Baoding climate — normals and trends
Baoding (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 686 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Baoding averages 114 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Baoding has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 25 June 2022) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 6 January 1955).
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
BaodingHebei
- coords
- 38.87°, 115.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
686mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
30.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
43.7 °C
25 June 2022
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
232 mm
21 July 1946
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
20 March 2010
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
20 July 2016
Hottest feels-like
47.6 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
6 January 1955
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
2 December 1961
Sunniest day
14.3 h
30 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 24.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 35 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 198 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 270 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | -3.0 °C | 127 mm | +96 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 14 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Baoding?
Baoding has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baoding?
The hottest day measured in Baoding between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2022, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Baoding?
The coldest day measured in Baoding between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Baoding?
Yes. Baoding gets on average 13.9 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Baoding warmed?
Yes: Baoding warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Baoding?
The wettest day measured in Baoding between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1946, with 232 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Baoding?
The windiest day measured in Baoding between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2010, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Baoding?
The warmest month in Baoding is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Baoding?
Baoding receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Baoding?
Baoding gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Baoding?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Baoding between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1961, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Baoding?
Yes: Baoding has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baoding?
In Baoding, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 6 January 1955.
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