Lahad Datu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,937 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lahad Datu?

The hottest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2019, reaching 33.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lahad Datu?

The coldest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1993, at 21.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lahad Datu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lahad Datu warmed?

Yes: Lahad Datu warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lahad Datu?

The wettest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1976, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lahad Datu?

The windiest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1996, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lahad Datu?

The warmest month in Lahad Datu is May (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu receives on average 1,937 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 313 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lahad Datu (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,937 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Lahad Datu averages 0 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 313 rainy days per year.

Lahad Datu has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 7 April 2019) and the coldest 21.0 °C (on 29 January 1993).

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

Lahad DatuSabah

coords: 5.02°, 118.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

26.2°C

Average daily high

29.1°C

Average daily low

24.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,937mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

10.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

85 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

313 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.0 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

22.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

33.3 °C

7 April 2019

Coldest day

21.0 °C

29 January 1993

Wettest day

137 mm

26 January 1976

Windiest day

32.2 km/h

26 December 1996

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

14 October 1970

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

9 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

22.6 °C

29 January 1993

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 June 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.4 °C27 July 2025	23.7 °C22 March 2025	27.0 °C	2,515 mm	206
2024	33.1 °C23 October 2024	23.6 °C13 March 2024	27.5 °C	2,031 mm	260
2023	33.0 °C9 August 2023	23.0 °C4 January 2023	27.1 °C	2,111 mm	235
2022	31.8 °C12 April 2022	23.3 °C21 February 2022	26.6 °C	2,508 mm	169
2021	32.2 °C12 October 2021	23.0 °C18 January 2021	26.7 °C	2,247 mm	166
2020	33.1 °C9 April 2020	23.6 °C21 February 2020	27.1 °C	1,903 mm	226
2019	33.3 °C7 April 2019	22.8 °C1 March 2019	27.3 °C	1,502 mm	284
2018	31.9 °C20 July 2018	23.5 °C9 February 2018	26.9 °C	1,915 mm	216
2017	33.1 °C20 October 2017	23.4 °C23 January 2017	26.8 °C	2,291 mm	191
2016	33.0 °C24 March 2016	23.9 °C1 February 2016	27.2 °C	2,054 mm	243
2015	32.9 °C2 May 2015	23.0 °C6 March 2015	27.0 °C	1,413 mm	228
2014	32.2 °C13 April 2014	22.5 °C28 January 2014	26.6 °C	1,989 mm	183
2013	31.7 °C24 September 2013	23.3 °C2 February 2013	26.6 °C	2,219 mm	134
2012	31.4 °C1 August 2012	23.4 °C29 January 2012	26.5 °C	2,370 mm	127
2011	31.5 °C1 October 2011	23.2 °C13 February 2011	26.5 °C	2,483 mm	116
2010	32.3 °C26 April 2010	22.7 °C9 February 2010	26.8 °C	1,850 mm	169
2009	31.8 °C19 September 2009	22.3 °C5 February 2009	26.7 °C	2,011 mm	170
2008	31.4 °C21 September 2008	22.9 °C12 February 2008	26.3 °C	2,298 mm	105
2007	31.6 °C9 May 2007	23.1 °C28 February 2007	26.5 °C	1,960 mm	121
2006	31.1 °C27 October 2006	23.3 °C24 January 2006	26.6 °C	1,758 mm	130
2005	32.1 °C24 April 2005	21.9 °C17 January 2005	26.8 °C	1,507 mm	198
2004	31.8 °C29 April 2004	23.0 °C19 February 2004	26.6 °C	1,511 mm	160
2003	32.4 °C23 April 2003	22.9 °C26 February 2003	26.6 °C	1,569 mm	140
2002	32.5 °C9 August 2002	22.5 °C8 February 2002	26.8 °C	1,432 mm	204
2001	31.9 °C6 May 2001	22.8 °C30 December 2001	26.4 °C	1,963 mm	119
2000	31.4 °C6 May 2000	22.8 °C19 January 2000	26.3 °C	2,123 mm	96
1999	31.4 °C10 June 1999	23.1 °C2 October 1999	26.3 °C	2,282 mm	68
1998	33.0 °C27 March 1998	23.3 °C21 January 1998	27.0 °C	1,693 mm	196
1997	32.7 °C18 October 1997	22.2 °C2 January 1997	26.6 °C	1,340 mm	177
1996	32.3 °C9 April 1996	22.2 °C31 December 1996	26.3 °C	2,118 mm	107
1995	31.5 °C5 May 1995	22.2 °C14 January 1995	26.4 °C	1,788 mm	91
1994	31.5 °C4 April 1994	21.5 °C23 February 1994	26.4 °C	1,748 mm	105
1993	31.3 °C29 April 1993	21.0 °C29 January 1993	26.3 °C	1,582 mm	91
1992	33.0 °C20 April 1992	21.9 °C21 February 1992	26.5 °C	1,504 mm	146
1991	32.0 °C17 April 1991	22.3 °C5 January 1991	26.4 °C	1,589 mm	122
1990	31.8 °C22 April 1990	22.3 °C25 February 1990	26.5 °C	1,668 mm	118
1989	31.1 °C30 July 1989	22.5 °C14 February 1989	26.1 °C	1,988 mm	66
1988	31.9 °C26 October 1988	22.8 °C11 December 1988	26.4 °C	2,011 mm	100
1987	31.8 °C26 April 1987	22.3 °C14 January 1987	26.5 °C	1,648 mm	147
1986	31.6 °C9 May 1986	22.0 °C18 February 1986	26.1 °C	1,930 mm	69
1985	31.3 °C21 June 1985	22.1 °C12 January 1985	26.0 °C	1,810 mm	45
1984	30.9 °C28 August 1984	22.8 °C29 January 1984	25.8 °C	2,367 mm	26
1983	32.3 °C13 April 1983	22.8 °C15 February 1983	26.4 °C	1,641 mm	88
1982	31.1 °C27 March 1982	23.0 °C18 January 1982	26.1 °C	1,682 mm	41
1981	31.3 °C23 August 1981	22.6 °C24 January 1981	26.1 °C	1,902 mm	50
1980	30.9 °C9 May 1980	22.8 °C26 January 1980	26.2 °C	2,005 mm	57
1979	31.8 °C3 October 1979	22.5 °C11 January 1979	26.3 °C	1,925 mm	69
1978	31.2 °C10 October 1978	22.8 °C9 January 1978	26.2 °C	2,156 mm	44
1977	31.0 °C13 September 1977	22.8 °C25 February 1977	26.0 °C	2,276 mm	27
1976	30.8 °C8 April 1976	22.2 °C27 January 1976	25.8 °C	2,119 mm	18
1975	30.7 °C18 August 1975	22.3 °C24 January 1975	25.7 °C	2,179 mm	14
1974	31.1 °C28 October 1974	22.2 °C12 January 1974	25.7 °C	2,261 mm	21
1973	31.3 °C12 April 1973	22.4 °C1 February 1973	26.0 °C	2,192 mm	30
1972	30.9 °C17 July 1972	21.7 °C14 January 1972	26.0 °C	1,634 mm	26
1971	31.2 °C6 October 1971	22.3 °C19 January 1971	25.6 °C	2,100 mm	27
1970	31.3 °C17 March 1970	22.9 °C17 January 1970	25.9 °C	2,351 mm	15
1969	31.7 °C23 April 1969	22.4 °C9 January 1969	26.0 °C	2,005 mm	37
1968	30.7 °C5 September 1968	21.5 °C20 February 1968	25.7 °C	1,987 mm	12
1967	30.7 °C7 April 1967	21.7 °C4 February 1967	25.6 °C	1,805 mm	13
1966	30.1 °C1 May 1966	21.8 °C29 March 1966	25.7 °C	1,972 mm	2
1965	30.1 °C25 July 1965	21.4 °C14 January 1965	25.6 °C	1,760 mm	4
1964	30.5 °C21 May 1964	22.4 °C28 December 1964	25.8 °C	1,980 mm	9
1963	31.3 °C23 April 1963	22.2 °C28 February 1963	25.8 °C	2,070 mm	42
1962	31.0 °C30 July 1962	22.3 °C5 February 1962	25.7 °C	2,421 mm	16
1961	30.9 °C14 September 1961	21.6 °C22 January 1961	25.8 °C	1,845 mm	37
1960	31.1 °C7 October 1960	22.0 °C23 January 1960	25.9 °C	2,033 mm	35
1959	30.9 °C17 April 1959	22.1 °C22 January 1959	25.9 °C	1,834 mm	29
1958	31.9 °C10 April 1958	22.9 °C8 January 1958	26.1 °C	1,768 mm	55
1957	30.5 °C2 July 1957	22.6 °C5 February 1957	25.9 °C	1,901 mm	10
1956	30.5 °C6 July 1956	22.3 °C10 January 1956	25.5 °C	2,329 mm	10
1955	30.5 °C17 April 1955	22.4 °C27 December 1955	25.5 °C	2,324 mm	10
1954	30.4 °C13 May 1954	22.9 °C29 July 1954	25.6 °C	2,164 mm	4
1953	31.2 °C23 April 1953	22.8 °C7 January 1953	26.0 °C	1,475 mm	36
1952	30.9 °C11 May 1952	22.9 °C24 December 1952	26.0 °C	1,592 mm	19
1951	30.9 °C12 August 1951	22.2 °C3 January 1951	25.8 °C	1,545 mm	16
1950	30.1 °C8 March 1950	22.2 °C14 February 1950	25.6 °C	1,859 mm	4
1949	29.9 °C10 December 1949	22.1 °C27 February 1949	25.3 °C	2,849 mm	0
1948	30.2 °C5 November 1948	22.3 °C6 January 1948	25.4 °C	1,900 mm	1
1947	29.8 °C21 April 1947	22.3 °C19 January 1947	25.6 °C	1,960 mm	0
1946	30.3 °C21 June 1946	22.4 °C23 December 1946	25.6 °C	1,810 mm	4
1945	29.9 °C7 October 1945	22.3 °C14 February 1945	25.5 °C	2,243 mm	0
1944	31.8 °C3 May 1944	21.9 °C7 February 1944	25.8 °C	1,625 mm	34
1943	30.3 °C18 June 1943	21.6 °C18 March 1943	25.2 °C	1,618 mm	7
1942	30.6 °C20 March 1942	22.2 °C4 March 1942	25.6 °C	1,609 mm	10
1941	30.5 °C14 April 1941	22.0 °C9 February 1941	25.7 °C	1,694 mm	4
1940	31.0 °C9 September 1940	21.7 °C14 February 1940	25.7 °C	1,583 mm	17

