Sidam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidam?

Sidam 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.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidam?

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidam?

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

Q: Does it snow in Sidam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sidam warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidam?

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

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidam?

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

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidam?

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

Q: How much does it rain in Sidam?

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

Q: Is it sunny in Sidam?

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

Sidam (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.

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

Sidam 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

SidamKedah

coords: 5.53°, 100.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 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

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

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

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C2 August 2025	22.1 °C10 December 2025	27.9 °C	2,279 mm	325
2024	35.9 °C25 May 2024	23.3 °C26 December 2024	28.4 °C	2,990 mm	339
2023	35.4 °C11 May 2023	20.7 °C17 January 2023	28.0 °C	2,961 mm	337
2022	35.2 °C18 January 2022	22.6 °C28 December 2022	27.8 °C	2,537 mm	324
2021	35.9 °C7 February 2021	22.4 °C26 February 2021	27.9 °C	2,382 mm	326
2020	35.7 °C12 March 2020	23.1 °C8 February 2020	28.1 °C	2,469 mm	326
2019	35.7 °C16 March 2019	22.6 °C11 February 2019	28.1 °C	1,989 mm	343
2018	34.4 °C15 July 2018	21.5 °C11 February 2018	27.9 °C	2,568 mm	335
2017	34.1 °C18 July 2017	23.3 °C10 February 2017	27.9 °C	2,642 mm	324
2016	37.8 °C2 February 2016	23.7 °C30 December 2016	28.4 °C	2,127 mm	329
2015	35.7 °C27 March 2015	21.5 °C2 February 2015	27.9 °C	2,193 mm	344
2014	38.1 °C5 March 2014	20.9 °C4 February 2014	27.8 °C	2,476 mm	327
2013	35.0 °C24 June 2013	23.0 °C18 January 2013	27.7 °C	2,267 mm	320
2012	34.2 °C22 April 2012	22.9 °C25 January 2012	27.6 °C	2,724 mm	330
2011	35.1 °C9 May 2011	20.5 °C21 January 2011	27.6 °C	2,585 mm	318
2010	39.1 °C18 March 2010	22.8 °C17 January 2010	27.9 °C	2,479 mm	327
2009	34.7 °C18 February 2009	21.4 °C11 January 2009	27.7 °C	2,485 mm	327
2008	35.2 °C18 February 2008	22.1 °C22 February 2008	27.4 °C	2,771 mm	305
2007	34.6 °C14 July 2007	20.7 °C31 January 2007	27.5 °C	2,518 mm	315
2006	35.6 °C15 March 2006	23.0 °C25 December 2006	27.7 °C	2,314 mm	334
2005	37.2 °C21 February 2005	21.8 °C7 January 2005	28.1 °C	1,842 mm	323
2004	36.2 °C25 January 2004	21.4 °C2 August 2004	27.7 °C	1,968 mm	329
2003	34.4 °C7 March 2003	22.4 °C5 February 2003	27.6 °C	2,127 mm	317
2002	36.8 °C10 February 2002	22.0 °C4 January 2002	28.0 °C	1,758 mm	339
2001	34.0 °C9 July 2001	22.5 °C5 January 2001	27.5 °C	2,277 mm	314
2000	33.8 °C2 September 2000	21.0 °C27 January 2000	27.3 °C	2,579 mm	302
1999	33.6 °C5 August 1999	21.1 °C25 December 1999	27.1 °C	2,718 mm	280
1998	37.2 °C29 March 1998	22.5 °C28 February 1998	27.9 °C	2,465 mm	304
1997	34.5 °C29 January 1997	20.4 °C3 January 1997	27.3 °C	2,318 mm	320
1996	35.0 °C13 March 1996	19.2 °C4 January 1996	27.2 °C	2,687 mm	287
1995	35.5 °C14 March 1995	22.4 °C13 December 1995	27.4 °C	2,401 mm	307
1994	35.2 °C31 July 1994	21.4 °C18 January 1994	27.2 °C	2,257 mm	299
1993	33.1 °C28 May 1993	21.2 °C23 February 1993	27.0 °C	2,484 mm	293
1992	34.6 °C20 March 1992	21.6 °C23 February 1992	27.1 °C	1,941 mm	288
1991	36.6 °C24 February 1991	21.8 °C23 February 1991	27.3 °C	2,183 mm	301
1990	34.8 °C19 March 1990	21.5 °C20 January 1990	27.4 °C	2,010 mm	300
1989	34.8 °C22 December 1989	21.0 °C15 February 1989	27.2 °C	2,263 mm	309
1988	35.9 °C16 January 1988	21.0 °C11 December 1988	27.3 °C	2,549 mm	306
1987	37.3 °C28 February 1987	22.0 °C4 January 1987	27.5 °C	2,368 mm	305
1986	37.1 °C10 February 1986	20.2 °C16 December 1986	27.2 °C	2,458 mm	301
1985	33.9 °C15 January 1985	21.0 °C15 January 1985	26.9 °C	2,277 mm	297
1984	33.9 °C3 September 1984	21.9 °C10 January 1984	26.8 °C	2,474 mm	281
1983	35.3 °C5 February 1983	21.6 °C24 December 1983	27.4 °C	1,894 mm	319
1982	35.7 °C30 January 1982	21.6 °C11 January 1982	27.2 °C	2,054 mm	322
1981	35.1 °C7 August 1981	20.4 °C14 January 1981	27.1 °C	1,918 mm	308
1980	36.8 °C16 February 1980	21.3 °C9 February 1980	27.3 °C	2,220 mm	304
