Climate
This town is known for recording coldest temperature in the Tamil Nadu plains during winter. The seasonal climate conditions are moderate and the weather is uniformly salubrious. The town experiences hot summers and cool winters.
The town gets its majority of rainfall during the south west monsoon period. September and October are the wettest months with around 400mm of rain being received in these two months. The town also experiences fairly frequent thunderstorms in late April and May, which gives necessary relief from the heat, along with the dip in night temperatures. The warmest nights are in May, when the town has an average minimum temperature of 23.4C. The coldest nights are in January, when the average minimum temperatures drop to 16.1C. May is the hottest month with an average maximum of 37.0C.
The highest ever temperature recorded in the town is 46.3C on May 7, 1976. The lowest ever recorded temperature is 10.2C on December 15, 1974. The highest 24 hour precipitation is 167.3mm received on November 4, 1966. The average annual rainfall being received in the town is 982mm.
| Climate data for Tirupattur (1951-2012) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
45.8 (114.4) |
46.3 (115.3) |
41.8 (107.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.0 (104) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
46.3 (115.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.9 (91.21) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.1 (61) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.2 (63) |
20.93 (69.68) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.8 (55) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.051) |
4.3 (0.169) |
8.3 (0.327) |
22.0 (0.866) |
103.8 (4.087) |
58.5 (2.303) |
124.3 (4.894) |
132.4 (5.213) |
192.5 (7.579) |
190.2 (7.488) |
101.8 (4.008) |
42.1 (1.657) |
981.5 (38.642) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 44 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department, | |||||||||||||
Nature of Soil The major group of soils that are found in the town are black and red varieties. The red soil constitutes 90 percent while black soil only 10 percent.
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