Birendranagar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Birendranagar?

Birendranagar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 2,099 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1964, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Birendranagar?

The coldest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1953, at 0.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Birendranagar?

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

Q: Has the climate of Birendranagar warmed?

Yes: Birendranagar warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Birendranagar?

The wettest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1967, with 407 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Birendranagar?

The windiest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 2008, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Birendranagar?

The warmest month in Birendranagar is June (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Birendranagar?

Birendranagar receives on average 2,099 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Birendranagar?

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

Birendranagar (Nepal) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 2,099 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Birendranagar averages 0 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.

Birendranagar has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 10 June 1964) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 25 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

BirendranagarKarnali Pradesh

coords: 28.60°, 81.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,099mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

8.2km/h

Seasonal range

15.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

134 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

154 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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

41.6 °C

10 June 1964

Coldest day

0.9 °C

25 January 1953

Wettest day

407 mm

16 July 1967

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

20 September 2008

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

20 September 2008

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

30 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

25 January 1953

Sunniest day

13.0 h

24 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C26 April 2025	5.6 °C13 January 2025	22.2 °C	1,969 mm	151
2024	40.4 °C30 May 2024	3.9 °C2 February 2024	22.4 °C	2,058 mm	158
2023	37.5 °C8 June 2023	4.3 °C7 January 2023	22.2 °C	1,673 mm	133
2022	37.3 °C14 June 2022	4.9 °C30 January 2022	22.3 °C	2,257 mm	166
2021	37.5 °C28 April 2021	4.1 °C2 January 2021	22.1 °C	2,374 mm	146
2020	37.4 °C26 May 2020	4.5 °C29 December 2020	21.6 °C	1,812 mm	121
2019	39.3 °C15 June 2019	4.1 °C15 January 2019	22.1 °C	1,826 mm	141
2018	38.2 °C26 May 2018	2.8 °C28 December 2018	22.0 °C	1,783 mm	139
2017	38.1 °C4 June 2017	4.0 °C12 January 2017	22.5 °C	1,670 mm	162
2016	37.8 °C20 April 2016	3.9 °C23 January 2016	22.6 °C	1,839 mm	157
2015	39.5 °C8 June 2015	3.2 °C25 December 2015	22.1 °C	1,730 mm	149
2014	38.7 °C23 May 2014	5.4 °C12 January 2014	21.8 °C	1,625 mm	156
2013	37.4 °C30 April 2013	1.4 °C8 January 2013	21.8 °C	2,426 mm	108
2012	39.6 °C15 June 2012	3.3 °C14 January 2012	21.9 °C	2,239 mm	138
2011	37.1 °C15 May 2011	3.4 °C12 January 2011	21.6 °C	1,951 mm	128
2010	38.4 °C1 June 2010	4.2 °C20 December 2010	22.5 °C	2,194 mm	140
2009	39.1 °C20 June 2009	4.7 °C25 December 2009	22.4 °C	1,620 mm	144
2008	37.1 °C26 April 2008	3.4 °C27 January 2008	21.8 °C	2,384 mm	108
2007	38.9 °C3 June 2007	3.7 °C14 January 2007	21.9 °C	2,354 mm	136
2006	37.4 °C1 May 2006	3.9 °C9 January 2006	22.3 °C	1,554 mm	136
2005	40.0 °C18 June 2005	4.3 °C20 January 2005	22.2 °C	1,846 mm	129
2004	38.9 °C15 May 2004	4.6 °C27 December 2004	22.0 °C	1,781 mm	130
2003	38.3 °C29 May 2003	2.8 °C12 January 2003	21.6 °C	2,439 mm	115
2002	37.2 °C20 April 2002	3.5 °C2 January 2002	21.8 °C	2,044 mm	119
2001	37.2 °C29 April 2001	3.5 °C12 January 2001	21.7 °C	1,684 mm	110
2000	35.7 °C12 May 2000	3.6 °C20 February 2000	21.4 °C	2,472 mm	110
1999	38.9 °C25 April 1999	5.2 °C15 January 1999	22.2 °C	1,740 mm	111
1998	39.5 °C7 June 1998	5.1 °C31 December 1998	22.0 °C	2,497 mm	115
1997	37.8 °C19 May 1997	3.6 °C22 January 1997	21.0 °C	2,029 mm	106
1996	39.4 °C28 May 1996	5.2 °C9 December 1996	21.8 °C	2,438 mm	115
1995	39.9 °C29 May 1995	3.2 °C4 January 1995	21.9 °C	1,877 mm	113
1994	40.9 °C3 June 1994	4.7 °C23 January 1994	22.2 °C	1,707 mm	142
1993	37.6 °C4 May 1993	4.3 °C23 January 1993	21.8 °C	1,911 mm	127
1992	39.6 °C4 June 1992	2.6 °C4 January 1992	21.8 °C	1,610 mm	138
1991	40.3 °C9 May 1991	2.9 °C31 December 1991	22.0 °C	1,653 mm	140
1990	38.2 °C23 April 1990	3.1 °C4 January 1990	21.7 °C	2,550 mm	110
1989	38.3 °C11 May 1989	2.2 °C28 December 1989	21.6 °C	1,829 mm	131
1988	39.6 °C11 May 1988	3.9 °C25 January 1988	22.6 °C	2,007 mm	148
1987	40.5 °C2 July 1987	4.6 °C2 January 1987	22.5 °C	1,055 mm	143
1986	40.5 °C10 June 1986	4.0 °C21 January 1986	21.8 °C	1,710 mm	137
1985	39.6 °C30 May 1985	4.4 °C28 December 1985	22.3 °C	1,807 mm	134
1984	40.5 °C17 May 1984	1.5 °C17 January 1984	21.7 °C	2,156 mm	127
1983	41.1 °C22 June 1983	3.0 °C9 February 1983	21.4 °C	1,960 mm	136
1982	37.0 °C28 May 1982	4.5 °C26 December 1982	21.3 °C	1,490 mm	123
1981	38.6 °C14 June 1981	2.4 °C15 January 1981	21.2 °C	1,946 mm	107
1980	39.2 °C28 April 1980	3.1 °C7 January 1980	21.9 °C	2,039 mm	123
1979	39.4 °C6 June 1979	4.5 °C21 December 1979	22.1 °C	1,544 mm	141
1978	40.3 °C21 May 1978	3.6 °C11 January 1978	21.5 °C	1,859 mm	105
1977	38.5 °C2 June 1977	2.1 °C29 January 1977	21.8 °C	1,763 mm	119
1976	37.3 °C29 May 1976	4.5 °C14 January 1976	21.5 °C	1,929 mm	107
1975	39.4 °C11 June 1975	2.8 °C4 January 1975	21.8 °C	2,024 mm	118
1974	40.6 °C13 June 1974	1.9 °C9 February 1974	21.8 °C	1,869 mm	118
1973	38.6 °C10 May 1973	3.4 °C22 January 1973	21.6 °C	2,949 mm	109
1972	39.8 °C14 May 1972	4.6 °C7 February 1972	21.9 °C	1,765 mm	113
1971	33.2 °C6 June 1971	3.7 °C3 February 1971	20.9 °C	2,669 mm	60
1970	38.6 °C4 May 1970	3.6 °C28 December 1970	21.6 °C	2,379 mm	92
1969	39.9 °C23 May 1969	3.6 °C6 January 1969	21.8 °C	2,484 mm	116
1968	39.1 °C26 May 1968	4.1 °C22 January 1968	21.2 °C	2,132 mm	91
1967	39.8 °C1 June 1967	3.1 °C13 January 1967	21.4 °C	2,852 mm	89
1966	41.6 °C8 June 1966	4.3 °C17 January 1966	21.9 °C	1,733 mm	110
1965	39.6 °C4 June 1965	3.7 °C9 January 1965	21.6 °C	1,580 mm	100
1964	41.6 °C10 June 1964	1.4 °C2 February 1964	22.0 °C	2,460 mm	115
1963	37.8 °C20 May 1963	3.4 °C14 January 1963	21.3 °C	2,513 mm	92
1962	39.1 °C27 May 1962	3.4 °C16 January 1962	21.1 °C	2,374 mm	102
1961	38.7 °C20 May 1961	2.9 °C20 December 1961	21.1 °C	2,438 mm	97
1960	39.9 °C13 May 1960	4.8 °C22 January 1960	21.9 °C	2,059 mm	97
1959	39.3 °C17 May 1959	4.6 °C31 December 1959	21.7 °C	2,279 mm	104
1958	41.3 °C23 May 1958	4.7 °C12 February 1958	22.3 °C	2,367 mm	127
1957	41.1 °C28 May 1957	2.6 °C12 February 1957	21.5 °C	1,973 mm	108
1956	39.4 °C29 April 1956	3.1 °C29 January 1956	21.4 °C	1,866 mm	94
1955	40.7 °C31 May 1955	2.6 °C1 January 1955	21.6 °C	2,566 mm	106
1954	38.9 °C9 May 1954	2.1 °C31 December 1954	21.3 °C	2,588 mm	104
1953	32.9 °C31 May 1953	0.9 °C25 January 1953	20.0 °C	3,342 mm	31
1952	31.6 °C16 May 1952	4.1 °C12 January 1952	19.9 °C	2,883 mm	26
1951	38.8 °C21 May 1951	3.9 °C4 February 1951	20.8 °C	1,905 mm	81
1950	40.6 °C24 May 1950	2.4 °C11 February 1950	21.0 °C	2,897 mm	84
1949	34.7 °C20 June 1949	3.3 °C21 December 1949	20.5 °C	2,673 mm	50
1948	40.7 °C1 June 1948	2.9 °C6 February 1948	21.6 °C	2,518 mm	104
1947	40.9 °C2 June 1947	2.6 °C25 January 1947	21.8 °C	2,511 mm	106
1946	38.5 °C4 June 1946	3.0 °C1 January 1946	21.7 °C	1,636 mm	110
1945	40.3 °C14 June 1945	2.2 °C7 January 1945	21.2 °C	2,332 mm	108
1944	40.4 °C16 May 1944	3.5 °C15 December 1944	21.4 °C	2,035 mm	92
1943	38.5 °C17 May 1943	3.6 °C1 February 1943	20.8 °C	2,633 mm	67
1942	40.7 °C3 June 1942	3.5 °C15 January 1942	21.5 °C	2,472 mm	99
1941	40.0 °C29 May 1941	3.2 °C24 January 1941	21.3 °C	2,214 mm	92
1940	39.1 °C10 May 1940	1.9 °C11 February 1940	20.8 °C	1,808 mm	89

