Lunas climate — normals and trends

Lunas (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,230 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (26.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Lunas averages 0 frost days, 279 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.

Lunas has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 18 March 2010) and the coldest 18.8 °C (on 18 February 1977).

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

LunasKedah

coords
5.43°, 100.53°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

31.1°C

Average daily low

24.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,230mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

9.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

279 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

276 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.4 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

25.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

39.1 °C

18 March 2010

Coldest day

18.8 °C

18 February 1977

Wettest day

170 mm

8 May 1986

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

8 March 2004

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

7 May 1986

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

19 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

20.4 °C

15 January 1963

Sunniest day

12.3 h

22 July 1940

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202535.2 °C2 August 202522.1 °C10 December 202527.9 °C2,279 mm3250
202435.9 °C25 May 202423.3 °C26 December 202428.4 °C2,990 mm3390
202335.4 °C11 May 202320.7 °C17 January 202328.0 °C2,961 mm3370
202235.2 °C18 January 202222.6 °C28 December 202227.8 °C2,537 mm3240
202135.9 °C7 February 202122.4 °C26 February 202127.9 °C2,382 mm3260
202035.7 °C12 March 202023.1 °C8 February 202028.1 °C2,469 mm3260
201935.7 °C16 March 201922.6 °C11 February 201928.1 °C1,989 mm3430
201834.4 °C15 July 201821.5 °C11 February 201827.9 °C2,568 mm3350
201734.1 °C18 July 201723.3 °C10 February 201727.9 °C2,642 mm3240
201637.8 °C2 February 201623.7 °C30 December 201628.4 °C2,127 mm3290
201535.7 °C27 March 201521.5 °C2 February 201527.9 °C2,193 mm3440
201438.1 °C5 March 201420.9 °C4 February 201427.8 °C2,476 mm3270
201335.0 °C24 June 201323.0 °C18 January 201327.7 °C2,267 mm3200
201234.2 °C22 April 201222.9 °C25 January 201227.6 °C2,724 mm3300
201135.1 °C9 May 201120.5 °C21 January 201127.6 °C2,585 mm3180
201039.1 °C18 March 201022.8 °C17 January 201027.9 °C2,479 mm3270
200934.7 °C18 February 200921.4 °C11 January 200927.7 °C2,485 mm3270
200835.2 °C18 February 200822.1 °C22 February 200827.4 °C2,771 mm3050
200734.6 °C14 July 200720.7 °C31 January 200727.5 °C2,518 mm3150
200635.6 °C15 March 200623.0 °C25 December 200627.7 °C2,314 mm3340
200537.2 °C21 February 200521.8 °C7 January 200528.1 °C1,842 mm3230
200436.2 °C25 January 200421.4 °C2 August 200427.7 °C1,968 mm3290
200334.4 °C7 March 200322.4 °C5 February 200327.6 °C2,127 mm3170
200236.8 °C10 February 200222.0 °C4 January 200228.0 °C1,758 mm3390
200134.0 °C9 July 200122.5 °C5 January 200127.5 °C2,277 mm3140
200033.8 °C2 September 200021.0 °C27 January 200027.3 °C2,579 mm3020
199933.6 °C5 August 199921.1 °C25 December 199927.1 °C2,718 mm2800
199837.2 °C29 March 199822.5 °C28 February 199827.9 °C2,465 mm3040
199734.5 °C29 January 199720.4 °C3 January 199727.3 °C2,318 mm3200
199635.0 °C13 March 199619.2 °C4 January 199627.2 °C2,687 mm2870
199535.5 °C14 March 199522.4 °C13 December 199527.4 °C2,401 mm3070
199435.2 °C31 July 199421.4 °C18 January 199427.2 °C2,257 mm2990
199333.1 °C28 May 199321.2 °C23 February 199327.0 °C2,484 mm2930
199234.6 °C20 March 199221.6 °C23 February 199227.1 °C1,941 mm2880
199136.6 °C24 February 199121.8 °C23 February 199127.3 °C2,183 mm3010
199034.8 °C19 March 199021.5 °C20 January 199027.4 °C2,010 mm3000
198934.8 °C22 December 198921.0 °C15 February 198927.2 °C2,263 mm3090
198835.9 °C16 January 198821.0 °C11 December 198827.3 °C2,549 mm3060
198737.3 °C28 February 198722.0 °C4 January 198727.5 °C2,368 mm3050
198637.1 °C10 February 198620.2 °C16 December 198627.2 °C2,458 mm3010
198533.9 °C15 January 198521.0 °C15 January 198526.9 °C2,277 mm2970
198433.9 °C3 September 198421.9 °C10 January 198426.8 °C2,474 mm2810
198335.3 °C5 February 198321.6 °C24 December 198327.4 °C1,894 mm3190
198235.7 °C30 January 198221.6 °C11 January 198227.2 °C2,054 mm3220
198135.1 °C7 August 198120.4 °C14 January 198127.1 °C1,918 mm3080
198036.8 °C16 February 198021.3 °C9 February 198027.3 °C2,220 mm3040
197935.5 °C26 March 197921.1 °C25 December 197927.3 °C2,154 mm3230
197834.2 °C25 March 197821.3 °C29 November 197827.1 °C1,873 mm3010
197735.3 °C31 March 197718.8 °C18 February 197727.1 °C1,738 mm3010
197635.7 °C25 February 197619.0 °C20 January 197626.6 °C2,012 mm2850
197533.5 °C15 August 197520.8 °C21 January 197526.5 °C1,990 mm2590
197435.1 °C13 March 197420.2 °C13 January 197426.7 °C1,731 mm2930
197335.9 °C10 February 197320.5 °C30 December 197327.0 °C2,220 mm2820
197233.2 °C13 July 197219.0 °C2 January 197226.7 °C2,129 mm2880
197133.8 °C17 April 197120.8 °C3 February 197126.5 °C2,089 mm2490
197036.9 °C19 March 197021.7 °C20 December 197026.9 °C2,018 mm2780
196934.1 °C15 September 196920.8 °C6 March 196926.8 °C2,025 mm2880
196835.5 °C24 February 196820.4 °C16 January 196826.6 °C1,906 mm2720
196734.3 °C13 February 196719.6 °C10 February 196726.4 °C2,045 mm2700
196633.0 °C30 April 196620.9 °C16 January 196626.1 °C2,379 mm1840
196534.9 °C2 February 196519.1 °C9 January 196526.6 °C2,346 mm2870
196434.8 °C2 February 196420.5 °C26 December 196426.8 °C2,220 mm3020
196336.6 °C26 April 196319.1 °C15 January 196327.0 °C1,634 mm3150
196235.3 °C14 July 196220.2 °C5 February 196226.8 °C1,880 mm3160
196135.2 °C8 February 196120.3 °C19 January 196126.8 °C1,590 mm3180
196035.6 °C13 February 196020.9 °C4 January 196026.9 °C1,920 mm3060
195936.7 °C16 March 195921.0 °C15 September 195926.6 °C2,110 mm2680
195834.5 °C15 April 195819.2 °C29 November 195826.9 °C1,976 mm3010
195733.5 °C14 June 195718.9 °C5 January 195726.5 °C2,222 mm2630
195633.0 °C4 March 195619.5 °C21 January 195626.2 °C2,372 mm2070
195534.9 °C12 March 195519.6 °C13 February 195526.4 °C2,292 mm2780
195433.5 °C15 March 195420.3 °C23 November 195426.2 °C2,692 mm2170
195332.9 °C29 April 195320.7 °C9 January 195326.5 °C2,672 mm2610
195232.8 °C19 January 195220.4 °C16 December 195226.7 °C2,184 mm2640
195133.3 °C23 June 195121.6 °C2 February 195126.5 °C1,694 mm2380
195033.7 °C2 March 195021.4 °C31 December 195026.5 °C2,142 mm2460
194934.2 °C23 March 194920.6 °C8 December 194927.2 °C344 mm3030
194832.6 °C20 December 194820.7 °C18 January 194826.0 °C1,758 mm1170
194731.4 °C13 June 194720.8 °C31 December 194725.7 °C3,155 mm390
194632.8 °C28 June 194619.8 °C6 March 194625.9 °C2,414 mm1110
194531.4 °C8 July 194520.1 °C30 December 194525.5 °C2,678 mm630
194433.5 °C17 February 194419.8 °C8 February 194426.0 °C1,990 mm1480
194334.5 °C16 February 194319.7 °C9 January 194325.9 °C1,930 mm1560
194231.7 °C16 May 194220.2 °C30 December 194225.6 °C2,423 mm830
194131.2 °C29 May 194120.9 °C15 January 194125.7 °C2,660 mm600
194032.8 °C1 March 194019.3 °C24 January 194025.9 °C1,937 mm1240

