Dafengdong climate — normals and trends
Dafengdong (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,791 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Dafengdong averages 22 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.
Dafengdong 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 29 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 19 August 2022) and the coldest -12.1 °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
DafengdongGuizhou
- coords
- 26.71°, 107.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
18.9°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,791mm
Sunshine / day
5.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
215 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.0 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
82 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
36.5 °C
19 August 2022
Coldest day
-12.1 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
111 mm
24 June 1954
Windiest day
45.7 km/h
6 June 1946
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
7 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-16.7 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.7 h
18 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 70 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | -2.0 °C | 75 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 117 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 22.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 155 mm | -56 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 366 mm | +93 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 316 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 135 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 113 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 135 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 66 mm | -69 mm |
| Nov | 16.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 107 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 62 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dafengdong?
Dafengdong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,791 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dafengdong?
The hottest day measured in Dafengdong between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 2022, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dafengdong?
The coldest day measured in Dafengdong between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -12.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dafengdong?
Yes. Dafengdong gets on average 20.0 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Dafengdong warmed?
Yes: Dafengdong warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dafengdong?
The wettest day measured in Dafengdong between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1954, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dafengdong?
The windiest day measured in Dafengdong between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1946, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dafengdong?
The warmest month in Dafengdong is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Dafengdong?
Dafengdong receives on average 1,791 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dafengdong?
Dafengdong gets on average 5.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,044 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dafengdong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dafengdong between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dafengdong?
Yes: Dafengdong has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dafengdong?
In Dafengdong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -16.7 °C on 11 January 1955.
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