Kuala Penyu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuala Penyu?

Kuala Penyu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,253 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1998, reaching 36.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuala Penyu?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1955, at 21.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuala Penyu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kuala Penyu warmed?

Yes: Kuala Penyu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuala Penyu?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1969, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuala Penyu?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1996, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuala Penyu?

The warmest month in Kuala Penyu is May (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuala Penyu?

Kuala Penyu receives on average 2,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 262 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuala Penyu?

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

Kuala Penyu (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,253 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (26.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kuala Penyu averages 0 frost days, 166 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 262 rainy days per year.

Kuala Penyu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 11 May 1998) and the coldest 21.5 °C (on 7 March 1955).

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 PenyuSabah

coords: 5.57°, 115.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

25.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,253mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

166 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

262 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

30.0 °C

Average peak gust

27.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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

36.9 °C

11 May 1998

Coldest day

21.5 °C

7 March 1955

Wettest day

199 mm

7 July 1969

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

25 December 1996

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

26 December 1996

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

12 May 2023

Coldest feels-like

23.5 °C

21 January 1950

Sunniest day

12.3 h

11 July 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C20 April 2025	24.6 °C5 October 2025	28.0 °C	2,899 mm	272
2024	35.1 °C26 April 2024	25.0 °C1 December 2024	28.4 °C	2,954 mm	314
2023	33.9 °C23 April 2023	24.0 °C14 March 2023	28.2 °C	2,427 mm	297
2022	33.5 °C2 July 2022	23.9 °C27 December 2022	27.6 °C	2,720 mm	250
2021	34.2 °C4 May 2021	23.8 °C23 February 2021	27.8 °C	2,311 mm	259
2020	35.4 °C16 April 2020	24.1 °C28 June 2020	28.1 °C	2,178 mm	294
2019	35.7 °C25 September 2019	23.9 °C2 March 2019	28.4 °C	1,780 mm	304
2018	33.6 °C26 May 2018	24.1 °C8 February 2018	28.0 °C	1,904 mm	291
2017	33.6 °C21 February 2017	23.5 °C9 February 2017	27.8 °C	2,709 mm	263
2016	34.3 °C8 April 2016	24.5 °C3 August 2016	28.2 °C	2,040 mm	299
2015	34.5 °C12 May 2015	23.6 °C13 February 2015	27.9 °C	1,933 mm	270
2014	34.8 °C7 May 2014	22.9 °C28 January 2014	27.5 °C	2,460 mm	209
2013	33.0 °C22 May 2013	24.4 °C7 October 2013	27.6 °C	2,255 mm	230
2012	32.7 °C20 June 2012	24.6 °C29 January 2012	27.6 °C	2,176 mm	251
2011	32.8 °C11 September 2011	24.2 °C1 February 2011	27.5 °C	2,426 mm	221
2010	33.8 °C26 April 2010	24.0 °C14 February 2010	27.8 °C	2,758 mm	274
2009	33.6 °C18 June 2009	23.0 °C6 February 2009	27.7 °C	1,996 mm	244
2008	32.9 °C21 August 2008	23.8 °C13 February 2008	27.3 °C	3,125 mm	221
2007	33.8 °C18 April 2007	23.8 °C30 January 2007	27.6 °C	2,727 mm	234
2006	34.6 °C6 April 2006	24.3 °C11 March 2006	27.8 °C	1,418 mm	270
2005	35.8 °C10 June 2005	22.9 °C20 January 2005	28.0 °C	1,411 mm	271
2004	34.4 °C22 April 2004	23.9 °C9 February 2004	27.8 °C	1,318 mm	258
2003	34.4 °C10 April 2003	23.5 °C24 January 2003	27.9 °C	1,366 mm	278
2002	35.1 °C11 June 2002	23.2 °C10 February 2002	28.0 °C	1,032 mm	288
2001	33.1 °C15 May 2001	23.9 °C31 December 2001	27.4 °C	2,092 mm	199