1979	35.5 °C26 March 1979	21.1 °C25 December 1979	27.3 °C	2,154 mm	323
1978	34.2 °C25 March 1978	21.3 °C29 November 1978	27.1 °C	1,873 mm	301
1977	35.3 °C31 March 1977	18.8 °C18 February 1977	27.1 °C	1,738 mm	301
1976	35.7 °C25 February 1976	19.0 °C20 January 1976	26.6 °C	2,012 mm	285
1975	33.5 °C15 August 1975	20.8 °C21 January 1975	26.5 °C	1,990 mm	259
1974	35.1 °C13 March 1974	20.2 °C13 January 1974	26.7 °C	1,731 mm	293
1973	35.9 °C10 February 1973	20.5 °C30 December 1973	27.0 °C	2,220 mm	282
1972	33.2 °C13 July 1972	19.0 °C2 January 1972	26.7 °C	2,129 mm	288
1971	33.8 °C17 April 1971	20.8 °C3 February 1971	26.5 °C	2,089 mm	249
1970	36.9 °C19 March 1970	21.7 °C20 December 1970	26.9 °C	2,018 mm	278
1969	34.1 °C15 September 1969	20.8 °C6 March 1969	26.8 °C	2,025 mm	288
1968	35.5 °C24 February 1968	20.4 °C16 January 1968	26.6 °C	1,906 mm	272
1967	34.3 °C13 February 1967	19.6 °C10 February 1967	26.4 °C	2,045 mm	270
1966	33.0 °C30 April 1966	20.9 °C16 January 1966	26.1 °C	2,379 mm	184
1965	34.9 °C2 February 1965	19.1 °C9 January 1965	26.6 °C	2,346 mm	287
1964	34.8 °C2 February 1964	20.5 °C26 December 1964	26.8 °C	2,220 mm	302
1963	36.6 °C26 April 1963	19.1 °C15 January 1963	27.0 °C	1,634 mm	315
1962	35.3 °C14 July 1962	20.2 °C5 February 1962	26.8 °C	1,880 mm	316
1961	35.2 °C8 February 1961	20.3 °C19 January 1961	26.8 °C	1,590 mm	318
1960	35.6 °C13 February 1960	20.9 °C4 January 1960	26.9 °C	1,920 mm	306
1959	36.7 °C16 March 1959	21.0 °C15 September 1959	26.6 °C	2,110 mm	268
1958	34.5 °C15 April 1958	19.2 °C29 November 1958	26.9 °C	1,976 mm	301
1957	33.5 °C14 June 1957	18.9 °C5 January 1957	26.5 °C	2,222 mm	263
1956	33.0 °C4 March 1956	19.5 °C21 January 1956	26.2 °C	2,372 mm	207
1955	34.9 °C12 March 1955	19.6 °C13 February 1955	26.4 °C	2,292 mm	278
1954	33.5 °C15 March 1954	20.3 °C23 November 1954	26.2 °C	2,692 mm	217
1953	32.9 °C29 April 1953	20.7 °C9 January 1953	26.5 °C	2,672 mm	261
1952	32.8 °C19 January 1952	20.4 °C16 December 1952	26.7 °C	2,184 mm	264
1951	33.3 °C23 June 1951	21.6 °C2 February 1951	26.5 °C	1,694 mm	238
1950	33.7 °C2 March 1950	21.4 °C31 December 1950	26.5 °C	2,142 mm	246
1949	34.2 °C23 March 1949	20.6 °C8 December 1949	27.2 °C	344 mm	303
1948	32.6 °C20 December 1948	20.7 °C18 January 1948	26.0 °C	1,758 mm	117
1947	31.4 °C13 June 1947	20.8 °C31 December 1947	25.7 °C	3,155 mm	39
1946	32.8 °C28 June 1946	19.8 °C6 March 1946	25.9 °C	2,414 mm	111
1945	31.4 °C8 July 1945	20.1 °C30 December 1945	25.5 °C	2,678 mm	63
1944	33.5 °C17 February 1944	19.8 °C8 February 1944	26.0 °C	1,990 mm	148
1943	34.5 °C16 February 1943	19.7 °C9 January 1943	25.9 °C	1,930 mm	156
1942	31.7 °C16 May 1942	20.2 °C30 December 1942	25.6 °C	2,423 mm	83
1941	31.2 °C29 May 1941	20.9 °C15 January 1941	25.7 °C	2,660 mm	60
1940	32.8 °C1 March 1940	19.3 °C24 January 1940	25.9 °C	1,937 mm	124

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

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

Annual rainfall

2279 mm

+49 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.0 °C	-0.1 °C	135 mm	+36 mm
Feb	31.6 °C	-0.3 °C	118 mm	+14 mm
Mar	32.1 °C	+0.2 °C	166 mm	-2 mm
Apr	32.4 °C	+0.8 °C	297 mm	+83 mm
May	32.7 °C	+1.3 °C	236 mm	+26 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+0.5 °C	130 mm	-1 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+1.3 °C	53 mm	-85 mm
Aug	31.9 °C	+0.7 °C	144 mm	-27 mm
Sep	31.9 °C	+1.4 °C	166 mm	-63 mm
Oct	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	305 mm	-11 mm
Nov	30.1 °C	0.0 °C	478 mm	+199 mm
Dec	32.0 °C	+1.7 °C	51 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 Sidam?

Sidam 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 Sidam?

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

What is the coldest day in Sidam?

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

Does it snow in Sidam?

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

Has the climate of Sidam warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Sidam?

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

What was the windiest day in Sidam?

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

What is the warmest month in Sidam?

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

How much does it rain in Sidam?

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

Is it sunny in Sidam?

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

Are there tropical nights in Sidam?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidam?

In Sidam, 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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