Fangcheng climate — normals and trends
Fangcheng (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,025 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 (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Fangcheng averages 66 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Fangcheng has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 79 to 53 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 10 July 1941) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 13 January 1951).
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
FangchengHenan
- coords
- 33.26°, 113.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,025mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
66 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
87 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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 July 1941
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
13 January 1951
Wettest day
290 mm
7 August 1975
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
12 April 2025
Strongest gust
85.0 km/h
18 August 2018
Hottest feels-like
46.5 °C
15 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
13 January 1951
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
21 December 2004
Sunniest day
13.6 h
14 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 46 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 52 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 25.8 °C | +5.0 °C | 13 mm | -55 mm |
| May | 29.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 47 mm | -42 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 86 mm | -43 mm |
| Jul | 35.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 71 mm | -165 mm |
| Aug | 33.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 177 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 315 mm | +201 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | -3.5 °C | 172 mm | +111 mm |
| Nov | 17.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 19 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fangcheng?
Fangcheng has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,025 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fangcheng?
The hottest day measured in Fangcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1941, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fangcheng?
The coldest day measured in Fangcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Fangcheng?
Yes. Fangcheng gets on average 26.3 cm of snow per year and has around 66 frost days.
Has the climate of Fangcheng warmed?
Yes: Fangcheng warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fangcheng?
The wettest day measured in Fangcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1975, with 290 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fangcheng?
The windiest day measured in Fangcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2025, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fangcheng?
The warmest month in Fangcheng is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Fangcheng?
Fangcheng receives on average 1,025 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fangcheng?
Fangcheng gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fangcheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fangcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2004, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fangcheng?
Yes: Fangcheng has on average 87 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fangcheng?
In Fangcheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 15 August 2022, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 13 January 1951.
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