Chizhou climate — normals and trends
Chizhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 1,430 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 (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Chizhou averages 28 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Chizhou 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 37 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 10 August 2013) and the coldest -16.1 °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
ChizhouAnhui
- coords
- 30.66°, 117.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,430mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.6 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
117 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.2 °C
10 August 2013
Coldest day
-16.1 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
159 mm
15 June 1954
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
13 August 2004
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
6 March 1966
Hottest feels-like
48.1 °C
27 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-20.8 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
25.3 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.8 h
6 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 10.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 86 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 43 mm | -101 mm |
| May | 28.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 195 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 358 mm | +71 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 70 mm | -122 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 169 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 198 mm | +98 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 18.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chizhou?
Chizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 1,430 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chizhou?
The hottest day measured in Chizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2013, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chizhou?
The coldest day measured in Chizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -16.1 °C.
Does it snow in Chizhou?
Yes. Chizhou gets on average 17.6 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Chizhou warmed?
Yes: Chizhou warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chizhou?
The wettest day measured in Chizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1954, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chizhou?
The windiest day measured in Chizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2004, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chizhou?
The warmest month in Chizhou is July (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Chizhou?
Chizhou receives on average 1,430 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chizhou?
Chizhou gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chizhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 25.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chizhou?
Yes: Chizhou has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chizhou?
In Chizhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 27 July 2017, and the lowest was -20.8 °C on 11 January 1955.
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