Temperature and heat
Check past temperatures, hot days and seasons in your area.
Historical climate data, not a forecast
Typical is not the hottest. The “daytime high” on this page is the average of the daily highs, not the hottest day ever recorded. Figures are model estimates, adjusted to a nearby thermometer where one exists. All-time records are not shown on this page.
Daytime high
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Average of daily highs, latest full year
Night-time low
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Average of daily lows, latest full year
Very hot days
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Needs the highest temperature of every day.
Warm nights
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Needs the lowest temperature of every night.
How temperature has changed
Daytime high and night-time low over the years.
See the numbers as a table
Heatwaves
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A heatwave is judged on each day’s highest temperature against a local limit. We hold monthly averages of the daily high, which cannot show how many hot days came one after another. IMD declares heatwaves from weather-station readings, and we do not copy that definition from model data.
Warm nights
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This needs the lowest temperature of every night and a stated limit. We hold only the monthly average of the night-time low, so we cannot count warm nights.
Heat index (how hot it feels)
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The heat index needs temperature and humidity measured at the same time. Our data has no humidity, so we do not estimate how hot it feels.
Stay safe in hot weather
Simple heatstroke prevention tips and links to official warnings.
More on the Climate safety page. For warnings use IMD district warnings (opens in a new tab).
More detail: year by year, hot days, seasons, then and now
Typical daytime high and night-time low, year by year
Hot days
Season by season
The four seasons of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): winter (January and February), pre-monsoon (March to May), monsoon (June to September) and post-monsoon (October to December). Choose “Daily high” or “Daily low” in the card above, where your place has them.
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Then and now
Average temperature in the earliest years of the record against the latest years, for the place you chose. Both windows are the same length and are compared with the same 1991 to 2020 usual.
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What we cannot show yet
Heatwave days
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See the Heatwaves tab.
Warm nights
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See the Warm Nights tab.
Heat index (how hot it feels)
Not available
See the Heat Index tab.
How to read this page
- Daily high and daily low are typical values: the average of the daily highs (afternoon) or the daily lows (night) over a year. “How sure” says whether the number comes from a thermometer-adjusted estimate (medium) or the model alone (low).
- Hot days are shown only for cities where we have an estimate, with the error stated. They are estimates, not records.
- Change from usual compares each year with the 1991 to 2020 average of the same place.
- Earlier years. India starts in 1954 because the model reads too cold before that. The Time period setting changes where the chart starts.
Common questions
Common questions
Is the “typical daytime high” the hottest temperature my city has seen?
No. It is the average of the daily highs over a month or a year, so it is much lower than the hottest single day. Hot spells, the hottest day and all-time records are different things, and this page does not present any of them as a record.
Why is the figure for my city different from the temperature on the news?
News reports quote one day’s reading at one weather station. A city here is a model grid square about 28 km wide, adjusted to a nearby thermometer where one exists. It shows what is usual, not what happened on a particular day.
Can this page tell me when a heatwave is coming?
No. It shows past climate. For today’s weather and heatwave warnings, use the India Meteorological Department (IMD), and read the heat safety guides on our Climate safety page.
Data to September 2026. Figures from July 2026 onwards are early and can change a little. Refreshed about every three months. “Usual” means the 1991 to 2020 average. See Data sources and methods.