Kuala Ketil climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuala Ketil?

Kuala Ketil has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,650 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Ketil?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1987, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuala Ketil?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1957, at 16.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuala Ketil?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kuala Ketil warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuala Ketil?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 2020, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuala Ketil?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1955, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuala Ketil?

The warmest month in Kuala Ketil is May (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is October (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuala Ketil?

Kuala Ketil receives on average 2,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuala Ketil?

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

Kuala Ketil (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,650 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is October (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kuala Ketil averages 0 frost days, 213 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.

Kuala Ketil 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 37.6 °C (on 28 February 1987) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 5 January 1957).

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

Kuala KetilKedah

coords: 5.60°, 100.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

25.5°C

Average daily high

30.2°C

Average daily low

22.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,650mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

1.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

213 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

276 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.2 °C

Average peak gust

26.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

357 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

37.6 °C

28 February 1987

Coldest day

16.3 °C

5 January 1957

Wettest day

183 mm

17 May 2020

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

19 January 1955

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

5 August 2009

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

19 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

17.3 °C

24 February 1968

Sunniest day

12.2 h

3 July 1961

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.6 °C31 July 2025	19.4 °C3 February 2025	26.4 °C	2,532 mm	286
2024	35.4 °C25 May 2024	21.8 °C26 December 2024	27.0 °C	3,717 mm	303
2023	34.3 °C11 May 2023	18.4 °C17 January 2023	26.5 °C	3,351 mm	289
2022	34.1 °C18 January 2022	20.8 °C30 December 2022	26.2 °C	3,136 mm	260
2021	34.9 °C14 February 2021	20.2 °C26 February 2021	26.3 °C	2,804 mm	277
2020	34.9 °C24 February 2020	20.9 °C8 February 2020	26.6 °C	3,224 mm	299
2019	34.9 °C16 March 2019	20.8 °C26 January 2019	26.5 °C	2,453 mm	308
2018	34.9 °C14 August 2018	19.9 °C11 February 2018	26.5 °C	3,220 mm	292
2017	33.3 °C18 July 2017	20.9 °C10 February 2017	26.4 °C	3,131 mm	277
2016	36.1 °C24 March 2016	21.4 °C22 February 2016	26.8 °C	2,297 mm	267
2015	34.6 °C27 March 2015	19.5 °C2 February 2015	26.4 °C	2,794 mm	299
2014	36.5 °C11 March 2014	17.8 °C4 February 2014	26.4 °C	3,102 mm	280
2013	34.1 °C4 August 2013	21.2 °C18 January 2013	26.2 °C	2,636 mm	263
2012	34.6 °C19 August 2012	21.0 °C25 January 2012	26.1 °C	3,262 mm	274
2011	34.2 °C9 May 2011	18.7 °C21 January 2011	26.0 °C	2,890 mm	258
2010	36.5 °C18 March 2010	21.1 °C17 January 2010	26.3 °C	3,034 mm	274
2009	34.0 °C18 February 2009	19.7 °C11 January 2009	26.1 °C	2,691 mm	278
2008	35.0 °C19 February 2008	19.7 °C22 February 2008	25.8 °C	3,445 mm	251
2007	34.2 °C10 February 2007	18.5 °C2 December 2007	26.0 °C	2,909 mm	254
2006	35.0 °C15 March 2006	21.0 °C26 January 2006	26.2 °C	2,895 mm	286
2005	36.0 °C20 February 2005	19.7 °C26 January 2005	26.5 °C	2,070 mm	284
2004	34.6 °C25 January 2004	18.9 °C2 August 2004	26.1 °C	2,343 mm	285
2003	34.7 °C27 February 2003	20.3 °C19 December 2003	26.0 °C	2,196 mm	262
2002	36.8 °C14 February 2002	20.2 °C4 January 2002	26.3 °C	2,173 mm	298
2001	34.1 °C9 July 2001	20.7 °C28 February 2001	25.9 °C	2,685 mm	246
2000	33.5 °C2 September 2000	19.6 °C2 February 2000	25.8 °C	2,977 mm	233
1999	33.6 °C5 August 1999	19.2 °C25 December 1999	25.5 °C	3,164 mm	190
1998	36.2 °C29 March 1998	20.4 °C28 February 1998	26.4 °C	2,908 mm	239
1997	34.5 °C29 January 1997	19.1 °C3 January 1997	25.8 °C	2,829 mm	256
1996	33.9 °C16 January 1996	17.7 °C4 January 1996	25.6 °C	3,106 mm	211
1995	34.0 °C25 January 1995	20.4 °C5 February 1995	25.8 °C	2,875 mm	241
1994	35.6 °C31 July 1994	19.3 °C18 January 1994	25.8 °C	2,761 mm	236
1993	32.8 °C4 March 1993	18.5 °C23 February 1993	25.5 °C	2,984 mm	201
1992	33.9 °C20 March 1992	19.8 °C12 January 1992	25.5 °C	2,288 mm	199
1991	34.3 °C24 February 1991	19.2 °C7 January 1991	25.7 °C	2,722 mm	237
1990	34.4 °C12 February 1990	19.3 °C4 January 1990	25.8 °C	2,294 mm	241
1989	34.5 °C21 December 1989	18.1 °C15 February 1989	25.6 °C	2,566 mm	235
1988	35.0 °C16 January 1988	19.0 °C11 December 1988	25.8 °C	3,134 mm	242
1987	37.6 °C28 February 1987	20.5 °C4 January 1987	26.0 °C	2,839 mm	239
1986	35.0 °C10 February 1986	18.9 °C16 December 1986	25.6 °C	2,544 mm	232
1985	34.0 °C22 August 1985	18.6 °C17 January 1985	25.4 °C	2,576 mm	223
1984	33.7 °C1 September 1984	20.1 °C30 December 1984	25.3 °C	2,970 mm	213
1983	35.1 °C5 February 1983	19.2 °C24 December 1983	25.8 °C	2,235 mm	245
1982	34.9 °C30 January 1982	19.1 °C19 January 1982	25.7 °C	2,395 mm	259
1981	35.6 °C7 August 1981	18.5 °C13 January 1981	25.5 °C	2,270 mm	235
1980	36.1 °C16 February 1980	18.7 °C9 February 1980	25.7 °C	2,696 mm	237
1979	34.3 °C24 March 1979	18.9 °C16 January 1979	25.7 °C	2,604 mm	280
1978	33.5 °C10 February 1978	19.7 °C26 November 1978	25.5 °C	2,030 mm	231
1977	35.2 °C31 March 1977	17.0 °C18 February 1977	25.4 °C	2,013 mm	229
1976	35.1 °C24 February 1976	17.6 °C20 January 1976	24.9 °C	2,281 mm	182
1975	32.5 °C15 August 1975	18.4 °C21 January 1975	24.8 °C	2,215 mm	174
1974	33.7 °C23 August 1974	18.0 °C2 March 1974	25.0 °C	1,981 mm	206
1973	35.2 °C15 February 1973	18.6 °C30 December 1973	25.3 °C	2,650 mm	213
1972	32.6 °C13 March 1972	16.6 °C4 January 1972	25.0 °C	2,585 mm	205
1971	33.4 °C10 February 1971	18.9 °C4 February 1971	24.9 °C	2,326 mm	175
1970	35.9 °C8 March 1970	19.8 °C21 January 1970	25.2 °C	2,327 mm	195
1969	33.8 °C7 March 1969	17.8 °C6 March 1969	25.3 °C	2,456 mm	213
1968	35.2 °C24 February 1968	17.5 °C24 February 1968	25.1 °C	2,210 mm	194
1967	33.0 °C13 February 1967	17.8 °C16 January 1967	24.9 °C	2,470 mm	190
1966	32.0 °C30 April 1966	18.8 °C16 January 1966	24.6 °C	2,976 mm	98
1965	34.5 °C27 July 1965	17.2 °C9 January 1965	25.1 °C	2,735 mm	215
1964	34.4 °C14 February 1964	19.1 °C2 February 1964	25.3 °C	2,355 mm	236
1963	35.5 °C26 April 1963	16.5 °C15 January 1963	25.2 °C	2,134 mm	237
1962	34.6 °C14 July 1962	18.2 °C7 February 1962	25.3 °C	2,130 mm	246
1961	34.3 °C23 August 1961	18.4 °C19 January 1961	25.2 °C	1,928 mm	253
1960	34.3 °C13 February 1960	19.0 °C2 January 1960	25.2 °C	2,331 mm	245
1959	35.6 °C16 March 1959	18.9 °C15 September 1959	25.0 °C	2,670 mm	181
1958	34.3 °C15 April 1958	16.8 °C29 November 1958	25.4 °C	2,336 mm	233
1957	33.0 °C8 March 1957	16.3 °C5 January 1957	25.0 °C	2,669 mm	172
1956	33.3 °C4 March 1956	17.4 °C21 January 1956	24.6 °C	2,885 mm	127
1955	34.2 °C12 March 1955	17.8 °C15 February 1955	24.8 °C	2,818 mm	188
1954	33.8 °C15 March 1954	17.8 °C23 November 1954	24.7 °C	3,239 mm	139
1953	32.6 °C29 April 1953	18.6 °C8 December 1953	25.0 °C	3,395 mm	167
1952	32.3 °C16 August 1952	18.2 °C15 December 1952	25.2 °C	2,666 mm	194
1951	31.8 °C1 March 1951	19.1 °C2 March 1951	24.9 °C	2,207 mm	127
1950	32.5 °C16 February 1950	19.1 °C5 January 1950	24.8 °C	2,495 mm	155
1949	33.6 °C24 March 1949	17.6 °C13 January 1949	25.3 °C	490 mm	203
1948	32.2 °C22 February 1948	18.1 °C18 January 1948	24.4 °C	2,344 mm	40
1947	30.9 °C10 June 1947	18.7 °C31 December 1947	24.1 °C	3,961 mm	8
1946	32.2 °C28 June 1946	17.8 °C6 March 1946	24.3 °C	2,903 mm	64
1945	31.4 °C8 July 1945	18.4 °C30 December 1945	24.0 °C	3,300 mm	14
1944	33.4 °C24 February 1944	17.4 °C8 February 1944	24.4 °C	2,318 mm	77
1943	33.7 °C16 February 1943	16.8 °C9 January 1943	24.4 °C	2,224 mm	97
1942	30.8 °C16 May 1942	18.1 °C17 February 1942	24.0 °C	2,853 mm	15
1941	30.8 °C4 March 1941	19.1 °C15 January 1941	24.2 °C	3,145 mm	13
1940	33.0 °C1 March 1940	17.3 °C24 January 1940	24.4 °C	2,093 mm	72

