Ampara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ampara?

Ampara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,355 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1976, reaching 39.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ampara?

The coldest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2001, at 18.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ampara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ampara warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ampara?

The wettest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2005, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ampara?

The windiest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1978, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ampara?

The warmest month in Ampara is June (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ampara?

Ampara receives on average 1,355 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ampara?

Ampara gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ampara (Sri Lanka) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,355 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 (29.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Ampara averages 0 frost days, 244 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 208 rainy days per year.

Ampara 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 39.7 °C (on 25 May 1976) and the coldest 18.0 °C (on 11 February 2001).

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

AmparaEastern Province

coords: 7.30°, 81.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

31.7°C

Average daily low

24.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,355mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

244 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

208 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.7 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

32.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

39.7 °C

25 May 1976

Coldest day

18.0 °C

11 February 2001

Wettest day

235 mm

20 November 2005

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

23 November 1978

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

23 November 1978

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

20 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

17.0 °C

8 December 2022

Sunniest day

12.4 h

25 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.4 °C28 September 2025	21.3 °C8 March 2025	28.4 °C	1,554 mm	282
2024	38.6 °C27 July 2024	21.4 °C16 January 2024	28.4 °C	1,574 mm	310
2023	38.4 °C3 August 2023	20.4 °C11 January 2023	28.1 °C	1,882 mm	267
2022	37.9 °C9 May 2022	18.4 °C22 January 2022	27.7 °C	1,578 mm	262
2021	36.9 °C1 August 2021	20.8 °C11 February 2021	27.9 °C	1,387 mm	274
2020	37.1 °C9 June 2020	20.9 °C15 January 2020	28.1 °C	1,249 mm	294
2019	38.5 °C18 June 2019	20.7 °C19 January 2019	28.0 °C	1,281 mm	268
2018	36.9 °C14 August 2018	19.8 °C7 January 2018	27.4 °C	1,682 mm	241
2017	38.2 °C17 May 2017	20.2 °C11 January 2017	28.0 °C	1,316 mm	259
2016	38.1 °C11 October 2016	19.0 °C25 December 2016	28.6 °C	930 mm	298
2015	37.3 °C10 July 2015	19.8 °C19 March 2015	27.9 °C	1,746 mm	255
2014	37.4 °C19 June 2014	18.9 °C12 February 2014	27.9 °C	1,915 mm	257
2013	37.1 °C31 July 2013	21.0 °C19 January 2013	27.9 °C	1,686 mm	263
2012	39.3 °C3 June 2012	20.0 °C1 January 2012	28.0 °C	1,274 mm	259
2011	36.7 °C25 June 2011	18.8 °C28 December 2011	27.6 °C	2,453 mm	254
2010	37.7 °C5 June 2010	19.8 °C6 January 2010	27.9 °C	1,790 mm	272
2009	37.3 °C13 July 2009	19.0 °C14 February 2009	28.1 °C	1,290 mm	253
2008	37.4 °C16 May 2008	19.4 °C25 February 2008	27.6 °C	1,616 mm	241
2007	36.5 °C9 August 2007	20.4 °C5 January 2007	27.7 °C	1,383 mm	242
2006	37.9 °C15 July 2006	19.5 °C31 December 2006	28.0 °C	1,394 mm	228
2005	37.7 °C13 June 2005	20.1 °C16 February 2005	28.3 °C	1,342 mm	269
2004	37.5 °C19 May 2004	19.4 °C20 February 2004	27.9 °C	1,475 mm	230
2003	37.3 °C30 May 2003	21.6 °C2 January 2003	27.9 °C	1,382 mm	241
2002	37.6 °C9 September 2002	20.2 °C15 January 2002	28.1 °C	1,354 mm	243
2001	37.7 °C15 May 2001	18.0 °C11 February 2001	28.1 °C	1,234 mm	251
2000	36.9 °C7 July 2000	21.1 °C21 January 2000	27.6 °C	1,621 mm	232
1999	37.8 °C28 July 1999	19.3 °C30 January 1999	27.7 °C	1,461 mm	226
1998	38.6 °C28 May 1998	21.5 °C16 January 1998	28.6 °C	1,080 mm	281
1997	37.4 °C5 July 1997	19.4 °C28 January 1997	27.8 °C	1,176 mm	253
1996	37.4 °C15 May 1996	20.7 °C20 March 1996	27.7 °C	1,216 mm	251
1995	36.7 °C3 June 1995	20.0 °C13 February 1995	27.9 °C	1,243 mm	249
1994	37.4 °C4 August 1994	20.3 °C3 March 1994	27.6 °C	1,478 mm	212
1993	38.4 °C6 May 1993	19.0 °C9 February 1993	28.0 °C	1,270 mm	245
1992	38.3 °C20 June 1992	19.2 °C10 February 1992	27.8 °C	1,118 mm	261
1991	38.5 °C28 April 1991	19.6 °C12 February 1991	28.1 °C	1,117 mm	253
1990	37.9 °C18 June 1990	19.3 °C20 January 1990	28.2 °C	1,164 mm	268
1989	38.3 °C1 May 1989	18.8 °C6 February 1989	27.7 °C	1,054 mm	242
1988	36.9 °C21 May 1988	19.3 °C29 November 1988	27.8 °C	1,258 mm	255
1987	37.7 °C21 July 1987	20.5 °C2 February 1987	28.0 °C	1,385 mm	243
1986	38.1 °C19 May 1986	20.1 °C22 February 1986	28.0 °C	1,256 mm	241
1985	38.2 °C3 May 1985	21.2 °C8 January 1985	27.8 °C	1,231 mm	245
1984	37.0 °C10 June 1984	20.4 °C14 December 1984	27.4 °C	1,608 mm	224
1983	39.5 °C31 May 1983	19.9 °C4 January 1983	28.3 °C	1,057 mm	278
1982	37.7 °C7 September 1982	18.9 °C16 February 1982	27.9 °C	1,187 mm	255
1981	38.4 °C21 May 1981	19.1 °C9 January 1981	27.7 °C	1,119 mm	230
1980	38.0 °C13 September 1980	18.3 °C28 February 1980	28.1 °C	909 mm	255
1979	38.8 °C6 June 1979	19.9 °C16 March 1979	28.1 °C	1,246 mm	239
1978	37.4 °C14 August 1978	21.1 °C19 January 1978	27.7 °C	1,491 mm	230
1977	38.0 °C7 September 1977	19.3 °C18 January 1977	27.5 °C	1,405 mm	226
1976	39.7 °C25 May 1976	18.8 °C26 February 1976	27.7 °C	1,209 mm	254
1975	37.9 °C13 June 1975	18.1 °C10 January 1975	27.4 °C	1,139 mm	245
1974	38.6 °C16 June 1974	19.8 °C6 February 1974	27.6 °C	927 mm	255
1973	38.7 °C16 May 1973	20.2 °C16 January 1973	28.1 °C	1,241 mm	253
1972	38.3 °C6 June 1972	18.3 °C6 February 1972	27.7 °C	940 mm	260
1971	37.9 °C6 May 1971	20.1 °C20 January 1971	27.3 °C	1,391 mm	231
1970	37.1 °C20 August 1970	19.9 °C2 February 1970	27.5 °C	1,568 mm	243
1969	37.4 °C6 August 1969	20.4 °C27 January 1969	27.8 °C	1,453 mm	255
1968	37.0 °C7 September 1968	18.2 °C15 February 1968	27.3 °C	1,185 mm	218
1967	36.7 °C30 May 1967	18.4 °C10 February 1967	27.0 °C	1,638 mm	204
1966	37.8 °C22 May 1966	19.6 °C2 January 1966	27.4 °C	1,440 mm	225
1965	36.3 °C28 July 1965	20.5 °C9 March 1965	26.9 °C	1,812 mm	213
1964	37.3 °C27 May 1964	19.7 °C9 March 1964	27.2 °C	1,527 mm	205
1963	36.5 °C11 July 1963	19.7 °C11 February 1963	27.0 °C	1,834 mm	202
1962	36.6 °C1 August 1962	21.3 °C10 January 1962	26.9 °C	1,597 mm	199
1961	35.1 °C25 June 1961	19.1 °C19 February 1961	26.9 °C	1,543 mm	206
1960	36.4 °C25 August 1960	20.2 °C4 February 1960	27.1 °C	1,585 mm	200
1959	37.0 °C4 June 1959	20.1 °C3 March 1959	27.6 °C	1,166 mm	238
1958	36.6 °C13 September 1958	20.9 °C11 February 1958	27.5 °C	1,300 mm	225
1957	37.5 °C23 September 1957	19.0 °C8 February 1957	27.4 °C	1,242 mm	228
1956	39.2 °C11 May 1956	19.7 °C20 January 1956	27.1 °C	1,148 mm	218
1955	35.5 °C15 April 1955	20.8 °C18 February 1955	26.7 °C	1,653 mm	215
1954	34.8 °C17 April 1954	21.1 °C6 February 1954	26.9 °C	1,453 mm	211
1953	38.1 °C31 May 1953	20.0 °C31 January 1953	27.7 °C	985 mm	270
1952	37.1 °C29 May 1952	20.1 °C16 January 1952	27.8 °C	703 mm	297
1951	36.9 °C10 May 1951	20.2 °C4 January 1951	27.6 °C	1,077 mm	264
1950	36.7 °C19 May 1950	20.0 °C4 January 1950	27.7 °C	715 mm	311
1949	37.4 °C23 April 1949	21.2 °C24 January 1949	27.2 °C	963 mm	252
1948	36.3 °C22 May 1948	21.1 °C5 February 1948	27.4 °C	1,589 mm	214
1947	35.6 °C11 July 1947	21.6 °C8 February 1947	27.0 °C	1,434 mm	211
1946	37.2 °C12 May 1946	20.7 °C27 January 1946	27.3 °C	1,328 mm	227
1945	37.5 °C18 May 1945	18.9 °C1 March 1945	27.2 °C	1,056 mm	234
1944	35.5 °C21 August 1944	20.7 °C30 January 1944	26.8 °C	1,427 mm	200
1943	35.7 °C18 September 1943	20.3 °C18 February 1943	26.8 °C	1,370 mm	224
1942	35.2 °C12 July 1942	19.9 °C26 January 1942	26.4 °C	1,592 mm	194
1941	37.9 °C25 April 1941	19.6 °C30 January 1941	27.3 °C	1,144 mm	236
1940	36.2 °C23 August 1940	20.1 °C13 January 1940	26.9 °C	1,232 mm	227

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

282 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1554 mm

+199 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	0.0 °C	328 mm	+190 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+1.4 °C	82 mm	+4 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+0.2 °C	86 mm	+21 mm
Apr	32.3 °C	-0.3 °C	170 mm	+93 mm
May	34.7 °C	+0.7 °C	43 mm	-40 mm
Jun	36.1 °C	+1.4 °C	16 mm	-35 mm
Jul	36.2 °C	+1.7 °C	19 mm	-39 mm
Aug	35.0 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	-13 mm
Sep	35.4 °C	+1.7 °C	83 mm	-16 mm
Oct	32.9 °C	+1.4 °C	145 mm	-42 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	400 mm	+172 mm
Dec	28.6 °C	+0.6 °C	127 mm	-96 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.4 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

21.3 °C

8 Mar 2025

Wettest day

66.4 mm

26 Nov 2025

Windiest day

31.4 km/h

27 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.2 °C

14 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ampara?

Ampara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,355 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ampara?

The hottest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1976, reaching 39.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ampara?

The coldest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2001, at 18.0 °C.

Does it snow in Ampara?

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

Has the climate of Ampara warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ampara?

The wettest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2005, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ampara?

The windiest day measured in Ampara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1978, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ampara?

The warmest month in Ampara is June (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ampara?

Ampara receives on average 1,355 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ampara?

Ampara gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ampara?

Yes: Ampara has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ampara?

In Ampara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 20 May 1998, and the lowest was 17.0 °C on 8 December 2022.

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