Jelutong climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jelutong?

Jelutong has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,229 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2010, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jelutong?

The coldest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1976, at 22.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jelutong?

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

Q: Has the climate of Jelutong warmed?

Yes: Jelutong warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jelutong?

The wettest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2000, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jelutong?

The windiest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2024, with winds reaching 32.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jelutong?

The warmest month in Jelutong is June (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jelutong?

Jelutong receives on average 2,229 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 281 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jelutong?

Jelutong gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jelutong (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,229 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 June (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is November (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Jelutong averages 0 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 281 rainy days per year.

Jelutong has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 17 March 2010) and the coldest 22.0 °C (on 20 January 1976).

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

JelutongPenang

coords: 5.39°, 100.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthJuneColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.2°C

Average daily high

29.2°C

Average daily low

25.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,229mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

281 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.2 °C

Average feels-like low

30.1 °C

Average peak gust

24.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °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

34.0 °C

17 March 2010

Coldest day

22.0 °C

20 January 1976

Wettest day

176 mm

22 November 2000

Windiest day

32.5 km/h

17 September 2024

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

17 September 2024

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

12 May 2023

Coldest feels-like

22.0 °C

6 December 1944

Sunniest day

12.3 h

21 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.6 °C2 August 2025	24.5 °C31 January 2025	27.9 °C	2,360 mm	172
2024	33.1 °C25 May 2024	25.3 °C28 August 2024	28.3 °C	3,107 mm	243
2023	32.7 °C11 May 2023	24.0 °C17 January 2023	28.0 °C	2,931 mm	177
2022	31.7 °C18 January 2022	24.4 °C28 December 2022	27.7 °C	2,506 mm	134
2021	32.8 °C18 February 2021	24.8 °C19 August 2021	27.9 °C	2,361 mm	176
2020	32.8 °C21 February 2020	24.9 °C13 September 2020	28.0 °C	2,287 mm	188
2019	31.9 °C16 March 2019	24.5 °C11 February 2019	28.0 °C	1,863 mm	193
2018	31.9 °C12 June 2018	24.2 °C11 February 2018	27.7 °C	2,427 mm	131
2017	31.5 °C3 June 2017	24.8 °C24 January 2017	27.8 °C	2,676 mm	142
2016	34.0 °C26 February 2016	25.1 °C2 December 2016	28.3 °C	2,377 mm	204
2015	32.1 °C3 February 2015	24.1 °C18 January 2015	27.8 °C	2,073 mm	160
2014	33.3 °C9 March 2014	23.2 °C22 January 2014	27.7 °C	2,392 mm	155
2013	32.3 °C10 May 2013	24.5 °C30 December 2013	27.7 °C	2,302 mm	127
2012	31.4 °C13 June 2012	24.6 °C14 October 2012	27.5 °C	2,700 mm	109
2011	31.8 °C9 May 2011	23.4 °C21 January 2011	27.5 °C	2,611 mm	115
2010	34.0 °C17 March 2010	24.8 °C23 December 2010	27.9 °C	2,657 mm	171
2009	31.6 °C24 May 2009	23.6 °C11 January 2009	27.6 °C	2,520 mm	128
2008	31.8 °C18 February 2008	24.2 °C3 July 2008	27.3 °C	2,739 mm	78
2007	31.9 °C28 June 2007	23.1 °C1 February 2007	27.5 °C	2,667 mm	121
2006	32.7 °C9 February 2006	24.8 °C16 April 2006	27.6 °C	2,311 mm	130
2005	33.7 °C6 March 2005	24.4 °C6 January 2005	27.9 °C	2,034 mm	193
2004	32.8 °C13 February 2004	24.5 °C11 September 2004	27.7 °C	1,919 mm	157
2003	32.0 °C8 June 2003	24.6 °C6 February 2003	27.6 °C	2,260 mm	131
