Pangkalanbuun climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.3 °C and it receives 2,471 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pangkalanbuun?

The hottest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1949, reaching 34.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The coldest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2002, at 20.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pangkalanbuun?

Almost never: Pangkalanbuun sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pangkalanbuun warmed?

Yes: Pangkalanbuun warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The wettest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1986, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The windiest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2022, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pangkalanbuun?

The warmest month in Pangkalanbuun is May (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun receives on average 2,471 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 285 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pangkalanbuun (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.3 °C and it receives 2,471 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (25.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Pangkalanbuun averages 0 frost days, 172 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 285 rainy days per year.

Pangkalanbuun has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 14 February 1949) and the coldest 20.5 °C (on 15 August 2002).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

PangkalanbuunCentral Kalimantan

coords: -2.68°, 111.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

26.3°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,471mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

0.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

285 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

28.3 °C

Average peak gust

26.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.8 °C

14 February 1949

Coldest day

20.5 °C

15 August 2002

Wettest day

117 mm

5 November 1986

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

23 December 2022

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

10 January 2013

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

8 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

22.6 °C

6 August 1941

Sunniest day

12.2 h

18 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C27 March 2025	23.3 °C21 August 2025	27.1 °C	2,926 mm	260
2024	33.0 °C25 April 2024	23.8 °C13 July 2024	27.4 °C	3,412 mm	293
2023	34.5 °C7 October 2023	22.9 °C2 September 2023	27.3 °C	2,411 mm	287
2022	32.8 °C24 May 2022	23.2 °C17 July 2022	26.9 °C	3,172 mm	232
2021	32.7 °C26 February 2021	23.1 °C15 July 2021	26.9 °C	2,946 mm	231
2020	33.2 °C11 March 2020	23.0 °C31 July 2020	27.0 °C	3,426 mm	232
2019	33.0 °C11 September 2019	22.0 °C6 September 2019	27.0 °C	2,101 mm	275
2018	32.8 °C6 May 2018	22.8 °C28 September 2018	26.8 °C	2,689 mm	232
2017	32.9 °C1 May 2017	23.2 °C18 July 2017	26.9 °C	2,871 mm	232
2016	32.7 °C29 September 2016	23.0 °C19 June 2016	27.2 °C	3,418 mm	261
2015	32.6 °C23 September 2015	22.8 °C21 August 2015	26.9 °C	2,012 mm	271
2014	33.9 °C11 October 2014	22.9 °C7 September 2014	27.1 °C	1,969 mm	272
2013	33.3 °C17 October 2013	21.6 °C20 July 2013	26.9 °C	2,565 mm	233
2012	33.2 °C8 June 2012	22.2 °C29 July 2012	26.7 °C	2,305 mm	235
2011	32.3 °C29 August 2011	22.0 °C26 July 2011	26.7 °C	2,262 mm	236
2010	32.9 °C17 May 2010	23.5 °C11 December 2010	26.8 °C	3,206 mm	218
2009	33.2 °C12 September 2009	22.1 °C13 July 2009	26.9 °C	2,105 mm	258
2008	32.4 °C18 February 2008	22.8 °C2 July 2008	26.5 °C	2,662 mm	175
2007	33.1 °C7 March 2007	22.4 °C2 August 2007	26.6 °C	2,812 mm	189
2006	33.0 °C30 September 2006	22.4 °C31 July 2006	26.9 °C	1,831 mm	248
2005	32.6 °C12 September 2005	23.1 °C10 September 2005	26.7 °C	2,565 mm	215
2004	32.6 °C4 September 2004	22.5 °C8 August 2004	26.7 °C	2,317 mm	233
2003	33.0 °C4 March 2003	22.1 °C5 August 2003	26.7 °C	2,698 mm	215
2002	33.5 °C19 October 2002	20.5 °C15 August 2002	26.7 °C	2,075 mm	244
2001	32.3 °C19 March 2001	21.0 °C6 July 2001	26.5 °C	2,373 mm	201
2000	32.4 °C1 March 2000	22.6 °C19 July 2000	26.3 °C	2,615 mm	165
1999	32.5 °C2 February 1999	21.9 °C1 June 1999	26.3 °C	2,748 mm	182
1998	32.8 °C25 April 1998	23.2 °C6 December 1998	26.9 °C	3,356 mm	229
1997	33.0 °C2 September 1997	21.4 °C16 August 1997	26.8 °C	1,467 mm	285
1996	32.5 °C29 June 1996	23.0 °C18 July 1996	26.4 °C	2,868 mm	204
1995	33.1 °C18 October 1995	22.8 °C29 July 1995	26.5 °C	2,933 mm	191
1994	34.1 °C16 September 1994	21.5 °C20 September 1994	26.5 °C	2,301 mm	208
1993	33.2 °C8 October 1993	22.5 °C30 July 1993	26.6 °C	2,305 mm	221
1992	32.8 °C21 February 1992	21.5 °C7 August 1992	26.3 °C	2,799 mm	205
1991	33.1 °C13 September 1991	21.9 °C28 August 1991	26.5 °C	2,173 mm	223
1990	33.1 °C9 October 1990	22.4 °C17 August 1990	26.6 °C	2,214 mm	219
1989	32.1 °C19 November 1989	22.9 °C1 August 1989	26.1 °C	2,730 mm	164
1988	32.8 °C29 March 1988	22.1 °C23 June 1988	26.3 °C	2,944 mm	154
1987	33.2 °C16 September 1987	22.6 °C10 July 1987	26.6 °C	2,371 mm	250
1986	32.7 °C23 May 1986	22.6 °C19 August 1986	26.2 °C	2,772 mm	186
1985	33.2 °C21 February 1985	21.5 °C28 July 1985	26.1 °C	2,495 mm	165
1984	31.9 °C28 October 1984	22.4 °C22 July 1984	25.9 °C	2,981 mm	130
1983	32.9 °C12 March 1983	23.0 °C21 July 1983	26.4 °C	2,800 mm	190
1982	33.0 °C11 December 1982	21.2 °C3 September 1982	26.3 °C	1,923 mm	208
1981	32.4 °C3 February 1981	22.4 °C7 August 1981	26.3 °C	2,540 mm	196
1980	33.0 °C7 October 1980	22.7 °C24 January 1980	26.5 °C	2,274 mm	219
1979	32.3 °C22 February 1979	22.7 °C22 July 1979	26.3 °C	2,330 mm	205
1978	32.5 °C29 January 1978	22.3 °C20 July 1978	26.2 °C	2,920 mm	167
1977	34.2 °C25 October 1977	22.1 °C16 August 1977	26.3 °C	1,973 mm	175
1976	32.5 °C17 September 1976	21.6 °C8 August 1976	26.0 °C	2,001 mm	131
1975	31.7 °C20 May 1975	22.2 °C15 July 1975	25.8 °C	2,958 mm	99
1974	31.9 °C2 May 1974	22.2 °C11 June 1974	25.9 °C	2,246 mm	133
1973	32.2 °C5 February 1973	22.4 °C2 October 1973	26.1 °C	3,444 mm	143
1972	34.4 °C28 September 1972	22.6 °C10 January 1972	26.3 °C	1,558 mm	178
1971	31.3 °C3 May 1971	21.6 °C17 July 1971	25.6 °C	2,581 mm	84
1970	31.9 °C20 August 1970	22.5 °C29 July 1970	26.0 °C	2,653 mm	120
1969	31.9 °C2 October 1969	22.3 °C23 July 1969	26.1 °C	2,259 mm	130
1968	32.0 °C16 February 1968	22.3 °C5 October 1968	25.8 °C	2,835 mm	104
1967	31.8 °C9 September 1967	21.7 °C1 August 1967	25.7 °C	2,370 mm	88
1966	31.4 °C25 September 1966	21.5 °C22 July 1966	25.7 °C	3,194 mm	72
1965	33.2 °C9 October 1965	21.4 °C13 September 1965	26.0 °C	1,929 mm	132
1964	32.0 °C18 February 1964	22.2 °C23 December 1964	25.8 °C	2,834 mm	110
1963	33.4 °C2 October 1963	22.0 °C30 June 1963	26.2 °C	1,924 mm	190
1962	31.6 °C1 June 1962	21.5 °C26 January 1962	25.9 °C	2,592 mm	138
1961	32.7 °C15 October 1961	21.3 °C19 July 1961	26.1 °C	2,078 mm	169
1960	31.5 °C2 February 1960	22.3 °C7 October 1960	25.9 °C	2,693 mm	108
1959	31.7 °C15 March 1959	22.2 °C29 July 1959	25.9 °C	2,574 mm	98
1958	32.4 °C13 July 1958	22.4 °C19 September 1958	26.2 °C	2,948 mm	178
1957	33.0 °C24 September 1957	21.9 °C5 October 1957	26.0 °C	2,326 mm	138
1956	31.6 °C23 April 1956	22.0 °C26 July 1956	25.6 °C	2,733 mm	80
1955	32.2 °C21 September 1955	22.4 °C22 January 1955	25.6 °C	3,058 mm	79
1954	31.1 °C16 May 1954	21.7 °C12 September 1954	25.6 °C	3,038 mm	49
1953	32.2 °C23 September 1953	22.1 °C8 August 1953	26.0 °C	2,125 mm	108
1952	32.1 °C19 January 1952	22.4 °C22 September 1952	26.0 °C	2,173 mm	113
1951	32.0 °C17 September 1951	22.1 °C31 July 1951	26.0 °C	1,929 mm	113
1950	32.2 °C7 January 1950	22.0 °C1 September 1950	25.8 °C	2,215 mm	95
1949	34.8 °C14 February 1949	21.9 °C30 June 1949	26.2 °C	1,773 mm	148
1948	32.9 °C12 October 1948	21.9 °C24 February 1948	26.2 °C	1,225 mm	141
1947	32.0 °C21 October 1947	22.1 °C1 October 1947	25.7 °C	2,301 mm	46
1946	32.9 °C6 November 1946	21.5 °C14 August 1946	25.9 °C	1,834 mm	122
1945	30.7 °C30 April 1945	21.7 °C29 April 1945	25.4 °C	2,574 mm	28
1944	31.7 °C10 October 1944	21.7 °C3 August 1944	25.6 °C	1,985 mm	65
1943	31.2 °C17 May 1943	21.1 °C30 July 1943	25.6 °C	1,738 mm	61
1942	32.0 °C23 March 1942	22.2 °C18 February 1942	25.5 °C	2,504 mm	24
1941	33.2 °C11 September 1941	20.6 °C6 August 1941	26.0 °C	1,918 mm	104
1940	33.3 °C16 October 1940	21.6 °C16 August 1940	26.1 °C	1,441 mm	151

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

260 d/yr

+88

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2926 mm

+455 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.8 °C	+0.4 °C	309 mm	+86 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	+1.3 °C	161 mm	-38 mm
Mar	30.5 °C	+0.7 °C	322 mm	+84 mm
Apr	30.5 °C	+0.6 °C	232 mm	-10 mm
May	31.3 °C	+1.2 °C	186 mm	-23 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	304 mm	+137 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	+1.2 °C	120 mm	-19 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	+0.1 °C	222 mm	+97 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	-0.2 °C	276 mm	+119 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	286 mm	+68 mm
Nov	30.6 °C	+0.9 °C	203 mm	-66 mm
Dec	29.8 °C	+0.6 °C	306 mm	+18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

27 Mar 2025

Coldest day

23.3 °C

21 Aug 2025

Wettest day

90.6 mm

19 Jun 2025

Windiest day

22.6 km/h

8 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

8 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

1 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.5 °C

26 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

2 Feb 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.3 °C and it receives 2,471 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pangkalanbuun?

The hottest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1949, reaching 34.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The coldest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2002, at 20.5 °C.

Does it snow in Pangkalanbuun?

Almost never: Pangkalanbuun sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pangkalanbuun warmed?

Yes: Pangkalanbuun warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The wettest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1986, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pangkalanbuun?

The windiest day measured in Pangkalanbuun between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2022, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pangkalanbuun?

The warmest month in Pangkalanbuun is May (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun receives on average 2,471 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 285 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pangkalanbuun?

Pangkalanbuun gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pangkalanbuun?

Yes: Pangkalanbuun has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pangkalanbuun?

In Pangkalanbuun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 8 March 2016, and the lowest was 22.6 °C on 6 August 1941.

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