Climate guideThirty-year normals for Padam
Padam climate by month
Tundra · ETBest Sep–Nov
Annual mean-4°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation556 mm81 wet days a year
33.47° N, 76.88° EElevation 3,560 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goPadam · weather score
Best timeSep–Nov
October: high / low5° / -8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Padam has a tundra climate (Köppen ET): a short, cool summer and a long cold season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 15° and nights 4°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -11° and lows of -20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 556 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (56 mm, 15 wet days) and October the driest (19 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in October to 41% in February.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Padam is 17.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 15° · August
- Coldest nights
- -20° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- October · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 57 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -11° | -9° | -5° | 0° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 15° | 12° | 5° | -2° | -8° |
| Average low | -20° | -18° | -15° | -11° | -7° | -2° | 4° | 4° | -1° | -8° | -15° | -19° |
| Precipitation | 61 mm | 73 mm | 80 mm | 50 mm | 38 mm | 23 mm | 50 mm | 56 mm | 44 mm | 19 mm | 20 mm | 42 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Cloud cover | 40% | 41% | 40% | 37% | 34% | 26% | 29% | 28% | 20% | 18% | 23% | 35% |
| Daylight | 10h 10 | 10h 59 | 11h 56 | 13h 00 | 13h 53 | 14h 21 | 14h 10 | 13h 25 | 12h 25 | 11h 23 | 10h 27 | 9h 57 |
| Month score | 42 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Padam in every month
January42
-11° / -20°
61 mm · 5.2 wet days
February39
-9° / -18°
73 mm · 6.2 wet days
March38
-5° / -15°
80 mm · 6.8 wet days
April39
0° / -11°
50 mm · 6.7 wet days
May42
5° / -7°
38 mm · 6 wet days
June41
10° / -2°
23 mm · 7.2 wet days
July49
14° / 4°
50 mm · 13.7 wet days
August50
15° / 4°
56 mm · 14.7 wet days
September52
12° / -1°
44 mm · 6.3 wet days
October52
5° / -8°
19 mm · 2.4 wet days
November51
-2° / -15°
20 mm · 2.8 wet days
December49
-8° / -19°
42 mm · 2.9 wet days