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Day Weather Maximum Day Temperature Minimum Night Temperature Wind Direction and Speed
Saturday

Light Rain Shower

30°C 86°F 28°C 82°F West South Westerly
35km/h 22mph
Sunday

Heavy Rain Shower

30°C 86°F 28°C 82°F South Westerly
26km/h 16mph
Monday

Heavy Rain Shower

30°C 86°F 28°C 82°F South Westerly
27km/h 17mph
Tuesday

Heavy Rain Shower

30°C 86°F 28°C 82°F South Westerly
29km/h 18mph
Wednesday

Light Rain Shower

31°C 88°F 28°C 82°F West South Westerly
32km/h 20mph

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Forecast

Afternoon

Sunset 17:52

17:30

Heavy Rain Shower 28°C 82°F 26km/h 16mph South Westerly

Humidity:

91%

Visibility:

Moderate

Pressure:

1007mb

Evening

20:30

White Cloud 28°C 82°F 24km/h 15mph South Westerly

23:30

White Cloud 28°C 82°F 24km/h 15mph West South Westerly
92% Good 1009mb
93% Good 1009mb

Night

02:30

Light Rain Shower 28°C 82°F 23km/h 14mph South Westerly

05:30

Light Rain Shower 28°C 82°F 23km/h 14mph South Westerly
94% Moderate 1008mb
94% Good 1008mb

Sun - Morning

Sunrise 05:23

08:30

Light Rain Shower 28°C 82°F 23km/h 14mph South Westerly

11:30

Heavy Rain Shower 30°C 86°F 26km/h 16mph South Westerly
90% Good 1009mb
81% Good 1009mb

Humidity, visibility and pressure

UV

10 (European range: 1 - 11+)

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Average Conditions

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average Minimum Temperature (°C) 22 22 23 24 26 25 25 25 25 24 23 22
Average Minimum Temperature (°F) 72 72 74 76 78 77 77 77 77 75 73 72
Average Maximum Temperature (°C) 30 31 31 31 31 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
Average Maximum Temperature (°F) 86 87 88 88 87 85 85 85 85 85 85 85
Record Minimum Temperature (°C) 15 16 18 21 21 22 22 22 22 21 19 17
Record Minimum Temperature (°F) 59 61 64 70 69 72 71 71 71 69 66 63
Record Maximum Temperature (°C) 34 36 36 33 33 32 31 31 32 32 32 33
Record Maximum Temperature (°F) 94 96 96 92 91 89 88 88 89 89 90 91
Average Precipitation (mm) 89 69 147 231 371 224 135 109 160 348 315 147
Average Precipitation (inches) 3.5 2.7 5.8 9.1 14.6 8.8 5.3 4.3 6.3 13.7 12.4 5.8
Average Sunlight Hours 8 9 8 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8
Wet Days (+0.1 mm) 7 6 8 14 19 18 12 11 13 19 16 10
Relative Humidity AM 73 71 71 74 78 80 79 78 76 77 77 74
Relative Humidity PM 67 66 66 70 76 78 77 76 75 76 75 69
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Observations

Observed at 18:30, Saturday 26 May

White Cloud

28°C 82°F

8km/h 5mph South South Westerly

Humidity: 80%

Visibility: Very Good

Pressure: 1008mb, No Change

Observation station: Katunayake

(Lat: 7.17 | Lon: 79.88)

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All times are IST (Asia/Colombo, GMT+0530) unless otherwise stated

This is a forecast for Colombo

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