Climate-Zone.com

HomeCitiesMalaysiaSetapakTools › Weather extremes

Weather extremes

How extreme does Setapak's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Setapak 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 Abdul Aziz Shah Intl station 21 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 Setapak has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Jan 22, 1979

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Setapak (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Jan 22, 1979
2 102°F Nov 28, 1979
3 101°F Jan 31, 1993
❄️ Coldest night
54°F Sep 3, 1980

About 21°F colder than a normal September night in Setapak (typical low near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 54°F Sep 3, 1980
2 55°F Aug 23, 1981
3 58°F Sep 8, 2016
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.75 in May 1, 1981

More rain in a single day than Setapak usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 8.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.75 in May 1, 1981
2 14.57 in Aug 29, 1981
3 14.33 in Feb 9, 1975

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 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Setapak's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 102°F is about 11°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, Setapak'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 102°F and as low as 54°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 21 years of daily observations at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →