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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kuching's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
98°F Sep 20, 1976

That is about 8°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Kuching (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 98°F Sep 20, 1976
2 98°F Aug 10, 1979
3 98°F Sep 29, 2009
❄️ Coldest night
59°F Mar 16, 2017

About 15°F colder than a normal March night in Kuching (typical low near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 59°F Mar 16, 2017
2 59°F May 23, 2019
3 60°F Jun 25, 2014
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.59 in Dec 21, 2010

About 78% of a typical December's rain in a single day (Kuching averages roughly 20.0 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.59 in Dec 21, 2010
2 14.33 in Feb 4, 2003
3 11.91 in Jan 26, 2004

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° all-time high 98°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kuching's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 98°F is about 8°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, Kuching'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 98°F and as low as 59°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 22 years of daily observations at Kuching, 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 →