Dingzhou climate — normals and trends
Dingzhou has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate, averaging 13.2 °C annually with 705 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
DingzhouHebei
- coords
- 38.51°, 114.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
705mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.1 °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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
43.5 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
195 mm
27 July 1947
Windiest day
47.3 km/h
20 March 2010
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
20 July 2016
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
6 January 1955
Snowiest day
11.9 cm
2 December 1961
Sunniest day
14.3 h
1 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 27.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 59 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 51 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 177 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 274 mm | +79 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | -3.1 °C | 115 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 14.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 15 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Dingzhou (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 705 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 (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Dingzhou averages 114 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Dingzhou has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 5 July 1942) and the coldest -27.1 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dingzhou?
Dingzhou 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 705 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dingzhou?
The hottest day measured in Dingzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1942, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dingzhou?
The coldest day measured in Dingzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dingzhou?
Yes. Dingzhou gets on average 13.9 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Dingzhou warmed?
Yes: Dingzhou warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dingzhou?
The wettest day measured in Dingzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1947, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dingzhou?
The windiest day measured in Dingzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2010, with winds reaching 47.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dingzhou?
The warmest month in Dingzhou is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Dingzhou?
Dingzhou receives on average 705 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dingzhou?
Dingzhou 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 Dingzhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dingzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1961, with 11.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dingzhou?
Yes: Dingzhou has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dingzhou?
In Dingzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 6 January 1955.
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