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1969 mm

-130 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.3 °C	+0.5 °C	6 mm	-36 mm
Feb	24.0 °C	+2.1 °C	4 mm	-31 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+2.1 °C	6 mm	-25 mm
Apr	32.7 °C	0.0 °C	29 mm	+10 mm
May	32.3 °C	-2.2 °C	83 mm	+39 mm
Jun	32.3 °C	-0.5 °C	323 mm	+55 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	431 mm	-249 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.6 °C	742 mm	+157 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.2 °C	283 mm	-15 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	-8 mm
Nov	24.9 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Dec	19.1 °C	-1.3 °C	0 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

5.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

90.1 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Birendranagar?

Birendranagar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 2,099 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Birendranagar?

The hottest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1964, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Birendranagar?

The coldest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1953, at 0.9 °C.

Does it snow in Birendranagar?

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

Has the climate of Birendranagar warmed?

Yes: Birendranagar warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Birendranagar?

The wettest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1967, with 407 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Birendranagar?

The windiest day measured in Birendranagar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 2008, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Birendranagar?

The warmest month in Birendranagar is June (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Birendranagar?

Birendranagar receives on average 2,099 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Birendranagar?

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

Are there tropical nights in Birendranagar?

Yes: Birendranagar has on average 154 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Birendranagar?

In Birendranagar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 30 May 2024, and the lowest was -2.1 °C on 25 January 1953.

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