2000	33.3 °C31 July 2000	23.9 °C13 January 2000	27.4 °C	2,168 mm	198
1999	32.7 °C23 August 1999	24.3 °C8 January 1999	27.3 °C	2,429 mm	187
1998	36.9 °C11 May 1998	24.0 °C10 February 1998	28.2 °C	2,246 mm	261
1997	33.4 °C29 April 1997	22.9 °C2 January 1997	27.5 °C	1,532 mm	224
1996	33.0 °C15 August 1996	23.0 °C31 December 1996	27.2 °C	2,396 mm	187
1995	34.2 °C10 June 1995	23.3 °C16 January 1995	27.6 °C	2,062 mm	211
1994	32.3 °C12 June 1994	24.0 °C18 February 1994	27.4 °C	1,486 mm	186
1993	33.1 °C28 June 1993	21.6 °C30 January 1993	27.2 °C	1,923 mm	163
1992	34.5 °C29 April 1992	22.1 °C22 February 1992	27.4 °C	1,695 mm	187
1991	34.3 °C28 March 1991	22.9 °C7 January 1991	27.4 °C	1,753 mm	195
1990	34.0 °C30 April 1990	23.4 °C3 December 1990	27.5 °C	1,635 mm	223
1989	32.4 °C25 May 1989	23.4 °C29 January 1989	27.1 °C	1,886 mm	143
1988	33.9 °C26 April 1988	23.4 °C11 December 1988	27.4 °C	2,245 mm	205
1987	34.6 °C24 April 1987	22.8 °C15 January 1987	27.5 °C	1,910 mm	224
1986	33.0 °C24 April 1986	23.1 °C23 February 1986	27.0 °C	2,200 mm	135
1985	32.5 °C29 May 1985	23.1 °C13 January 1985	27.0 °C	2,169 mm	161
1984	32.1 °C1 April 1984	23.6 °C24 December 1984	26.8 °C	2,392 mm	108
1983	35.3 °C10 April 1983	23.6 °C16 January 1983	27.4 °C	2,126 mm	224
1982	32.9 °C26 November 1982	23.5 °C3 February 1982	27.1 °C	1,565 mm	175
1981	32.9 °C28 May 1981	22.7 °C28 February 1981	27.1 °C	2,750 mm	183
1980	32.8 °C29 February 1980	23.2 °C7 February 1980	27.2 °C	2,592 mm	163
1979	32.7 °C11 July 1979	23.4 °C17 January 1979	27.2 °C	2,202 mm	192
1978	33.7 °C1 May 1978	23.4 °C31 January 1978	27.2 °C	2,142 mm	162
1977	33.3 °C25 September 1977	23.6 °C12 February 1977	27.0 °C	2,350 mm	128
1976	32.2 °C29 May 1976	22.6 °C4 February 1976	26.6 °C	2,686 mm	87
1975	32.6 °C27 August 1975	23.0 °C25 January 1975	26.7 °C	2,635 mm	95
1974	32.7 °C14 June 1974	21.6 °C12 January 1974	26.5 °C	3,075 mm	89
1973	34.1 °C10 March 1973	22.7 °C3 February 1973	27.1 °C	2,676 mm	191
1972	32.4 °C24 October 1972	21.6 °C14 January 1972	26.8 °C	2,312 mm	146
1971	31.2 °C5 May 1971	22.9 °C28 January 1971	26.4 °C	2,458 mm	72
1970	32.7 °C11 March 1970	23.3 °C7 February 1970	26.8 °C	2,818 mm	105
1969	32.6 °C8 March 1969	23.3 °C6 February 1969	26.8 °C	2,988 mm	140
1968	32.4 °C7 June 1968	21.8 °C25 January 1968	26.6 °C	2,364 mm	109
1967	32.4 °C11 April 1967	22.4 °C4 February 1967	26.5 °C	2,098 mm	81
1966	31.5 °C8 May 1966	22.8 °C23 February 1966	26.4 °C	3,274 mm	66
1965	32.4 °C24 October 1965	21.5 °C27 January 1965	26.5 °C	1,881 mm	92
1964	34.0 °C11 April 1964	22.8 °C1 December 1964	26.8 °C	2,260 mm	131
1963	32.6 °C11 June 1963	23.1 °C2 February 1963	26.6 °C	2,453 mm	121
1962	32.7 °C6 May 1962	23.1 °C6 February 1962	26.7 °C	2,844 mm	97
1961	32.1 °C3 April 1961	22.1 °C19 January 1961	26.7 °C	2,078 mm	116
1960	32.3 °C9 June 1960	23.3 °C31 January 1960	26.7 °C	2,498 mm	107
1959	33.6 °C14 February 1959	21.9 °C14 January 1959	26.9 °C	1,847 mm	162
1958	33.4 °C26 April 1958	23.6 °C30 November 1958	27.2 °C	2,032 mm	199
1957	32.8 °C15 May 1957	22.4 °C3 January 1957	26.9 °C	1,970 mm	150
1956	31.9 °C24 April 1956	23.0 °C8 January 1956	26.3 °C	3,168 mm	57
1955	32.0 °C14 September 1955	21.5 °C7 March 1955	26.5 °C	3,062 mm	97
1954	31.7 °C3 May 1954	23.6 °C10 November 1954	26.4 °C	2,493 mm	44
1953	32.7 °C4 September 1953	23.2 °C2 January 1953	26.9 °C	1,700 mm	143
1952	32.9 °C20 May 1952	23.6 °C26 December 1952	27.0 °C	1,484 mm	172
1951	32.3 °C28 March 1951	23.0 °C26 January 1951	26.7 °C	1,815 mm	85
1950	32.0 °C10 June 1950	22.1 °C21 January 1950	26.4 °C	2,200 mm	55
1949	30.5 °C8 May 1949	22.3 °C30 June 1949	25.9 °C	3,391 mm	8
1948	31.6 °C5 June 1948	22.9 °C2 February 1948	26.1 °C	2,019 mm	24
1947	31.2 °C18 February 1947	23.3 °C21 January 1947	26.3 °C	2,678 mm	26
1946	30.8 °C2 June 1946	23.2 °C9 March 1946	26.1 °C	2,342 mm	14
1945	30.6 °C18 July 1945	23.2 °C25 December 1945	26.0 °C	3,139 mm	11
1944	31.3 °C4 April 1944	22.3 °C7 February 1944	26.2 °C	2,498 mm	28
1943	32.1 °C21 June 1943	22.7 °C3 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,687 mm	39
1942	32.0 °C11 May 1942	22.9 °C6 February 1942	26.1 °C	2,406 mm	42
1941	33.4 °C12 April 1941	23.2 °C1 February 1941	26.4 °C	2,268 mm	50
1940	31.3 °C14 July 1940	22.0 °C23 January 1940	26.2 °C	1,887 mm	31

