Kuala Kurau climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,426 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2024, reaching 32.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuala Kurau?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1963, at 21.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuala Kurau?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kuala Kurau warmed?

Yes: Kuala Kurau warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuala Kurau?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2007, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuala Kurau?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1969, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuala Kurau?

The warmest month in Kuala Kurau is June (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau receives on average 2,426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 293 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kuala Kurau (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,426 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is November (26.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kuala Kurau averages 0 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 293 rainy days per year.

Kuala Kurau has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 25 May 2024) and the coldest 21.3 °C (on 15 January 1963).

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 KurauPerak

coords: 5.02°, 100.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthJuneColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

26.7°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,426mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

39 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

293 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.7 °C

Average feels-like low

29.5 °C

Average peak gust

23.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

32.9 °C

25 May 2024

Coldest day

21.3 °C

15 January 1963

Wettest day

176 mm

2 September 2007

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

11 July 1969

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

26 June 2018

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

25 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

21.8 °C

6 December 1944

Sunniest day

12.3 h

8 July 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C31 July 2025	23.8 °C2 February 2025	27.5 °C	2,432 mm	129
2024	32.9 °C25 May 2024	24.4 °C25 August 2024	27.8 °C	3,472 mm	170
2023	31.8 °C13 March 2023	22.5 °C17 January 2023	27.4 °C	3,216 mm	91
2022	31.4 °C23 May 2022	24.0 °C31 December 2022	27.2 °C	2,813 mm	64
2021	31.4 °C29 May 2021	24.0 °C19 February 2021	27.3 °C	2,611 mm	77
2020	32.2 °C19 May 2020	24.3 °C13 September 2020	27.5 °C	2,568 mm	102
2019	32.1 °C1 May 2019	24.2 °C4 January 2019	27.5 °C	2,250 mm	97
2018	32.1 °C14 August 2018	23.8 °C12 January 2018	27.3 °C	2,609 mm	74
2017	31.3 °C17 October 2017	24.0 °C1 September 2017	27.2 °C	2,930 mm	80
2016	31.5 °C3 June 2016	24.3 °C2 December 2016	27.5 °C	2,415 mm	109
2015	31.1 °C6 July 2015	23.7 °C2 February 2015	27.2 °C	2,523 mm	51
2014	31.9 °C7 June 2014	22.4 °C4 February 2014	27.2 °C	2,654 mm	92
2013	31.9 °C24 June 2013	24.1 °C28 January 2013	27.2 °C	2,496 mm	78
2012	31.6 °C11 August 2012	23.8 °C19 February 2012	27.0 °C	2,831 mm	57
2011	31.5 °C9 May 2011	23.2 °C21 January 2011	26.9 °C	2,772 mm	41
2010	31.7 °C19 May 2010	23.9 °C8 November 2010	27.3 °C	2,751 mm	102
2009	31.3 °C25 May 2009	23.1 °C11 January 2009	27.1 °C	2,735 mm	70
2008	30.8 °C4 May 2008	23.9 °C7 April 2008	26.7 °C	3,083 mm	27
2007	31.4 °C28 June 2007	23.0 °C3 December 2007	26.9 °C	2,970 mm	50
2006	31.2 °C2 July 2006	23.7 °C5 May 2006	27.0 °C	2,767 mm	39
2005	31.2 °C13 August 2005	24.1 °C7 January 2005	27.3 °C	1,980 mm	94
2004	32.1 °C9 May 2004	23.6 °C11 September 2004	27.1 °C	2,277 mm	58
2003	31.7 °C9 May 2003	23.8 °C19 December 2003	27.1 °C	2,456 mm	53
2002	31.4 °C17 May 2002	23.5 °C3 January 2002	27.2 °C	2,181 mm	52
2001	31.6 °C9 July 2001	23.7 °C15 September 2001	27.0 °C	2,652 mm	52
2000	31.3 °C15 May 2000	23.3 °C28 January 2000	26.8 °C	2,858 mm	42
1999	30.8 °C13 April 1999	22.5 °C25 December 1999	26.6 °C	2,770 mm	21
1998	31.8 °C19 May 1998	23.8 °C9 December 1998	27.2 °C	2,660 mm	80
1997	31.2 °C18 May 1997	23.0 °C2 January 1997	26.8 °C	2,637 mm	29
1996	31.1 °C20 June 1996	22.5 °C4 January 1996	26.7 °C	2,676 mm	28
1995	31.7 °C14 May 1995	23.5 °C3 December 1995	26.8 °C	2,735 mm	39
1994	31.5 °C31 July 1994	23.2 °C11 December 1994	26.8 °C	2,380 mm	35
1993	30.9 °C13 June 1993	22.9 °C31 January 1993	26.6 °C	2,826 mm	24
1992	31.0 °C17 June 1992	23.4 °C23 February 1992	26.7 °C	2,328 mm	23
1991	31.2 °C12 June 1991	23.5 °C20 October 1991	26.8 °C	2,614 mm	41
1990	31.6 °C22 May 1990	23.7 °C9 August 1990	27.0 °C	2,163 mm	56
1989	31.0 °C21 July 1989	23.4 °C14 February 1989	26.6 °C	2,388 mm	21
1988	31.2 °C21 May 1988	22.8 °C16 December 1988	26.9 °C	2,849 mm	44
1987	31.3 °C9 June 1987	23.6 °C14 January 1987	26.9 °C	2,822 mm	31
1986	32.0 °C13 August 1986	23.3 °C11 February 1986	26.6 °C	2,486 mm	43
1985	31.2 °C24 June 1985	23.2 °C20 December 1985	26.6 °C	2,434 mm	25
1984	30.9 °C29 April 1984	23.4 °C28 January 1984	26.4 °C	2,711 mm	11
1983	31.1 °C25 April 1983	23.5 °C1 December 1983	27.0 °C	1,926 mm	51
1982	30.8 °C9 September 1982	23.3 °C5 February 1982	26.7 °C	1,950 mm	23
1981	31.6 °C7 August 1981	22.6 °C14 January 1981	26.8 °C	1,884 mm	55
1980	31.0 °C29 June 1980	23.6 °C18 March 1980	26.7 °C	2,271 mm	36
1979	31.1 °C7 May 1979	23.2 °C16 December 1979	26.9 °C	2,343 mm	52
1978	31.1 °C13 May 1978	23.4 °C26 November 1978	26.8 °C	1,817 mm	27
1977	30.4 °C25 June 1977	22.0 °C18 February 1977	26.6 °C	1,830 mm	17
1976	30.6 °C25 May 1976	22.4 °C20 January 1976	26.3 °C	2,058 mm	13
1975	30.6 °C26 June 1975	22.6 °C21 January 1975	26.5 °C	1,968 mm	9
1974	30.6 °C31 May 1974	22.9 °C9 January 1974	26.4 °C	1,775 mm	16
1973	30.9 °C16 March 1973	22.3 °C30 December 1973	26.7 °C	2,277 mm	38
1972	30.9 °C21 June 1972	21.5 °C2 January 1972	26.5 °C	2,222 mm	16
1971	30.9 °C5 May 1971	22.6 °C23 November 1971	26.2 °C	2,319 mm	9
1970	31.6 °C30 April 1970	23.5 °C26 December 1970	26.7 °C	2,095 mm	28
1969	31.3 °C24 May 1969	23.6 °C3 January 1969	26.7 °C	2,327 mm	39
1968	30.6 °C8 May 1968	22.5 °C28 January 1968	26.4 °C	2,076 mm	5
1967	30.1 °C7 May 1967	22.0 °C16 January 1967	26.3 °C	2,243 mm	9
1966	31.2 °C30 April 1966	23.4 °C6 January 1966	26.3 °C	2,513 mm	4
1965	30.9 °C30 May 1965	21.9 °C8 January 1965	26.3 °C	2,457 mm	21
1964	31.0 °C27 May 1964	23.2 °C5 December 1964	26.5 °C	2,687 mm	24
1963	31.6 °C27 May 1963	21.3 °C15 January 1963	26.5 °C	1,985 mm	20
1962	32.0 °C14 July 1962	22.2 °C7 February 1962	26.6 °C	2,143 mm	46
1961	31.3 °C22 August 1961	22.6 °C19 January 1961	26.5 °C	1,779 mm	40
1960	31.2 °C1 June 1960	23.1 °C2 January 1960	26.6 °C	2,257 mm	26
1959	30.4 °C30 May 1959	23.1 °C21 December 1959	26.4 °C	2,383 mm	15
1958	31.0 °C19 July 1958	21.7 °C29 November 1958	26.7 °C	2,301 mm	47
1957	30.7 °C11 June 1957	21.5 °C5 January 1957	26.4 °C	2,359 mm	19
1956	30.4 °C27 April 1956	22.2 °C21 January 1956	26.1 °C	2,327 mm	6
1955	30.7 °C12 May 1955	22.7 °C2 December 1955	26.3 °C	2,413 mm	22
1954	30.8 °C7 June 1954	21.9 °C23 November 1954	26.1 °C	2,958 mm	5
1953	30.3 °C16 April 1953	22.8 °C2 January 1953	26.3 °C	2,800 mm	13
1952	30.5 °C20 May 1952	22.5 °C15 December 1952	26.5 °C	2,317 mm	10
1951	30.3 °C13 June 1951	22.7 °C29 January 1951	26.5 °C	1,832 mm	2
1950	30.8 °C10 April 1950	23.0 °C5 November 1950	26.3 °C	2,254 mm	4
1949	30.8 °C14 February 1949	23.1 °C8 December 1949	27.0 °C	334 mm	59
1948	30.1 °C11 June 1948	22.6 °C15 November 1948	26.1 °C	1,900 mm	3
1947	30.1 °C10 June 1947	22.7 °C9 November 1947	25.9 °C	3,133 mm	3
1946	30.8 °C21 June 1946	22.4 °C6 March 1946	26.1 °C	2,564 mm	19
1945	30.0 °C12 June 1945	22.4 °C29 December 1945	25.9 °C	2,996 mm	1
1944	30.3 °C14 June 1944	22.3 °C8 February 1944	26.0 °C	2,147 mm	3
1943	30.9 °C27 May 1943	22.0 °C9 January 1943	25.9 °C	2,196 mm	8
1942	30.0 °C16 May 1942	22.0 °C15 November 1942	25.8 °C	2,759 mm	1
1941	30.2 °C29 May 1941	22.9 °C27 September 1941	26.0 °C	2,698 mm	3
1940	30.6 °C22 August 1940	21.9 °C24 January 1940	26.2 °C	1,979 mm	18

