Tamil Nadu

Vīrarāghavapuram, India Climate

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Madras/Minambakkam (GHCN IN020040900), 12 km from Vīrarāghavapuram

The warmest month is May, with an average high of 39°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 21°C. A normal year brings 1234 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Madras/Minambakkam, since 1901. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Vīrarāghavapuram through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.1020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 27

Normal high
34°C
Record high
39°Cin 2002
Record low
21°Cin 1983
Chance of a wet day
62%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet days
January30°C21°C35°C (1998)12°C (2002)16 mm3.1
February32°C22°C38°C (1981)15°C (1974)8 mm0.0
March34°C24°C41°C (2021)18°C (1989)9 mm0.0
April36°C26°C43°C (2006)20°C (1981)24 mm3.0
May39°C28°C45°C (2003)22°C (1996)53 mm6.2
June38°C43°C (2012)20°C (1976)75 mm12.0
July36°C26°C40°C (2015)21°C (1985)99 mm15.5
August35°C40°C (2004)20°C (1983)130 mm21.7
September35°C25°C39°C (2024)20°C (1990)132 mm18.0
October33°C24°C40°C (1977)20°C (2000)245 mm21.7
November31°C23°C39°C (1992)17°C (2012)303 mm18.0
December29°C21°C33°C (2010)17°C (1981)140 mm9.3
Year34°C1234 mm129

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1234 mm in a normal year, most in November.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Vīrarāghavapuram, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Vīrarāghavapuram.

The muggiest month is June, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°C77%0%0%25%60%14%0%
February19°C72%0%2%24%58%17%0%
March20°C66%0%1%13%53%32%1%
April22°C65%0%0%0%16%75%8%
May23°C64%0%0%0%9%62%28%
June23°C65%0%0%0%13%74%13%
July23°C68%0%0%0%10%83%7%
August23°C72%0%0%0%3%77%20%
September24°C77%0%0%0%1%65%34%
October23°C80%0%0%1%7%55%38%
November22°C83%0%0%3%19%60%18%
December21°C80%0%0%14%48%36%2%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is March, with the sky 32 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is July, at 83 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is May, averaging 16.6 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 14, with 12 h 54 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 11 h 21 min.

Hours of daylight at Vīrarāghavapuram through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Vīrarāghavapuram in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1901. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station IN020040900, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.