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
31.8 °C
+0.7 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
325 d/yr
+46
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
2279 mm
+49 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan31.0 °C-0.1 °C135 mm+36 mm
Feb31.6 °C-0.3 °C118 mm+14 mm
Mar32.1 °C+0.2 °C166 mm-2 mm
Apr32.4 °C+0.8 °C297 mm+83 mm
May32.7 °C+1.3 °C236 mm+26 mm
Jun32.0 °C+0.5 °C130 mm-1 mm
Jul32.5 °C+1.3 °C53 mm-85 mm
Aug31.9 °C+0.7 °C144 mm-27 mm
Sep31.9 °C+1.4 °C166 mm-63 mm
Oct31.0 °C+0.9 °C305 mm-11 mm
Nov30.1 °C0.0 °C478 mm+199 mm
Dec32.0 °C+1.7 °C51 mm-122 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
35.2 °C
2 Aug 2025
Coldest day
22.1 °C
10 Dec 2025
Wettest day
89.7 mm
24 Nov 2025
Windiest day
17.7 km/h
21 Oct 2025
Strongest gust
43.6 km/h
17 Dec 2025
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
14 Apr 2025
Coldest feels-like
25.4 °C
10 Dec 2025
Sunniest day
12.1 h
5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lunas?

Lunas has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,230 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lunas?

The hottest day measured in Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2010, reaching 39.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lunas?

The coldest day measured in Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1977, at 18.8 °C.

Does it snow in Lunas?

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

Has the climate of Lunas warmed?

Yes: Lunas warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lunas?

The wettest day measured in Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1986, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lunas?

The windiest day measured in Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2004, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lunas?

The warmest month in Lunas is May (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Lunas?

Lunas receives on average 2,230 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lunas?

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

Are there tropical nights in Lunas?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lunas?

In Lunas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 19 May 2020, and the lowest was 20.4 °C on 15 January 1963.

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