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

129 d/yr

+90

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2432 mm

+6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.9 °C	+0.6 °C	238 mm	+75 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	+0.3 °C	159 mm	+9 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+0.7 °C	183 mm	-20 mm
Apr	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	328 mm	+93 mm
May	30.2 °C	+0.8 °C	195 mm	-13 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+0.6 °C	62 mm	-58 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+1.5 °C	34 mm	-96 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	+1.0 °C	106 mm	-53 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.3 °C	171 mm	-40 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	292 mm	-17 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	+0.2 °C	517 mm	+211 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+0.9 °C	148 mm	-85 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest day

23.8 °C

2 Feb 2025

Wettest day

91.9 mm

24 Nov 2025

Windiest day

24.1 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.8 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 2,426 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Kurau?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2024, reaching 32.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuala Kurau?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1963, at 21.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kuala Kurau?

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

Has the climate of Kuala Kurau warmed?

Yes: Kuala Kurau warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kuala Kurau?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2007, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuala Kurau?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Kurau between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1969, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuala Kurau?

The warmest month in Kuala Kurau is June (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau receives on average 2,426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 293 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuala Kurau?

Kuala Kurau gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kuala Kurau?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuala Kurau?

In Kuala Kurau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 25 May 2024, and the lowest was 21.8 °C on 6 December 1944.

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