Beaufort climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Beaufort?

Beaufort has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,439 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1998, reaching 39.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Beaufort?

The coldest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1959, at 18.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Beaufort?

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

Q: Has the climate of Beaufort warmed?

Yes: Beaufort warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Beaufort?

The wettest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Beaufort?

The windiest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2001, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Beaufort?

The warmest month in Beaufort is April (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Beaufort?

Beaufort receives on average 2,439 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 290 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Beaufort?

Beaufort gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Beaufort (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,439 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 April (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Beaufort averages 0 frost days, 187 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 290 rainy days per year.

Beaufort has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 10 April 1998) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 14 January 1959).

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

BeaufortSabah

coords: 5.35°, 115.75°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

25.5°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,439mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

9.1km/h

Seasonal range

1.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

187 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

290 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

26.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

39.0 °C

10 April 1998

Coldest day

18.4 °C

14 January 1959

Wettest day

145 mm

4 May 2024

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

7 December 2001

Strongest gust

85.3 km/h

26 December 1996

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

20.0 °C

14 January 1959

Sunniest day

12.2 h

2 July 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C2 August 2025	21.4 °C25 September 2025	26.5 °C	3,040 mm	289
2024	37.0 °C26 March 2024	21.7 °C1 December 2024	27.2 °C	2,745 mm	322
2023	35.3 °C23 April 2023	21.2 °C8 January 2023	26.7 °C	2,353 mm	314
2022	33.7 °C3 July 2022	21.0 °C27 December 2022	26.1 °C	2,720 mm	273
2021	33.9 °C13 May 2021	20.8 °C16 September 2021	26.2 °C	2,654 mm	273
2020	36.0 °C16 April 2020	20.3 °C24 January 2020	26.7 °C	2,625 mm	304
2019	36.2 °C26 September 2019	21.4 °C14 March 2019	27.0 °C	2,226 mm	324
2018	34.6 °C26 May 2018	21.5 °C13 February 2018	26.6 °C	2,332 mm	315
2017	34.1 °C21 February 2017	19.9 °C9 February 2017	26.3 °C	2,615 mm	285
2016	35.5 °C2 April 2016	21.5 °C3 August 2016	26.9 °C	2,282 mm	316
2015	34.1 °C7 June 2015	21.0 °C13 February 2015	26.4 °C	2,300 mm	290
2014	34.6 °C6 May 2014	19.6 °C23 February 2014	25.9 °C	2,425 mm	244
2013	33.7 °C22 May 2013	20.8 °C17 September 2013	26.1 °C	2,584 mm	265
2012	33.5 °C20 June 2012	21.5 °C15 October 2012	26.1 °C	2,256 mm	279
2011	34.0 °C27 October 2011	20.6 °C23 July 2011	26.0 °C	2,636 mm	250
2010	35.5 °C15 March 2010	20.9 °C12 December 2010	26.4 °C	2,687 mm	299
2009	34.3 °C13 August 2009	20.7 °C7 February 2009	26.2 °C	2,275 mm	264
2008	33.3 °C21 August 2008	21.0 °C28 September 2008	25.8 °C	3,056 mm	262
2007	34.1 °C11 August 2007	20.9 °C29 September 2007	26.1 °C	2,878 mm	259
2006	34.3 °C6 April 2006	21.3 °C20 September 2006	26.1 °C	1,919 mm	288
2005	37.1 °C1 May 2005	19.5 °C18 January 2005	26.6 °C	1,646 mm	289
2004	35.2 °C26 October 2004	20.8 °C11 July 2004	26.3 °C	1,626 mm	268
2003	35.7 °C9 February 2003	21.1 °C24 January 2003	26.5 °C	1,682 mm	286
2002	36.4 °C19 December 2002	20.7 °C26 January 2002	26.6 °C	1,354 mm	301
2001	33.4 °C14 July 2001	20.6 °C30 December 2001	25.9 °C	2,280 mm	249
2000	33.6 °C17 July 2000	20.0 °C13 January 2000	25.8 °C	2,332 mm	226
1999	33.9 °C23 August 1999	20.3 °C19 July 1999	25.7 °C	2,488 mm	210
1998	39.0 °C10 April 1998	21.2 °C19 November 1998	27.1 °C	2,090 mm	274
1997	33.9 °C7 June 1997	19.0 °C2 January 1997	26.0 °C	1,996 mm	258
1996	33.9 °C17 March 1996	19.6 °C31 December 1996	25.7 °C	2,737 mm	199
1995	34.4 °C9 May 1995	21.0 °C25 January 1995	26.0 °C	2,398 mm	239
1994	33.4 °C8 August 1994	21.1 °C10 July 1994	25.9 °C	2,023 mm	220
1993	34.1 °C28 June 1993	18.9 °C29 January 1993	25.7 °C	2,402 mm	193
1992	36.3 °C27 March 1992	18.9 °C22 February 1992	25.9 °C	1,909 mm	234
1991	35.0 °C13 April 1991	20.1 °C7 January 1991	26.1 °C	2,026 mm	251
1990	35.0 °C30 August 1990	20.4 °C2 December 1990	26.2 °C	1,722 mm	274
1989	32.9 °C28 August 1989	19.9 °C10 March 1989	25.4 °C	2,044 mm	180
1988	35.1 °C26 April 1988	20.2 °C17 December 1988	25.8 °C	2,526 mm	228
1987	36.6 °C22 April 1987	20.4 °C14 January 1987	26.0 °C	2,289 mm	249
1986	33.6 °C27 April 1986	20.7 °C24 February 1986	25.4 °C	2,458 mm	166
1985	33.1 °C11 February 1985	20.0 °C14 January 1985	25.3 °C	2,344 mm	183
1984	32.6 °C25 April 1984	20.3 °C14 August 1984	25.1 °C	2,799 mm	134
1983	37.3 °C5 April 1983	19.9 °C6 January 1983	26.1 °C	2,355 mm	250
1982	33.5 °C5 March 1982	20.3 °C26 July 1982	25.5 °C	1,951 mm	206
1981	33.7 °C23 March 1981	19.2 °C28 February 1981	25.5 °C	2,738 mm	199
1980	33.3 °C25 May 1980	19.5 °C7 February 1980	25.5 °C	2,682 mm	186
1979	33.2 °C10 April 1979	20.1 °C28 February 1979	25.6 °C	2,549 mm	223
1978	34.0 °C27 March 1978	20.3 °C3 February 1978	25.5 °C	2,322 mm	186
1977	33.0 °C25 April 1977	20.1 °C20 December 1977	25.3 °C	2,717 mm	148
1976	32.8 °C29 May 1976	19.6 °C4 February 1976	25.0 °C	2,732 mm	123
1975	32.8 °C10 April 1975	20.0 °C7 February 1975	24.9 °C	2,935 mm	121
1974	33.0 °C14 June 1974	19.4 °C12 January 1974	24.8 °C	3,078 mm	111
1973	36.2 °C10 March 1973	19.3 °C3 February 1973	25.6 °C	2,800 mm	209
1972	33.0 °C24 October 1972	19.2 °C14 January 1972	25.1 °C	2,437 mm	164
1971	31.8 °C6 August 1971	19.7 °C28 January 1971	24.7 °C	2,703 mm	82
1970	33.8 °C11 March 1970	20.6 °C7 February 1970	25.0 °C	2,878 mm	118
1969	33.3 °C9 April 1969	19.7 °C6 February 1969	25.1 °C	3,004 mm	171
1968	32.8 °C7 June 1968	19.1 °C24 January 1968	24.8 °C	2,725 mm	129
1967	32.7 °C11 April 1967	18.8 °C23 February 1967	24.8 °C	2,262 mm	106
1966	31.7 °C3 April 1966	19.5 °C23 February 1966	24.6 °C	3,140 mm	79
1965	32.8 °C5 December 1965	18.4 °C21 February 1965	24.7 °C	2,197 mm	128
1964	34.9 °C11 April 1964	19.6 °C30 November 1964	25.1 °C	2,342 mm	168
1963	33.1 °C11 June 1963	19.9 °C24 October 1963	25.0 °C	2,616 mm	146
1962	32.7 °C6 May 1962	20.7 °C29 September 1962	24.9 °C	2,956 mm	121
1961	32.8 °C2 April 1961	18.8 °C19 January 1961	25.0 °C	2,392 mm	143
1960	33.3 °C9 June 1960	20.3 °C14 March 1960	25.0 °C	2,634 mm	140
1959	36.3 °C21 February 1959	18.4 °C14 January 1959	25.3 °C	2,169 mm	181
1958	34.0 °C12 March 1958	20.3 °C30 March 1958	25.7 °C	2,338 mm	219
1957	33.1 °C18 May 1957	19.1 °C12 February 1957	25.2 °C	2,178 mm	180
1956	32.4 °C24 April 1956	19.9 °C3 July 1956	24.6 °C	3,137 mm	91
1955	32.7 °C11 April 1955	18.9 °C7 March 1955	24.7 °C	2,990 mm	126
1954	32.3 °C3 May 1954	20.1 °C14 September 1954	24.5 °C	2,789 mm	60
1953	34.0 °C11 April 1953	19.7 °C20 April 1953	25.1 °C	2,030 mm	161
1952	33.4 °C15 April 1952	20.3 °C26 December 1952	25.1 °C	2,030 mm	153
1951	33.3 °C3 April 1951	19.4 °C26 January 1951	24.9 °C	2,181 mm	106
1950	32.1 °C10 June 1950	18.8 °C23 January 1950	24.5 °C	2,418 mm	64
1949	30.7 °C9 March 1949	19.5 °C1 July 1949	24.0 °C	2,741 mm	12
1948	31.4 °C5 June 1948	20.0 °C28 November 1948	24.2 °C	2,477 mm	24
1947	31.4 °C17 March 1947	19.7 °C22 January 1947	24.4 °C	2,938 mm	31
1946	31.1 °C13 May 1946	20.2 °C28 March 1946	24.2 °C	2,440 mm	16
1945	30.5 °C18 July 1945	19.8 °C26 December 1945	24.1 °C	2,683 mm	8
1944	31.0 °C15 June 1944	18.5 °C1 February 1944	24.2 °C	2,254 mm	20
1943	32.4 °C21 June 1943	18.9 °C3 January 1943	24.1 °C	2,003 mm	34
1942	31.8 °C11 May 1942	19.0 °C2 November 1942	24.2 °C	2,533 mm	43
1941	32.9 °C14 April 1941	20.2 °C28 January 1941	24.5 °C	2,395 mm	46
1940	31.1 °C14 July 1940	18.5 °C23 January 1940	24.3 °C	2,122 mm	24

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.9 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

289 d/yr

+102

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3040 mm

+601 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.8 °C	+1.5 °C	413 mm	+222 mm
Feb	30.6 °C	+0.8 °C	238 mm	+91 mm
Mar	30.9 °C	+0.2 °C	306 mm	+144 mm
Apr	31.3 °C	+0.3 °C	293 mm	+95 mm
May	31.6 °C	+0.9 °C	286 mm	+53 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+1.0 °C	109 mm	-76 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+1.7 °C	63 mm	-114 mm
Aug	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	282 mm	+94 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+0.6 °C	283 mm	+65 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	190 mm	-67 mm
Nov	30.4 °C	+1.0 °C	250 mm	-2 mm
Dec	30.6 °C	+1.3 °C	329 mm	+94 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest day

21.4 °C

25 Sep 2025

Wettest day

82.5 mm

6 Aug 2025

Windiest day

17.1 km/h

28 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

11 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

28 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.7 °C

6 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

26 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Beaufort?

Beaufort has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,439 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beaufort?

The hottest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1998, reaching 39.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Beaufort?

The coldest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1959, at 18.4 °C.

Does it snow in Beaufort?

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

Has the climate of Beaufort warmed?

Yes: Beaufort warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Beaufort?

The wettest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Beaufort?

The windiest day measured in Beaufort between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2001, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Beaufort?

The warmest month in Beaufort is April (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Beaufort?

Beaufort receives on average 2,439 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 290 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Beaufort?

Beaufort gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Beaufort?

Yes: Beaufort has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beaufort?

In Beaufort, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 20.0 °C on 14 January 1959.

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