Records for Sri Lanka
These are current rankings among the stations reporting to us, not records. They change through the day. This is the most extreme figure we have observed since we started storing readings, not an official record.
Sri Lanka, answered from the data
Where is the hottest place in Sri Lanka right now?
Colombo/Ratmalana Arpt, at 33.0°C. That is the highest reading today among the 25 stations we track in Sri Lanka, not a claim about every place in the country.
Our own observations, today
Where is the coldest place in Sri Lanka right now?
Nuwara Eliya, at 11.3°C, the lowest reading today among the stations we track in Sri Lanka.
Our own observations, today
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Sri Lanka?
40.0°C at Trincomalee, on 22 September 1973. That is the highest in the 7 station archives we hold for Sri Lanka. It is not an official national record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Sri Lanka?
−2.6°C at Nuwara Eliya, on 14 January 1929, the lowest in the archives we hold for Sri Lanka. The same caveat applies: it is the deepest figure in our archives rather than a certified national record.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
How many weather stations report from Sri Lanka?
25, of which 7 carry a historical archive. Every figure on this page is drawn from those stations, so it describes what the network saw rather than the whole country.
Our station register
Stations
- AnuradhapuraVCCA · 89 m
- Badulla43479 · 667 m
- BatticaloaVCCB · 5 m
- Colombo43466 · 7 m
- Colombo/Ratmalana ArptVCCC · 6 m
- Diyatalawa43476 · 1250 m
- Galle43495 · 9 m
- Hambantota43497 · 18 m
- Jaffna43404 · 3 m
- Jaffna IntlVCCJ · 15 m
- Kandy43444 · 479 m
- KatunayakeVCBI · 8 m
- Katunayake/Bandaranaike IntlVCBI · 10 m
- Kurunegala43441 · 116 m
- Maha Illuppallama43422 · 137 m
- Mannar43413 · 3 m
- Mattala/Rajapaksa IntlVCRI · 50 m
- Mullaittivu43410 · 2 m
- Nuwara Eliya43473 · 1880 m
- POTTUVIL43475 · 4 m
- Puttalam43424 · 2 m
- RatmalanaVCCC · 5 m
- Ratnapura43486 · 37 m
- TrincomaleeVCCT · 3 m
- Vavuniya43415 · 98 m