Eravur Town climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Eravur Town?

Eravur Town has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,433 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eravur Town?

The hottest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1983, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Eravur Town?

The coldest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2001, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Eravur Town?

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

Q: Has the climate of Eravur Town warmed?

Yes: Eravur Town warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Eravur Town?

The wettest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2011, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Eravur Town?

The windiest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1978, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Eravur Town?

The warmest month in Eravur Town is June (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Eravur Town?

Eravur Town receives on average 1,433 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Eravur Town?

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

Eravur Town (Sri Lanka) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,433 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 (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Eravur Town averages 0 frost days, 235 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Eravur Town has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 31 May 1983) and the coldest 16.6 °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

Eravur TownEastern Province

coords: 7.78°, 81.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

31.6°C

Average daily low

24.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,433mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

5.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

235 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

28.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

40.2 °C

31 May 1983

Coldest day

16.6 °C

11 February 2001

Wettest day

203 mm

9 January 2011

Windiest day

39.1 km/h

23 November 1978

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

12 July 1962

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

1 June 1983

Coldest feels-like

15.6 °C

8 December 2022

Sunniest day

12.5 h

16 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.8 °C2 September 2025	21.5 °C6 March 2025	28.3 °C	1,682 mm	280
2024	38.3 °C24 September 2024	21.2 °C16 January 2024	28.4 °C	1,794 mm	304
2023	38.9 °C20 August 2023	19.8 °C16 February 2023	28.0 °C	2,155 mm	259
2022	36.7 °C14 July 2022	18.2 °C22 January 2022	27.6 °C	1,758 mm	245
2021	37.3 °C1 August 2021	20.3 °C11 February 2021	27.8 °C	1,489 mm	260
2020	38.1 °C17 June 2020	20.3 °C15 January 2020	28.0 °C	1,229 mm	269
2019	38.0 °C8 May 2019	20.1 °C18 January 2019	27.9 °C	1,486 mm	253
2018	36.3 °C23 July 2018	19.3 °C18 January 2018	27.4 °C	1,655 mm	234
2017	38.2 °C27 July 2017	18.7 °C9 February 2017	27.8 °C	1,415 mm	250
2016	38.6 °C11 October 2016	18.1 °C25 December 2016	28.5 °C	948 mm	285
2015	38.0 °C29 August 2015	19.3 °C19 February 2015	27.8 °C	1,886 mm	243
2014	36.7 °C26 June 2014	18.4 °C12 February 2014	27.6 °C	2,037 mm	245
2013	37.2 °C24 August 2013	19.7 °C19 January 2013	27.9 °C	1,499 mm	253
2012	38.9 °C4 June 2012	20.0 °C16 January 2012	28.0 °C	1,627 mm	251
2011	37.1 °C9 August 2011	19.2 °C28 December 2011	27.7 °C	2,790 mm	248
2010	38.2 °C10 August 2010	19.5 °C6 January 2010	27.9 °C	1,774 mm	274
2009	37.8 °C18 June 2009	19.2 °C13 February 2009	28.1 °C	1,316 mm	247
2008	37.2 °C27 June 2008	19.4 °C24 February 2008	27.6 °C	1,789 mm	237
2007	37.3 °C17 August 2007	19.5 °C26 December 2007	27.5 °C	1,484 mm	227
2006	37.5 °C9 June 2006	17.6 °C24 January 2006	27.8 °C	1,537 mm	221
2005	38.2 °C13 June 2005	20.1 °C28 December 2005	28.2 °C	1,367 mm	267
2004	37.7 °C26 August 2004	19.0 °C22 December 2004	27.8 °C	1,618 mm	218
2003	37.6 °C30 May 2003	20.6 °C1 January 2003	28.0 °C	1,322 mm	234
2002	37.8 °C5 September 2002	18.9 °C15 January 2002	27.9 °C	1,270 mm	233
2001	38.4 °C15 May 2001	16.6 °C11 February 2001	28.0 °C	1,286 mm	246
