How extreme does Ranchi's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ranchi has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the M.O. Ranchi station 3 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ranchi has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

110°F Jun 1, 1995

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Ranchi (typical high near 93°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jun 1, 1995

2 110°F May 15, 2017

3 109°F May 20, 1978

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Dec 31, 1973

About 18°F colder than a normal December night in Ranchi (typical low near 50°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Dec 31, 1973

2 34°F Dec 20, 1976

3 34°F Jan 14, 1981

🌧️ Most rain in one day

15.87 in Sep 4, 1993

More rain in a single day than Ranchi usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 11.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.87 in Sep 4, 1993

2 10.31 in Oct 4, 1991

3 8.83 in Jun 29, 1994

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Ranchi's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 110°F is about 17°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Ranchi's warmest days reach the high 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 16 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at M.o. Ranchi, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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