2002	32.5 °C31 January 2002	24.0 °C4 January 2002	27.8 °C	1,750 mm	180
2001	31.6 °C8 July 2001	24.4 °C4 January 2001	27.5 °C	2,381 mm	101
2000	31.5 °C15 May 2000	23.8 °C27 January 2000	27.3 °C	2,795 mm	78
1999	31.2 °C13 April 1999	22.8 °C26 December 1999	27.1 °C	2,712 mm	44
1998	32.6 °C29 March 1998	24.4 °C9 December 1998	27.8 °C	2,677 mm	158
1997	31.6 °C18 May 1997	22.8 °C3 January 1997	27.3 °C	2,152 mm	72
1996	31.5 °C20 June 1996	22.2 °C4 January 1996	27.2 °C	2,672 mm	82
1995	32.2 °C14 March 1995	24.3 °C13 December 1995	27.4 °C	2,492 mm	105
1994	31.7 °C5 June 1994	23.8 °C19 January 1994	27.3 °C	2,030 mm	73
1993	31.5 °C13 June 1993	23.5 °C31 January 1993	27.1 °C	2,462 mm	69
1992	31.4 °C17 June 1992	24.1 °C23 February 1992	27.2 °C	1,959 mm	74
1991	32.7 °C23 February 1991	24.1 °C20 October 1991	27.4 °C	2,137 mm	118
1990	32.0 °C22 May 1990	24.2 °C7 July 1990	27.5 °C	2,013 mm	112
1989	31.7 °C20 December 1989	24.1 °C14 February 1989	27.3 °C	2,292 mm	85
1988	31.8 °C13 January 1988	23.3 °C17 December 1988	27.5 °C	2,669 mm	122
1987	31.8 °C3 February 1987	24.1 °C15 January 1987	27.5 °C	2,421 mm	116
1986	33.2 °C10 February 1986	23.3 °C16 December 1986	27.2 °C	2,462 mm	66
1985	31.2 °C30 May 1985	23.8 °C20 December 1985	27.1 °C	2,361 mm	53
1984	31.2 °C21 June 1984	23.9 °C10 January 1984	26.9 °C	2,443 mm	40
1983	31.5 °C12 March 1983	23.9 °C24 December 1983	27.5 °C	1,814 mm	130
1982	31.3 °C5 January 1982	24.0 °C4 February 1982	27.2 °C	1,980 mm	85
1981	31.6 °C7 August 1981	22.8 °C14 January 1981	27.3 °C	1,878 mm	91
1980	32.7 °C18 February 1980	23.7 °C23 September 1980	27.3 °C	2,136 mm	105
1979	31.9 °C26 March 1979	23.8 °C30 August 1979	27.4 °C	2,020 mm	127
1978	31.6 °C16 May 1978	23.9 °C29 November 1978	27.3 °C	1,821 mm	78
1977	31.9 °C11 April 1977	22.8 °C18 February 1977	27.2 °C	1,711 mm	103
1976	31.6 °C25 February 1976	22.0 °C20 January 1976	26.9 °C	2,030 mm	56
1975	31.0 °C26 June 1975	23.2 °C22 December 1975	26.9 °C	1,955 mm	44
1974	31.3 °C14 March 1974	23.0 °C12 January 1974	27.0 °C	1,663 mm	73
1973	32.3 °C30 January 1973	22.8 °C30 December 1973	27.3 °C	2,178 mm	125
1972	31.2 °C13 July 1972	22.6 °C4 January 1972	27.0 °C	2,133 mm	36
1971	31.6 °C5 May 1971	23.5 °C22 November 1971	26.7 °C	2,188 mm	40
1970	32.4 °C19 March 1970	23.6 °C28 December 1970	27.2 °C	2,152 mm	92
1969	31.6 °C24 May 1969	24.1 °C15 August 1969	27.1 °C	2,159 mm	67
1968	31.7 °C3 March 1968	23.1 °C28 January 1968	26.9 °C	1,896 mm	31
1967	31.1 °C13 February 1967	22.4 °C18 January 1967	26.8 °C	2,011 mm	37
1966	31.0 °C30 April 1966	23.8 °C6 January 1966	26.7 °C	2,398 mm	14
1965	31.2 °C30 May 1965	22.7 °C9 January 1965	26.8 °C	2,316 mm	35
1964	32.3 °C22 February 1964	23.4 °C26 December 1964	27.0 °C	2,516 mm	82
1963	32.4 °C26 April 1963	22.3 °C15 January 1963	27.1 °C	1,583 mm	112
1962	32.3 °C25 May 1962	22.7 °C7 February 1962	27.0 °C	1,874 mm	75
1961	31.8 °C22 August 1961	22.5 °C19 January 1961	27.0 °C	1,576 mm	86
1960	32.0 °C14 February 1960	23.4 °C4 January 1960	27.1 °C	1,920 mm	83
1959	32.0 °C16 March 1959	23.4 °C18 December 1959	26.9 °C	2,019 mm	42
1958	31.4 °C15 April 1958	22.8 °C29 November 1958	27.1 °C	1,962 mm	89
1957	31.1 °C11 June 1957	22.7 °C5 January 1957	26.8 °C	2,073 mm	36
1956	30.5 °C27 April 1956	22.7 °C22 January 1956	26.5 °C	2,257 mm	13
1955	31.7 °C14 March 1955	22.4 °C13 February 1955	26.7 °C	2,229 mm	42
1954	31.1 °C7 June 1954	23.3 °C23 November 1954	26.6 °C	2,780 mm	12
1953	30.7 °C3 July 1953	23.5 °C9 January 1953	26.8 °C	2,545 mm	27
1952	31.4 °C19 January 1952	23.2 °C16 December 1952	26.9 °C	2,110 mm	28
1951	31.3 °C23 June 1951	23.8 °C2 January 1951	26.9 °C	1,596 mm	24
1950	30.9 °C20 February 1950	23.9 °C30 March 1950	26.8 °C	2,152 mm	29
1949	32.0 °C7 January 1949	23.7 °C12 January 1949	27.6 °C	302 mm	142
1948	30.8 °C20 December 1948	23.4 °C22 January 1948	26.6 °C	1,595 mm	7
1947	30.2 °C13 June 1947	23.4 °C29 December 1947	26.3 °C	2,815 mm	3
1946	30.9 °C24 June 1946	23.6 °C19 January 1946	26.5 °C	2,338 mm	23
1945	29.9 °C26 June 1945	23.0 °C29 December 1945	26.3 °C	2,739 mm	0
1944	30.8 °C15 June 1944	22.9 °C6 December 1944	26.5 °C	2,101 mm	9
1943	31.4 °C9 February 1943	22.9 °C9 January 1943	26.4 °C	2,156 mm	21
1942	30.5 °C16 May 1942	23.2 °C30 December 1942	26.3 °C	2,390 mm	3
1941	30.2 °C29 May 1941	23.6 °C6 February 1941	26.4 °C	2,697 mm	3
1940	30.4 °C22 August 1940	22.5 °C24 January 1940	26.5 °C	1,964 mm	13

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

+83

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2360 mm

+131 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	+0.4 °C	124 mm	+35 mm
Feb	29.4 °C	-0.1 °C	103 mm	+9 mm
Mar	30.1 °C	+0.5 °C	136 mm	-16 mm
Apr	30.2 °C	+0.6 °C	299 mm	+97 mm
May	30.5 °C	+0.8 °C	253 mm	+38 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	131 mm	-18 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+1.2 °C	57 mm	-103 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	+0.8 °C	150 mm	-45 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	197 mm	-47 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.8 °C	334 mm	+17 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+0.1 °C	528 mm	+265 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+1.2 °C	50 mm	-101 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.6 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest day

24.5 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

116.4 mm

24 Nov 2025

Windiest day

30.5 km/h

24 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

24 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

28 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jelutong?

Jelutong has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 2,229 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jelutong?

The hottest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2010, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jelutong?

The coldest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1976, at 22.0 °C.

Does it snow in Jelutong?

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

Has the climate of Jelutong warmed?

Yes: Jelutong warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jelutong?

The wettest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2000, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jelutong?

The windiest day measured in Jelutong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2024, with winds reaching 32.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jelutong?

The warmest month in Jelutong is June (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Jelutong?

Jelutong receives on average 2,229 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 281 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jelutong?

Jelutong gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jelutong?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jelutong?

In Jelutong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 12 May 2023, and the lowest was 22.0 °C on 6 December 1944.

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