2000	37.3 °C16 July 2000	21.1 °C24 January 2000	27.5 °C	1,775 mm	227
1999	37.9 °C13 September 1999	18.7 °C31 January 1999	27.6 °C	1,567 mm	232
1998	38.4 °C19 June 1998	20.7 °C16 January 1998	28.5 °C	990 mm	277
1997	38.5 °C18 July 1997	18.9 °C28 January 1997	27.7 °C	1,109 mm	236
1996	37.7 °C6 August 1996	19.6 °C20 March 1996	27.5 °C	1,232 mm	239
1995	37.5 °C23 September 1995	19.9 °C13 February 1995	27.8 °C	1,250 mm	241
1994	38.3 °C24 May 1994	20.2 °C9 March 1994	27.6 °C	1,723 mm	209
1993	38.6 °C19 June 1993	18.5 °C9 February 1993	27.8 °C	1,340 mm	237
1992	37.8 °C20 June 1992	17.8 °C4 March 1992	27.5 °C	1,101 mm	250
1991	37.8 °C27 April 1991	19.0 °C12 February 1991	27.8 °C	1,059 mm	238
1990	38.1 °C1 June 1990	17.6 °C20 January 1990	27.9 °C	1,185 mm	260
1989	38.2 °C29 May 1989	19.1 °C11 February 1989	27.5 °C	1,096 mm	231
1988	37.5 °C21 June 1988	17.4 °C29 November 1988	27.6 °C	1,312 mm	243
1987	38.6 °C5 September 1987	19.7 °C4 February 1987	27.8 °C	1,324 mm	242
1986	38.0 °C21 May 1986	20.0 °C22 February 1986	27.8 °C	1,305 mm	238
1985	38.2 °C2 May 1985	20.0 °C25 November 1985	27.7 °C	1,266 mm	242
1984	37.6 °C10 June 1984	19.4 °C14 December 1984	27.4 °C	1,895 mm	232
1983	40.2 °C31 May 1983	18.2 °C4 January 1983	27.9 °C	1,288 mm	258
1982	38.1 °C13 September 1982	19.2 °C18 February 1982	27.6 °C	1,119 mm	232
1981	37.3 °C15 July 1981	18.1 °C7 January 1981	27.3 °C	1,321 mm	216
1980	38.5 °C17 September 1980	17.6 °C30 January 1980	27.9 °C	981 mm	239
1979	38.9 °C6 June 1979	18.2 °C16 March 1979	27.8 °C	1,346 mm	229
1978	37.7 °C18 September 1978	20.0 °C19 January 1978	27.6 °C	1,531 mm	231
1977	38.2 °C4 September 1977	18.1 °C18 January 1977	27.3 °C	1,686 mm	211
1976	39.6 °C4 May 1976	17.6 °C28 February 1976	27.5 °C	1,253 mm	244
1975	37.6 °C12 June 1975	17.2 °C10 January 1975	27.1 °C	1,322 mm	225
1974	37.7 °C8 June 1974	18.6 °C16 January 1974	27.4 °C	942 mm	246
1973	39.6 °C15 May 1973	18.4 °C22 January 1973	27.7 °C	1,251 mm	241
1972	38.8 °C6 June 1972	17.6 °C26 February 1972	27.4 °C	1,062 mm	234
1971	37.6 °C4 May 1971	19.7 °C18 February 1971	27.3 °C	1,522 mm	236
1970	37.2 °C22 August 1970	18.6 °C2 February 1970	27.4 °C	1,580 mm	245
1969	38.8 °C6 August 1969	18.7 °C27 January 1969	27.5 °C	1,580 mm	228
1968	37.8 °C1 September 1968	17.4 °C28 January 1968	27.2 °C	1,099 mm	213
1967	37.4 °C4 September 1967	18.6 °C10 February 1967	26.8 °C	1,780 mm	196
1966	36.9 °C2 August 1966	18.3 °C2 January 1966	27.2 °C	1,585 mm	212
1965	37.0 °C29 July 1965	19.7 °C9 March 1965	26.7 °C	2,035 mm	206
1964	37.7 °C28 May 1964	20.1 °C19 January 1964	27.2 °C	1,602 mm	214
1963	37.1 °C11 July 1963	19.5 °C12 February 1963	27.0 °C	2,022 mm	201
1962	37.4 °C15 August 1962	20.1 °C16 March 1962	26.9 °C	1,674 mm	200
1961	36.8 °C30 July 1961	18.8 °C28 February 1961	26.8 °C	1,729 mm	196
1960	36.8 °C20 August 1960	19.6 °C28 January 1960	27.1 °C	1,655 mm	209
1959	37.4 °C12 September 1959	19.8 °C25 February 1959	27.3 °C	1,242 mm	227
1958	37.2 °C13 September 1958	20.3 °C5 February 1958	27.3 °C	1,229 mm	228
1957	38.3 °C23 September 1957	17.9 °C27 January 1957	27.2 °C	1,369 mm	211
1956	37.7 °C9 May 1956	18.2 °C12 February 1956	26.8 °C	1,289 mm	217
1955	35.4 °C29 August 1955	19.2 °C29 December 1955	26.6 °C	1,670 mm	212
1954	35.3 °C10 July 1954	19.8 °C15 February 1954	26.6 °C	1,460 mm	205
1953	38.6 °C31 May 1953	18.5 °C31 January 1953	27.4 °C	1,028 mm	252
1952	38.0 °C20 May 1952	19.6 °C16 January 1952	27.7 °C	513 mm	284
1951	37.4 °C1 July 1951	18.5 °C4 January 1951	27.5 °C	1,159 mm	243
1950	36.4 °C19 May 1950	18.8 °C3 January 1950	27.3 °C	623 mm	296
1949	38.0 °C25 April 1949	20.2 °C25 February 1949	26.8 °C	1,322 mm	240
1948	37.3 °C16 September 1948	20.6 °C5 February 1948	27.2 °C	1,652 mm	211
1947	35.7 °C1 July 1947	20.5 °C29 December 1947	26.8 °C	1,514 mm	204
1946	36.8 °C29 September 1946	19.3 °C25 January 1946	27.0 °C	1,580 mm	210
1945	37.9 °C18 May 1945	17.7 °C25 January 1945	27.1 °C	1,024 mm	219
1944	36.0 °C22 August 1944	20.3 °C11 December 1944	26.7 °C	1,545 mm	195
1943	36.6 °C24 August 1943	19.2 °C8 March 1943	26.6 °C	1,315 mm	217
1942	34.6 °C28 June 1942	19.3 °C2 February 1942	26.2 °C	1,567 mm	174
1941	37.4 °C20 July 1941	18.1 °C29 January 1941	27.1 °C	1,028 mm	224
1940	35.9 °C5 August 1940	18.6 °C19 January 1940	26.7 °C	1,362 mm	215

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.6 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

280 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1682 mm

+249 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	+0.3 °C	378 mm	+222 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+1.6 °C	86 mm	+2 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+0.6 °C	78 mm	+17 mm
Apr	32.6 °C	+0.1 °C	153 mm	+81 mm
May	34.7 °C	+0.7 °C	43 mm	-43 mm
Jun	36.1 °C	+1.2 °C	9 mm	-26 mm
Jul	36.0 °C	+1.3 °C	9 mm	-41 mm
Aug	34.7 °C	+0.1 °C	53 mm	-11 mm
Sep	36.2 °C	+2.2 °C	43 mm	-61 mm
Oct	32.8 °C	+1.3 °C	142 mm	-57 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+1.3 °C	513 mm	+252 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+0.6 °C	176 mm	-87 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

2 Sep 2025

Coldest day

21.5 °C

6 Mar 2025

Wettest day

112.1 mm

27 Nov 2025

Windiest day

37.9 km/h

27 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.4 °C

27 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Eravur Town?

Eravur Town has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,433 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eravur Town?

The hottest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1983, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Eravur Town?

The coldest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2001, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Eravur Town?

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

Has the climate of Eravur Town warmed?

Yes: Eravur Town warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Eravur Town?

The wettest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2011, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Eravur Town?

The windiest day measured in Eravur Town between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1978, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Eravur Town?

The warmest month in Eravur Town is June (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Eravur Town?

Eravur Town receives on average 1,433 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Eravur Town?

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

Are there tropical nights in Eravur Town?

Yes: Eravur Town has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eravur Town?

In Eravur Town, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 1 June 1983, and the lowest was 15.6 °C on 8 December 2022.

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