page_title: Batu Arang
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Batu Arang / Geography / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Car parking at Batu Arang
context_page_description: Batu Arang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is about 50 km from Kuala Lumpur. Coal was first discovered in 1908. British authorities found that the area had large deposits of coal reserves that could be commercially viable and fuel a railway system. Hence, British authorities established mining operations here and the town was established. A railway system linking Batu Arang and Kuang was built in 1915 to transport coal to the rest of the country. As coal output and demand increased, rail service to and from Kuala Lumpur increased. The demand for coal from Batu Arang skyrocketed due to the First World War, which led to a reduction of coal imports. The local coal was frequently sold to the railway companies, power stations, tin mines dredges, and end customers.
  During World War II, British authorities halted mining machinery and destroyed the electric power station and main sub-station in 1942 while Japanese is approaching to Batu Arang. When Japanese occupied Batu Arang, the Japanese repaired damaged types of equipment and hire more people to mine coals.
context_section_description: Batu Arang's climate is classified as tropical. The rainfall is quite significant in this area throughout the year. This climate is Af according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The temperature here averages 27.1 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 2549 mm. Precipitation is the lowest in July, with an average of 126 mm. With an average of 301 mm, the most precipitation falls in November. At an average temperature of 27.7 °C, May is the hottest month of the year. January have the lowest average temperature of the year. It is 26.5 °C. Between the driest and wettest months, the difference in precipitation is 175 mm.
caption: Cloudy in Batu Arang
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