Bazhong climate — normals and trends
Bazhong (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,580 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 (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bazhong averages 15 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Bazhong has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 23 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 23 August 2022) and the coldest -13.7 °C (on 11 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
BazhongSichuan
- coords
- 31.87°, 106.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
13.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,580mm
Sunshine / day
6.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.9 °C
Average feels-like low
13.1 °C
Average peak gust
23.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
94 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
41.3 °C
23 August 2022
Coldest day
-13.7 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
201 mm
23 August 1952
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
13 April 1980
Hottest feels-like
46.0 °C
14 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-18.3 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
13 January 1957
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1940
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 | 10.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 11.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 30 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 44 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 28 mm | -74 mm |
| May | 30.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 64 mm | -86 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 121 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 159 mm | -141 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 213 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 677 mm | +447 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 342 mm | +211 mm |
| Nov | 16.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 35 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 34 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bazhong?
Bazhong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,580 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bazhong?
The hottest day measured in Bazhong between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2022, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bazhong?
The coldest day measured in Bazhong between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -13.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bazhong?
Yes. Bazhong gets on average 9.1 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Bazhong warmed?
Yes: Bazhong warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bazhong?
The wettest day measured in Bazhong between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1952, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bazhong?
The windiest day measured in Bazhong between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bazhong?
The warmest month in Bazhong is July (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bazhong?
Bazhong receives on average 1,580 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bazhong?
Bazhong gets on average 6.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,336 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bazhong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bazhong between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1957, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bazhong?
Yes: Bazhong has on average 94 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bazhong?
In Bazhong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 14 July 2002, and the lowest was -18.3 °C on 11 January 1955.
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