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.6 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

272 d/yr

+106

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2899 mm

+646 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.3 °C	+1.4 °C	337 mm	+186 mm
Feb	30.1 °C	+0.9 °C	188 mm	+98 mm
Mar	30.4 °C	+0.3 °C	209 mm	+119 mm
Apr	31.0 °C	+0.3 °C	175 mm	+45 mm
May	31.4 °C	+0.7 °C	206 mm	+13 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+1.0 °C	140 mm	-54 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+1.4 °C	113 mm	-81 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+0.5 °C	303 mm	+103 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	312 mm	+79 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.0 °C	278 mm	-8 mm
Nov	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	331 mm	+65 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	+1.0 °C	309 mm	+82 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

20 Apr 2025

Coldest day

24.6 °C

5 Oct 2025

Wettest day

84.9 mm

24 Oct 2025

Windiest day

28.2 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

10 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

1 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

26 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuala Penyu?

Kuala Penyu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,253 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Penyu?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1998, reaching 36.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuala Penyu?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1955, at 21.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kuala Penyu?

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

Has the climate of Kuala Penyu warmed?

Yes: Kuala Penyu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kuala Penyu?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1969, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuala Penyu?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Penyu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1996, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuala Penyu?

The warmest month in Kuala Penyu is May (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuala Penyu?

Kuala Penyu receives on average 2,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 262 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuala Penyu?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kuala Penyu?

Yes: Kuala Penyu 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 Penyu?

In Kuala Penyu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 12 May 2023, and the lowest was 23.5 °C on 21 January 1950.

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