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Weather extremes

How extreme does Balikpapan's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Balikpapan has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan station 7 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Balikpapan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jul 19, 1996

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Balikpapan (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jul 19, 1996
2 104°F May 16, 2006
3 103°F Dec 13, 1999
❄️ Coldest night
53°F Jun 18, 1994

About 23°F colder than a normal June night in Balikpapan (typical low near 76°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 53°F Jun 18, 1994
2 55°F Mar 13, 2006
3 57°F Dec 16, 1994
🌧️ Most rain in one day
8.50 in Jun 6, 2020

More rain in a single day than Balikpapan usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 5.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 8.50 in Jun 6, 2020
2 7.95 in Dec 4, 2000
3 5.86 in Nov 5, 2011

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Balikpapan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 17°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Balikpapan's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 53°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →