India Weather Records in 2023

2,648 weather records set or tied in India in 2023, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for India in 2023

2,648 weather records were set or tied in India in 2023.
1,480 were record highs and 626 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
12,800 records set in 2023 still stand in India.

Records per Year, by Type

2023 outlined

Records set or tied in India each year from 1931 to 2026, stacked by type. 2023 had 2,648.

Weather records per year in India, stacked by type, 2023 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1931	0	0	0	0	15,806	15,806
1932	0	0	0	0	15,589	15,589
1933	0	0	0	0	21,792	21,792
1934	0	0	0	0	12,742	12,742
1935	0	0	0	0	12,908	12,908
1936	0	0	0	0	18,652	18,652
1937	0	0	0	0	15,778	15,778
1938	0	0	0	0	14,964	14,964
1939	0	0	0	0	12,545	12,545
1940	0	0	0	0	16,718	16,718
1941	0	0	0	0	12,938	12,938
1942	0	0	0	0	14,347	14,347
1943	0	0	0	0	15,008	15,008
1944	0	0	0	0	18,851	18,851
1945	0	0	0	0	12,407	12,407
1946	0	0	0	0	16,521	16,521
1947	0	0	0	0	13,487	13,487
1948	0	0	0	0	14,658	14,658
1949	0	0	0	0	11,538	11,538
1950	0	0	0	0	10,113	10,113
1951	0	0	0	0	10,408	10,408
1952	0	0	0	0	9,931	9,931
1953	0	0	0	0	10,495	10,495
1954	0	0	0	0	11,751	11,751
1955	0	0	0	0	12,237	12,237
1956	0	0	0	0	14,029	14,029
1957	0	0	0	0	11,438	11,438
1958	0	0	0	0	10,804	10,804
1959	0	0	0	0	11,135	11,135
1960	0	0	0	0	8,963	8,963
1961	0	0	0	0	11,807	11,807
1962	0	0	0	0	10,609	10,609
1963	0	0	0	0	9,376	9,376
1964	0	0	0	0	7,535	7,535
1965	0	0	0	0	5,864	5,864
1966	0	0	0	0	7,764	7,764
1967	0	0	0	0	10,288	10,288
1968	0	0	0	0	6,813	6,813
1969	0	0	0	0	6,587	6,587
1970	0	0	0	0	6,906	6,906
1973	0	0	0	0	68	68
1974	0	0	0	0	103	103
1975	0	0	0	0	4	4
1976	0	0	0	0	11	11
1977	0	0	0	0	181	181
1978	0	0	0	0	209	209
1979	0	0	0	0	207	207
1980	0	0	0	0	163	163
1981	0	0	0	0	224	224
1982	0	0	0	0	163	163
1983	0	0	0	0	177	177
1984	0	0	0	0	181	181
1985	0	0	0	0	164	164
1986	0	0	0	0	214	214
1987	0	0	0	0	191	191
1988	0	0	0	0	167	167
1989	0	0	0	0	157	157
1990	0	0	0	0	283	283
1991	0	0	0	0	222	222
1992	0	0	0	0	163	163
1993	0	0	0	0	283	283
1994	0	0	0	0	403	403
1995	0	0	0	0	297	297
1996	0	0	0	0	265	265
1997	0	0	2	6	268	276
1998	0	0	15	8	225	248
1999	17	11	11	4	160	203
2000	17	8	17	49	217	308
2001	22	15	65	41	203	346
2002	388	89	179	43	166	865
2003	380	229	227	62	187	1,085
2004	635	301	256	197	198	1,587
2005	472	356	401	255	279	1,763
2006	791	384	355	214	294	2,038
2007	617	336	457	248	299	1,957
2008	736	716	389	542	367	2,750
2009	1,132	314	793	197	260	2,696
2010	905	449	940	203	328	2,825
2011	679	283	325	471	232	1,990
2012	984	224	516	534	221	2,479
2013	692	389	437	484	291	2,293
2014	946	419	298	156	251	2,070
2015	1,409	388	873	356	356	3,382
2016	747	61	976	241	294	2,319
2017	395	55	718	215	327	1,710
2018	292	72	495	316	323	1,498
2019	347	123	899	255	492	2,116
2020	239	150	755	267	516	1,927
2021	180	147	712	236	553	1,828
2022	538	279	653	276	405	2,151
2023	621	273	859	353	542	2,648
2024	617	157	1,491	169	431	2,865
2025	224	701	2,230	109	226	3,490
2026	99	216	1,460	6	10	1,791

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in India: 1990s 1.6 to 1, 2000s 1.8 to 1, 2010s 2.5 to 1, 2020s 3.3 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2023: 12,800

Records still standing in India by the year they were set. 12,800 of them were set in 2023.

Standing records in India by the year they were set, 2023 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1901	62,366
1902	9,650
1903	8,171
1904	9,689
1905	8,050
1906	13,037
1907	13,352
1908	7,558
1909	12,910
1910	9,655
1911	12,269
1912	9,527
1913	11,285
1914	11,449
1915	15,192
1916	11,480
1917	16,607
1918	9,225
1919	13,076
1920	9,768
1921	9,875
1922	10,255
1923	11,078
1924	12,072
1925	11,575
1926	13,978
1927	15,981
1928	15,167
1929	16,259
1930	14,746
1931	16,171
1932	14,883
1933	20,711
1934	12,414
1935	11,567
1936	18,212
1937	14,501
1938	14,351
1939	12,368
1940	16,449
1941	11,939
1942	13,432
1943	13,989
1944	18,520
1945	11,684
1946	16,249
1947	13,032
1948	14,659
1949	11,137
1950	10,072
1951	10,670
1952	10,118
1953	10,725
1954	11,580
1955	12,627
1956	14,919
1957	14,153
1958	15,277
1959	12,179
1960	9,549
1961	14,518
1962	13,978
1963	9,728
1964	7,857
1965	6,370
1966	8,310
1967	10,998
1968	7,350
1969	6,991
1970	7,713
1973	3,626
1974	3,171
1975	3,022
1976	2,121
1977	2,943
1978	3,421
1979	3,147
1980	2,257
1981	2,616
1982	2,118
1983	2,790
1984	2,772
1985	1,729
1986	1,909
1987	2,681
1988	1,648
1989	1,733
1990	1,808
1991	1,869
1992	1,587
1993	1,906
1994	2,088
1995	2,211
1996	2,048
1997	2,316
1998	2,448
1999	1,712
2000	2,184
2001	1,992
2002	2,528
2003	1,947
2004	2,525
2005	3,906
2006	3,100
2007	2,591
2008	3,534
2009	3,371
2010	3,841
2011	2,787
2012	3,407
2013	3,162
2014	3,112
2015	5,245
2016	9,651
2017	9,066
2018	9,465
2019	12,009
2020	9,473
2021	9,265
2022	12,905
2023	12,800
2024	12,345
2025	15,255
2026	4,456

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).