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.9 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

286 d/yr

+73

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2532 mm

-118 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.1 °C	-0.3 °C	186 mm	+52 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	-0.1 °C	154 mm	+8 mm
Mar	31.3 °C	+0.2 °C	226 mm	-3 mm
Apr	31.4 °C	+0.7 °C	408 mm	+127 mm
May	31.8 °C	+1.3 °C	226 mm	-14 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+0.5 °C	102 mm	-30 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+1.7 °C	37 mm	-97 mm
Aug	31.0 °C	+0.6 °C	156 mm	-10 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.5 °C	161 mm	-75 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	312 mm	-50 mm
Nov	29.0 °C	-0.2 °C	492 mm	+134 mm
Dec	31.1 °C	+1.7 °C	73 mm	-160 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest day

19.4 °C

3 Feb 2025

Wettest day

69.6 mm

25 Nov 2025

Windiest day

14.6 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

43.6 km/h

24 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.8 °C

3 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuala Ketil?

Kuala Ketil has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,650 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Ketil?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1987, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuala Ketil?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1957, at 16.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kuala Ketil?

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

Has the climate of Kuala Ketil warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kuala Ketil?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 2020, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuala Ketil?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Ketil between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1955, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuala Ketil?

The warmest month in Kuala Ketil is May (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is October (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuala Ketil?

Kuala Ketil receives on average 2,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuala Ketil?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kuala Ketil?

Yes: Kuala Ketil has on average 357 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuala Ketil?

In Kuala Ketil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 19 May 2020, and the lowest was 17.3 °C on 24 February 1968.

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