Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl
Weather station · 6.3°N 81.1°E · 50 m above sea level
ICAO VCRIWMO 43497Station data since 1869
Record high
36.0°C
in 1903
Record low
22.1°C
in 1929
Average high
30.1°C
all years on record
6.0°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 30.0°C against 36.0°C in 1903. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.2°C
- Date
- Sunday, 22 August 1999
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl, Sri Lanka
- Position
- 6.29°N 81.13°E · 50 m
Highest highest in available records since 1869. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
15.6°C
- Date
- Saturday, 16 February 1918
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl, Sri Lanka
- Position
- 6.29°N 81.13°E · 50 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1869. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl is
6.29°N 81.13°E
Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps- 1
Today is colder than 60% of all days recorded here since 1869.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1869. - 2
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 99.2°C colder than Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl has ever recorded, 15.6°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1869 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 122 years with data: +0.03 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
34.7°
17.7°
Feb
35.7°
15.6°
Mar
35.3°
17.4°
Apr
36.0°
18.9°
May
36.4°
19.5°
Jun
37.2°
21.2°
Jul
36.3°
19.6°
Aug
39.2°
20.1°
Sep
36.5°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 30.0°C | 04:10 UTC | 26.0°C | 00:10 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 27.0°C | 15:10 UTC | 26.0°C | 21:10 UTC |
Nearby stations
- HambantotaSri Lanka18.9 km
- DiyatalawaSri Lanka61.1 km
- BadullaSri Lanka77.5 km
- Nuwara EliyaSri Lanka85 km
- RatnapuraSri Lanka91.4 km
- POTTUVILSri Lanka102.4 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1869 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |