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Weather extremes

How extreme does Palembang's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin Ii station 5 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 Palembang has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Sep 3, 1993

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Palembang (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Sep 3, 1993
2 104°F Jul 12, 1996
3 103°F May 9, 1994
❄️ Coldest night
54°F Sep 30, 1980

About 19°F colder than a normal September night in Palembang (typical low near 73°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 54°F Sep 30, 1980
2 55°F Jun 9, 2015
3 56°F May 25, 1998
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.99 in Feb 25, 1980

More rain in a single day than Palembang usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 4.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.99 in Feb 25, 1980
2 5.91 in Nov 15, 1979
3 5.71 in Nov 24, 2018

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

Palembang's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 104°F is about 12°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, Palembang's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 54°F. A single day has delivered over 13 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 23 years of daily observations at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →