Jitra climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jitra?

Jitra has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,083 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2016, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jitra?

The coldest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at 18.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jitra?

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

Q: Has the climate of Jitra warmed?

Yes: Jitra warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jitra?

The wettest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 2024, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jitra?

The windiest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2016, with winds reaching 28.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jitra?

The warmest month in Jitra is March (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is November (25.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jitra?

Jitra receives on average 2,083 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 254 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jitra?

Jitra gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jitra (Malaysia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,083 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 March (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is November (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Jitra averages 0 frost days, 273 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 254 rainy days per year.

Jitra has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 18 March 2016) and the coldest 18.2 °C (on 9 January 1965).

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

JitraKedah

coords: 6.27°, 100.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.7°C

Average daily high

31.4°C

Average daily low

23.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,083mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

10.8km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

273 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

254 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.2 °C

Average feels-like low

27.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

40.0 °C

18 March 2016

Coldest day

18.2 °C

9 January 1965

Wettest day

157 mm

27 November 2024

Windiest day

28.3 km/h

25 February 2016

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

8 March 2004

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

24 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

19.0 °C

24 February 1968

Sunniest day

12.3 h

16 July 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C2 March 2025	19.7 °C3 February 2025	27.5 °C	2,346 mm	323
2024	39.2 °C25 March 2024	22.4 °C26 December 2024	28.1 °C	2,666 mm	322
2023	37.4 °C19 March 2023	20.7 °C17 January 2023	27.6 °C	2,671 mm	314
2022	36.6 °C29 January 2022	21.8 °C28 December 2022	27.3 °C	2,611 mm	307
2021	38.2 °C18 March 2021	21.2 °C23 February 2021	27.5 °C	2,126 mm	311
2020	39.0 °C14 March 2020	21.7 °C25 January 2020	27.8 °C	2,192 mm	321
2019	37.4 °C3 March 2019	20.8 °C5 March 2019	27.7 °C	1,781 mm	333
2018	36.4 °C5 March 2018	20.5 °C11 February 2018	27.4 °C	2,129 mm	320
2017	36.7 °C10 March 2017	22.0 °C10 February 2017	27.3 °C	2,453 mm	312
2016	40.0 °C18 March 2016	22.3 °C22 February 2016	28.1 °C	2,095 mm	315
2015	37.1 °C24 March 2015	20.9 °C18 March 2015	27.4 °C	2,006 mm	333
2014	38.9 °C27 March 2014	18.3 °C4 February 2014	27.3 °C	2,104 mm	317
2013	37.8 °C19 March 2013	22.3 °C30 December 2013	27.3 °C	2,145 mm	301
2012	35.5 °C13 February 2012	22.1 °C25 January 2012	27.1 °C	2,369 mm	318
2011	36.6 °C3 March 2011	20.1 °C21 January 2011	27.2 °C	2,121 mm	302
2010	38.9 °C8 March 2010	22.5 °C11 January 2010	27.6 °C	2,404 mm	315
2009	37.4 °C17 February 2009	21.2 °C11 January 2009	27.3 °C	2,184 mm	314
2008	36.4 °C31 January 2008	21.5 °C22 February 2008	27.0 °C	2,534 mm	296
2007	37.6 °C9 March 2007	20.7 °C7 March 2007	27.2 °C	2,468 mm	310
2006	38.1 °C7 March 2006	22.3 °C1 September 2006	27.3 °C	2,020 mm	315
2005	38.6 °C19 February 2005	20.9 °C26 January 2005	27.7 °C	2,064 mm	312
2004	37.3 °C29 February 2004	21.3 °C2 August 2004	27.5 °C	1,665 mm	331
2003	38.5 °C1 March 2003	21.3 °C19 December 2003	27.4 °C	1,817 mm	313
2002	39.1 °C17 March 2002	21.3 °C10 February 2002	27.6 °C	1,545 mm	331
