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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kuantan's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kuantan 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 (1971–present), from the Kuantan station 24 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 Kuantan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Mar 18, 1994

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Kuantan (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Mar 18, 1994
2 100°F May 26, 1998
3 99°F May 11, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Dec 30, 1974

About 41°F colder than a normal December night in Kuantan (typical low near 73°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Dec 30, 1974
2 53°F Jan 16, 1997
3 62°F Jan 3, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
20.79 in Nov 24, 1975

More rain in a single day than Kuantan usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 15.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 20.79 in Nov 24, 1975
2 17.20 in Jul 25, 1997
3 16.02 in Dec 3, 2013

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kuantan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 103°F is about 13°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, Kuantan'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 103°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 21 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 Kuantan, a weather station, about 24 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →