Hot and Dry Weather

Hot And Dry Weather Throughout Malaysia

The present hot and dry weather occurring throughout our region is a normal phenomenon that occurs in the month of March and is associated with the weakening of the northeast monsoon. From the observation, the weather in the Southern Hemisphere is more active compared with the Northern Hemisphere. Because of this, our region particularly Peninsular Malaysia is currently experiencing a dry weather. Equinox (when the sun crosses the celestial Equator) is another phenomenon that typically occurs in the month of March. The sun's position is expected to be overhead of the equator on this coming 21 March 2003. This factor is causing a hotter weather in our region. Isolated inland rain showers however can still occur during this period but only with little accumulated rainfall and localized type of rainfall.

The table below shows maximum temperature (°C) recorded in every state from 1 - 5 March 2003.

States	1 Mar	2 Mar.	3 Mar	4 Mar	5 Mar
Perlis	36	37	36	36	36
Kedah	36	36	37	35	36
P.Pinang	33	33	32	32	33
Perak	34	34	34	33	35
Selangor	34	34	33	35	34
K. Lumpur	35	35	34	35	35
N.Sembilan	34	34	34	34	34
Melaka	33	34	34	33	34
Johor	33	33	34	34	34
Kelantan	32	33	33	33	34
Terengganu	32	31	32	31	32
Pahang	33	33	33	34	34
Sabah	31	31	31	32	32
Sarawak	31	31	32	31	33