2001	37.4 °C3 March 2001	21.5 °C5 January 2001	26.9 °C	2,273 mm	298
2000	35.9 °C11 February 2000	21.3 °C23 January 2000	26.8 °C	2,557 mm	282
1999	35.4 °C3 March 1999	21.0 °C7 January 1999	26.5 °C	2,754 mm	271
1998	39.7 °C7 April 1998	22.3 °C22 December 1998	27.8 °C	2,261 mm	293
1997	37.0 °C6 March 1997	19.7 °C3 January 1997	27.0 °C	2,062 mm	315
1996	37.5 °C7 March 1996	19.0 °C5 January 1996	26.7 °C	2,691 mm	273
1995	37.0 °C22 February 1995	21.4 °C14 March 1995	27.0 °C	2,520 mm	288
1994	37.9 °C1 March 1994	20.0 °C26 February 1994	26.8 °C	1,957 mm	297
1993	37.0 °C23 February 1993	19.7 °C23 February 1993	26.8 °C	2,369 mm	284
1992	37.9 °C22 March 1992	21.5 °C13 January 1992	26.9 °C	1,769 mm	276
1991	37.9 °C10 March 1991	21.1 °C7 January 1991	27.0 °C	1,916 mm	287
1990	38.5 °C19 March 1990	20.7 °C5 March 1990	27.1 °C	1,896 mm	288
1989	36.8 °C22 February 1989	19.7 °C15 February 1989	26.9 °C	2,038 mm	305
1988	37.9 °C1 March 1988	21.3 °C11 December 1988	27.0 °C	2,317 mm	292
1987	38.6 °C28 February 1987	21.2 °C4 January 1987	27.2 °C	2,243 mm	292
1986	36.5 °C18 February 1986	20.1 °C16 December 1986	26.7 °C	2,181 mm	283
1985	36.0 °C4 April 1985	19.4 °C17 January 1985	26.5 °C	2,150 mm	280
1984	35.3 °C7 March 1984	20.9 °C7 March 1984	26.4 °C	2,045 mm	286
1983	38.4 °C20 April 1983	20.6 °C24 December 1983	27.1 °C	1,782 mm	288
1982	38.1 °C26 February 1982	20.5 °C19 January 1982	26.8 °C	1,723 mm	297
1981	37.2 °C16 March 1981	20.0 °C13 January 1981	26.8 °C	1,766 mm	301
1980	37.5 °C17 February 1980	20.1 °C10 February 1980	26.7 °C	2,357 mm	282
1979	38.0 °C15 February 1979	20.8 °C22 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,984 mm	312
1978	37.7 °C11 February 1978	20.5 °C4 January 1978	26.9 °C	1,662 mm	296
1977	38.5 °C11 April 1977	20.0 °C16 January 1977	26.9 °C	1,622 mm	296
1976	38.1 °C1 April 1976	18.7 °C20 January 1976	26.2 °C	2,024 mm	272
1975	35.3 °C14 April 1975	19.7 °C27 January 1975	26.1 °C	2,047 mm	257
1974	36.7 °C22 March 1974	18.6 °C2 March 1974	26.3 °C	1,774 mm	292
1973	38.9 °C2 March 1973	20.6 °C2 March 1973	26.6 °C	2,067 mm	272
1972	36.0 °C19 March 1972	18.7 °C3 January 1972	26.3 °C	2,106 mm	293
1971	36.9 °C23 April 1971	19.5 °C29 January 1971	26.1 °C	1,974 mm	251
1970	39.3 °C2 March 1970	20.3 °C22 January 1970	26.5 °C	2,173 mm	263
1969	37.3 °C19 March 1969	20.0 °C6 March 1969	26.5 °C	2,065 mm	280
1968	37.6 °C8 March 1968	19.0 °C24 February 1968	26.4 °C	1,781 mm	271
1967	37.6 °C17 March 1967	19.3 °C18 January 1967	26.1 °C	1,880 mm	270
1966	33.3 °C19 April 1966	20.2 °C24 December 1966	25.5 °C	2,451 mm	167
1965	37.2 °C17 March 1965	18.2 °C9 January 1965	26.2 °C	2,094 mm	268
1964	38.4 °C24 March 1964	20.0 °C30 January 1964	26.6 °C	1,909 mm	281
1963	38.6 °C12 April 1963	19.0 °C14 January 1963	26.6 °C	1,566 mm	288
1962	36.3 °C1 March 1962	20.4 °C25 January 1962	26.4 °C	1,723 mm	306
1961	37.0 °C28 March 1961	20.2 °C19 January 1961	26.5 °C	1,439 mm	296
1960	38.6 °C14 March 1960	20.1 °C17 March 1960	26.5 °C	1,813 mm	292
1959	37.5 °C20 February 1959	20.4 °C20 December 1959	26.3 °C	1,824 mm	263
1958	37.7 °C27 February 1958	18.6 °C29 November 1958	26.7 °C	1,767 mm	272
1957	37.6 °C10 March 1957	18.4 °C5 January 1957	26.2 °C	1,903 mm	275
1956	37.5 °C4 March 1956	18.5 °C22 January 1956	25.8 °C	2,350 mm	231
1955	37.7 °C12 March 1955	19.3 °C13 February 1955	26.2 °C	2,231 mm	275
1954	36.4 °C15 March 1954	18.7 °C23 November 1954	25.8 °C	2,532 mm	234
1953	33.3 °C17 March 1953	20.1 °C8 December 1953	26.0 °C	2,435 mm	261
1952	34.0 °C7 February 1952	19.7 °C14 December 1952	26.2 °C	2,048 mm	273
1951	35.4 °C3 April 1951	19.7 °C30 January 1951	26.2 °C	1,409 mm	274
1950	35.4 °C9 March 1950	20.0 °C21 January 1950	25.9 °C	2,100 mm	234
1949	35.1 °C26 March 1949	19.6 °C24 January 1949	26.4 °C	497 mm	271
1948	34.8 °C22 February 1948	19.2 °C26 November 1948	25.6 °C	1,730 mm	172
1947	31.5 °C10 June 1947	19.8 °C25 January 1947	25.1 °C	2,781 mm	83
1946	32.6 °C27 June 1946	19.3 °C6 March 1946	25.2 °C	2,080 mm	120
1945	31.0 °C19 June 1945	19.5 °C27 February 1945	24.8 °C	2,479 mm	44
1944	36.3 °C21 March 1944	19.1 °C2 February 1944	25.7 °C	2,257 mm	177
1943	35.1 °C23 March 1943	19.4 °C20 March 1943	25.4 °C	1,883 mm	172
1942	34.1 °C14 March 1942	18.9 °C30 December 1942	25.2 °C	2,165 mm	122
1941	33.9 °C2 March 1941	20.1 °C29 December 1941	25.2 °C	2,490 mm	89
1940	35.5 °C3 March 1940	19.0 °C24 January 1940	25.4 °C	1,907 mm	146

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

323 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2346 mm

+263 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.0 °C	+0.2 °C	58 mm	+6 mm
Feb	34.5 °C	+0.6 °C	52 mm	-2 mm
Mar	34.8 °C	+0.8 °C	107 mm	-17 mm
Apr	33.2 °C	+0.4 °C	288 mm	+87 mm
May	32.6 °C	+1.0 °C	277 mm	+52 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+0.5 °C	165 mm	+14 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+1.6 °C	64 mm	-101 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	+0.9 °C	185 mm	-4 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.2 °C	237 mm	-13 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	276 mm	-28 mm
Nov	29.6 °C	-0.3 °C	608 mm	+366 mm
Dec	31.9 °C	+1.9 °C	30 mm	-98 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.7 °C

3 Feb 2025

Wettest day

136.9 mm

21 Nov 2025

Windiest day

22.7 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

6 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.3 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jitra?

Jitra has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,083 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jitra?

The hottest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2016, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jitra?

The coldest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at 18.2 °C.

Does it snow in Jitra?

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

Has the climate of Jitra warmed?

Yes: Jitra warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jitra?

The wettest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 2024, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jitra?

The windiest day measured in Jitra between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2016, with winds reaching 28.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jitra?

The warmest month in Jitra is March (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is November (25.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Jitra?

Jitra receives on average 2,083 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 254 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jitra?

Jitra gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jitra?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jitra?

In Jitra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 24 March 2024, and the lowest was 19.0 °C on 24 February 1968.

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