Anshun climate — normals and trends
Anshun (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 1,711 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Anshun averages 15 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 223 rainy days per year.
Anshun has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 19 to 11 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 18 April 2015) and the coldest -11.8 °C (on 14 February 1968).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AnshunGuizhou
- coords
- 26.25°, 105.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.8°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,711mm
Sunshine / day
5.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
223 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.2 °C
18 April 2015
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
14 February 1968
Wettest day
145 mm
18 July 2021
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
6 June 1946
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
10 February 1994
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
22 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-16.0 °C
14 February 1968
Snowiest day
12.2 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.6 h
15 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | -3.0 °C | 81 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 15.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 64 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 56 mm | -92 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 199 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 285 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 273 mm | +39 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 180 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 209 mm | +64 mm |
| Oct | 20.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 110 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 82 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 46 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Anshun?
Anshun has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 1,711 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Anshun?
The hottest day measured in Anshun between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2015, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Anshun?
The coldest day measured in Anshun between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1968, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Anshun?
Yes. Anshun gets on average 14.7 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Anshun warmed?
Yes: Anshun warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Anshun?
The wettest day measured in Anshun between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2021, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Anshun?
The windiest day measured in Anshun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1946, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Anshun?
The warmest month in Anshun is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Anshun?
Anshun receives on average 1,711 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Anshun?
Anshun gets on average 5.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,081 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Anshun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Anshun between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 12.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Anshun?
Yes: Anshun has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Anshun?
In Anshun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 22 July 1971, and the lowest was -16.0 °C on 14 February 1968.
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