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.9 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

206 d/yr

+121

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2515 mm

+578 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+1.2 °C	246 mm	+83 mm
Feb	29.1 °C	+0.7 °C	188 mm	+61 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+0.4 °C	380 mm	+253 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	+0.4 °C	175 mm	+49 mm
May	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	198 mm	+12 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	158 mm	-21 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	+1.6 °C	113 mm	-51 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	219 mm	+54 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+0.6 °C	218 mm	+37 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+0.5 °C	209 mm	+8 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+1.3 °C	226 mm	+63 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+1.2 °C	186 mm	+29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.4 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

23.7 °C

22 Mar 2025

Wettest day

91.1 mm

20 Mar 2025

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

36.0 km/h

28 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.4 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,937 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lahad Datu?

The hottest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2019, reaching 33.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lahad Datu?

The coldest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1993, at 21.0 °C.

Does it snow in Lahad Datu?

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

Has the climate of Lahad Datu warmed?

Yes: Lahad Datu warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lahad Datu?

The wettest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1976, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lahad Datu?

The windiest day measured in Lahad Datu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1996, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lahad Datu?

The warmest month in Lahad Datu is May (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu receives on average 1,937 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 313 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lahad Datu?

Lahad Datu gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lahad Datu?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lahad Datu?

In Lahad Datu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 9 August 2023, and the lowest was 22.6 °C on 29 January 1993.

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