Climate
The district has a generally humid climate with a very hot season extending from March to May. The rainy season is during the South West Monsoon, which sets in the first week of June and extends up to September. The North East Monsoon extends from the second half of October through November. The average annual rainfall is 3266 mm. The best weather is found in towards the end of the year, in December and January — the skies are clear, and the air is crisp. The highest temperature recorded was 39.4 °C in March 1975. The lowest was 14 °C recorded on 26 December 1975.
| Climate data for Kozhikode | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
32 (90) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.4 (90.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25 (77) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24 (75) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.106) |
3.4 (0.134) |
21.4 (0.843) |
90.2 (3.551) |
310.9 (12.24) |
818.2 (32.213) |
902.5 (35.531) |
447.3 (17.61) |
233.4 (9.189) |
263.5 (10.374) |
136.6 (5.378) |
35 (1.38) |
3,284.6 (129.315) |
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