Binzhou climate — normals and trends
Binzhou (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 683 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Binzhou averages 103 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Binzhou has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 1 August 1959) and the coldest -24.7 °C (on 16 January 1958).
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
BinzhouShandong
- coords
- 37.37°, 118.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.6°C
Average daily high
18.9°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
683mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
29.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
70 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
7.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
42.5 °C
1 August 1959
Coldest day
-24.7 °C
16 January 1958
Wettest day
199 mm
6 August 2020
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
25 June 1994
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
1 August 1959
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
16 January 1958
Snowiest day
13.6 cm
2 March 2025
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 32 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 23 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 21 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 44 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 179 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 139 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 71 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 18.2 °C | -2.6 °C | 158 mm | +122 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Binzhou?
Binzhou has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Binzhou?
The hottest day measured in Binzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1959, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Binzhou?
The coldest day measured in Binzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1958, at -24.7 °C.
Does it snow in Binzhou?
Yes. Binzhou gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Binzhou warmed?
Yes: Binzhou warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Binzhou?
The wettest day measured in Binzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2020, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Binzhou?
The windiest day measured in Binzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Binzhou?
The warmest month in Binzhou is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Binzhou?
Binzhou receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Binzhou?
Binzhou gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Binzhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Binzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2025, with 13.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Binzhou?
Yes: Binzhou has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Binzhou?
In Binzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 1 August 1959, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 16 January 1958.
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