Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahdol weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Shahdol: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirmiri (102 km away). In May its highs average 38.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Shahdol, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shahdol ranks joint 189th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 168th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Shahdol is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 171 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shahdol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 39.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 11 | 3.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 171 | 15.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 331 | 25.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 313 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 188 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 46 | 5.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 1.4 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Chirmiri in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Murwāra in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Rewa in MayIndia · 138 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Jabalpur in MayIndia · 145 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Satna in MayIndia · 153 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MayIndia · 158 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Singrauli in MayIndia · 167 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Korba in MayIndia · 173 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 14 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shahdol) is explained once on the Shahdol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.