2 °C	2,490 mm	199
1948	35.7 °C18 March 1948	16.2 °C3 February 1948	26.3 °C	2,941 mm	220
1947	35.7 °C11 April 1947	16.8 °C28 December 1947	26.6 °C	1,986 mm	229
1946	38.0 °C11 March 1946	15.2 °C12 January 1946	26.6 °C	2,468 mm	230
1945	36.7 °C1 April 1945	13.3 °C6 February 1945	26.2 °C	2,378 mm	187
1944	36.5 °C8 April 1944	15.7 °C28 January 1944	26.3 °C	2,721 mm	168
1943	35.7 °C8 April 1943	13.3 °C6 February 1943	26.0 °C	2,402 mm	181
1942	35.9 °C4 May 1942	13.4 °C11 February 1942	26.1 °C	2,306 mm	148
1941	38.0 °C26 April 1941	14.8 °C25 January 1941	26.1 °C	2,614 mm	159
1940	36.8 °C11 April 1940	13.6 °C8 January 1940	26.1 °C	2,425 mm	150

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.4 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

314 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2926 mm

+546 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.6 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Feb	33.9 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	+3 mm
Mar	35.7 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Apr	35.4 °C	+0.2 °C	94 mm	+60 mm
May	33.2 °C	+0.2 °C	374 mm	+92 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+0.6 °C	582 mm	+105 mm
Jul	30.5 °C	+0.4 °C	583 mm	+110 mm
Aug	31.0 °C	+1.1 °C	448 mm	-41 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	477 mm	+109 mm
Oct	32.8 °C	+1.4 °C	115 mm	-67 mm
Nov	31.0 °C	-0.6 °C	245 mm	+196 mm
Dec	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

9 Apr 2025

Coldest day

17.0 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

107.2 mm

23 Sep 2025

Windiest day

27.0 km/h

24 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

24 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.0 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Thongwa?

Thongwa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,380 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thongwa?

The hottest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1998, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Thongwa?

The coldest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1956, at 12.5 °C.

Does it snow in Thongwa?

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

Has the climate of Thongwa warmed?

Yes: Thongwa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Thongwa?

The wettest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2022, with 276 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Thongwa?

The windiest day measured in Thongwa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2008, with winds reaching 62.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Thongwa?

The warmest month in Thongwa is April (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Thongwa?

Thongwa receives on average 2,380 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Thongwa?

Thongwa gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Thongwa?

Yes: Thongwa has on average 314 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thongwa?

In Thongwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 16 May 2024, and the lowest was 11.5 °C on 28 December 1999.

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