How extreme does Kota Bharu's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day

103°F Feb 16, 1994

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Kota Bharu (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Feb 16, 1994

2 100°F Nov 8, 1994

3 99°F Mar 12, 1998

❄️ Coldest night

56°F Aug 30, 1992

About 19°F colder than a normal August night in Kota Bharu (typical low near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 56°F Aug 30, 1992

2 57°F Sep 19, 1997

3 58°F Apr 30, 1999

🌧️ Most rain in one day

14.25 in Aug 18, 1993

More rain in a single day than Kota Bharu usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 7.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 14.25 in Aug 18, 1993

2 13.15 in Dec 13, 1999

3 12.24 in Nov 13, 1992

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.

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Kota Bharu's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 103°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, Kota Bharu's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 56°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 30 years of daily observations at Sultan Ismail Petra, 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 →

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