Climate
Under the Köppen climate classification, Pattalam has a tropical savanna climate with a short dry season from June to September and a second dry season from January to March. The wet season is mainly from October to December. Temperatures remain steady throughout the year with little variations in between.
| Climate data for Puttalam | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.7 (92.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.0 (95) |
34.6 (94.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.3 (93.7) |
37.5 (99.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.1 (88) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.8 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.17) |
40 (1.57) |
66 (2.6) |
176 (6.93) |
95 (3.74) |
42 (1.65) |
16 (0.63) |
16 (0.63) |
64 (2.52) |
238 (9.37) |
249 (9.8) |
138 (5.43) |
1,195 (47.05) |
| % humidity | 70 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 72 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
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