Kampung Raja in Besut District

Kampung Raja (or Kota Putera) is a mukim and capital of Besut District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is one of the mukim in Besut and also the central administration here. A long time ago, a king lived here and his castle was built here, but now the castle has been moved to Muzium Kuala Terengganu and only an old castle that remained here called Istana Tengku Long. Although located in Terengganu, the people there speak Kelantanese Malay and are culturally Kelantanese, owing to its close proximity to Kelantan.[1]

Climate

Kampung Raja has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from February to May and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Kampung Raja
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28.6
(83.5) 		29.5
(85.1) 		30.9
(87.6) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.4
(90.3) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.3
(88.3) 		30.6
(87.1) 		29.3
(84.7) 		28.6
(83.5) 		30.7
(87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.4
(77.7) 		25.9
(78.6) 		26.8
(80.2) 		27.7
(81.9) 		28.1
(82.6) 		27.8
(82.0) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.2
(81.0) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.2
(79.2) 		25.8
(78.4) 		26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.7
(72.9) 		23.5
(74.3) 		23.8
(74.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.1
(73.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 264
(10.4) 		118
(4.6) 		126
(5.0) 		79
(3.1) 		124
(4.9) 		142
(5.6) 		128
(5.0) 		196
(7.7) 		233
(9.2) 		292
(11.5) 		537
(21.1) 		621
(24.4) 		2,860
(112.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

References

  1. ^ "Besut dalam lipatan sejarah". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  2. ^ "Climate: Kampung Raja". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

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