Fuqing climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fuqing?

Fuqing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,517 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fuqing?

The hottest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fuqing?

The coldest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -3.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fuqing?

Almost never: Fuqing sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Fuqing warmed?

Yes: Fuqing warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fuqing?

The wettest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1940, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fuqing?

The windiest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fuqing?

The warmest month in Fuqing is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fuqing?

Fuqing receives on average 1,517 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fuqing?

Fuqing gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fuqing (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,517 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Fuqing averages 1 frost days, 79 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.

Fuqing has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 27 September 2017) and the coldest -3.6 °C (on 16 December 1975).

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

FuqingFujian

coords: 25.73°, 119.37°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

23.1°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,517mm

Sunshine / day

7.7h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

17.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

150 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.3 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.0 °C

Average peak gust

38.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

139 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

39.3 °C

27 September 2017

Coldest day

-3.6 °C

16 December 1975

Wettest day

255 mm

30 September 1940

Windiest day

54.8 km/h

8 August 2015

Strongest gust

163.1 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

3 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-8.0 °C

16 December 1975

Snowiest day

7.4 cm

14 December 1975

Sunniest day

13.6 h

10 June 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.8 °C27 June 2025	0.8 °C12 January 2025	20.8 °C	1,509 mm	134	0
2024	38.0 °C20 July 2024	0.9 °C24 January 2024	20.8 °C	1,986 mm	102	0
2023	37.7 °C4 August 2023	0.1 °C29 January 2023	20.5 °C	1,774 mm	111	0
2022	38.6 °C23 July 2022	1.5 °C21 February 2022	20.2 °C	1,884 mm	104	0
2021	36.5 °C25 July 2021	-2.1 °C13 January 2021	20.9 °C	1,647 mm	119	1
2020	36.8 °C24 July 2020	2.5 °C19 February 2020	20.8 °C	1,164 mm	112	0
2019	36.2 °C10 August 2019	3.9 °C23 January 2019	20.4 °C	1,468 mm	99	0
2018	35.4 °C28 June 2018	0.5 °C6 February 2018	20.4 °C	1,602 mm	106	0
2017	39.3 °C27 September 2017	3.5 °C12 February 2017	20.5 °C	1,398 mm	105	0
2016	36.3 °C1 June 2016	-2.8 °C25 January 2016	20.4 °C	2,164 mm	96	2
2015	35.8 °C5 April 2015	2.2 °C10 February 2015	20.2 °C	1,907 mm	89	0
2014	36.2 °C1 August 2014	0.4 °C23 January 2014	20.1 °C	1,343 mm	103	0
2013	36.4 °C8 August 2013	1.8 °C30 December 2013	19.9 °C	1,604 mm	82	0
2012	36.0 °C9 July 2012	0.2 °C31 December 2012	19.7 °C	1,789 mm	84	0
2011	35.9 °C18 August 2011	1.8 °C17 January 2011	19.5 °C	1,462 mm	99	0
2010	36.5 °C3 July 2010	-0.5 °C17 December 2010	19.7 °C	1,586 mm	86	1
2009	35.6 °C16 May 2009	-0.3 °C14 January 2009	20.1 °C	1,251 mm	103	1
2008	35.4 °C23 June 2008	2.0 °C15 February 2008	19.9 °C	1,606 mm	100	0
2007	36.1 °C20 July 2007	1.5 °C29 January 2007	20.3 °C	1,615 mm	93	0
2006	36.2 °C16 August 2006	1.6 °C8 January 2006	20.2 °C	2,071 mm	79	0
2005	35.7 °C2 August 2005	-0.6 °C23 December 2005	19.7 °C	1,653 mm	88	1
2004	38.4 °C18 August 2004	0.9 °C25 January 2004	20.0 °C	1,487 mm	115	0
2003	37.1 °C26 July 2003	3.3 °C13 January 2003	19.9 °C	1,117 mm	96	0
2002	36.0 °C24 June 2002	1.0 °C27 December 2002	20.2 °C	1,462 mm	88	0
2001	34.9 °C30 June 2001	1.9 °C24 December 2001	19.7 °C	1,779 mm	79	0
2000	35.6 °C4 June 2000	1.5 °C28 January 2000	19.6 °C	1,813 mm	81	0
1999	34.4 °C18 August 1999	-1.6 °C23 December 1999	19.6 °C	1,547 mm	79	3
1998	35.8 °C16 July 1998	2.5 °C25 January 1998	20.3 °C	1,702 mm	84	0
1997	34.6 °C28 July 1997	1.6 °C11 January 1997	19.5 °C	1,757 mm	64	0
1996	35.7 °C22 July 1996	1.5 °C10 February 1996	19.1 °C	1,518 mm	85	0
1995	36.4 °C8 September 1995	0.5 °C7 February 1995	19.0 °C	1,167 mm	74	0
1994	34.6 °C28 June 1994	0.3 °C22 January 1994	19.9 °C	1,656 mm	84	0
1993	36.6 °C17 July 1993	-0.7 °C30 January 1993	19.5 °C	1,335 mm	92	2
1992	35.5 °C27 July 1992	0.4 °C15 January 1992	18.8 °C	1,877 mm	64	0
1991	36.1 °C16 June 1991	-3.3 °C29 December 1991	19.5 °C	1,164 mm	99	2
1990	35.3 °C9 August 1990	3.5 °C2 February 1990	19.5 °C	2,249 mm	68	0
1989	37.1 °C20 July 1989	1.4 °C12 February 1989	19.2 °C	1,419 mm	82	0
1988	36.1 °C25 July 1988	2.6 °C12 December 1988	18.7 °C	1,521 mm	87	0
1987	35.6 °C29 August 1987	0.1 °C5 February 1987	19.3 °C	1,330 mm	72	0
1986	35.2 °C27 August 1986	-1.4 °C3 March 1986	18.9 °C	1,339 mm	79	5
1985	35.0 °C8 August 1985	-0.3 °C16 December 1985	18.9 °C	1,724 mm	70	1
1984	35.5 °C13 July 1984	-0.6 °C8 February 1984	18.5 °C	1,563 mm	70	1
1983	36.9 °C2 August 1983	1.9 °C30 December 1983	19.5 °C	1,660 mm	100	0
1982	35.0 °C20 July 1982	1.8 °C18 January 1982	19.0 °C	1,690 mm	63	0
1981	35.4 °C31 August 1981	-0.5 °C18 January 1981	19.0 °C	1,578 mm	74	1
1980	37.3 °C24 July 1980	1.0 °C24 December 1980	19.1 °C	1,384 mm	91	0
1979	35.9 °C8 July 1979	1.2 °C1 February 1979	19.2 °C	1,189 mm	83	0
1978	36.1 °C1 August 1978	-0.9 °C6 January 1978	19.1 °C	1,501 mm	80	1
1977	35.3 °C9 July 1977	-0.3 °C18 February 1977	19.4 °C	1,301 mm	79	1
1976	34.5 °C9 August 1976	0.8 °C10 December 1976	18.6 °C	1,629 mm	69	0
1975	35.4 °C27 July 1975	-3.6 °C16 December 1975	19.1 °C	2,030 mm	95	3
1974	34.5 °C4 August 1974	-0.2 °C12 February 1974	18.9 °C	1,434 mm	70	1
1973	33.3 °C30 July 1973	-0.1 °C31 December 1973	19.0 °C	2,210 mm	66	1
1972	34.7 °C21 July 1972	-0.3 °C2 March 1972	19.1 °C	2,033 mm	69	2
1971	35.2 °C19 July 1971	-0.2 °C3 February 1971	18.9 °C	1,519 mm	88	1
1970	34.7 °C1 July 1970	0.1 °C21 January 1970	18.7 °C	1,437 mm	90	0
1969	35.9 °C23 July 1969	0.3 °C6 February 1969	18.8 °C	1,448 mm	78	0
1968	34.0 °C18 July 1968	-0.8 °C21 February 1968	18.8 °C	1,660 mm	58	1
1967	35.0 °C16 July 1967	-2.0 °C16 January 1967	18.8 °C	1,133 mm	84	4
1966	36.2 °C16 August 1966	1.6 °C4 January 1966	18.6 °C	1,512 mm	40	0
1965	31.9 °C20 July 1965	-0.1 °C31 December 1965	17.9 °C	1,734 mm	33	1
1964	34.7 °C28 July 1964	2.5 °C21 February 1964	19.4 °C	1,122 mm	79	0
1963	34.9 °C29 August 1963	-1.7 °C27 January 1963	19.1 °C	1,356 mm	85	7
1962	33.5 °C14 July 1962	-1.1 °C2 January 1962	18.6 °C	1,675 mm	64	3
1961	33.7 °C17 June 1961	-1.1 °C18 January 1961	19.2 °C	1,666 mm	70	2
1960	34.5 °C22 August 1960	-1.1 °C3 January 1960	19.3 °C	1,555 mm	65	1
1959	34.9 °C30 July 1959	-1.4 °C18 January 1959	19.3 °C	2,150 mm	66	3
1958	34.2 °C17 August 1958	-0.5 °C14 February 1958	18.9 °C	1,420 mm	70	1
1957	35.5 °C20 August 1957	-1.2 °C12 February 1957	18.8 °C	1,149 mm	77	3
1956	37.2 °C7 July 1956	-1.4 °C10 January 1956	18.7 °C	1,405 mm	94	3
1955	34.0 °C4 July 1955	-3.0 °C11 January 1955	18.3 °C	1,131 mm	72	5
1954	37.9 °C16 August 1954	-0.3 °C16 December 1954	19.1 °C	650 mm	103	1
1953	36.8 °C10 August 1953	-0.2 °C7 January 1953	19.1 °C	930 mm	89	1
1952	33.9 °C2 August 1952	0.5 °C20 February 1952	18.9 °C	1,404 mm	61	0
1951	34.8 °C19 August 1951	-0.4 °C13 January 1951	18.5 °C	1,372 mm	69	1
1950	34.8 °C18 July 1950	-0.7 °C10 December 1950	18.6 °C	1,311 mm	58	1
1949	33.9 °C29 July 1949	-2.1 °C10 January 1949	18.9 °C	1,153 mm	61	5
1948	34.8 °C6 July 1948	-1.5 °C17 January 1948	18.8 °C	1,099 mm	53	1
1947	34.7 °C10 August 1947	-0.8 °C23 February 1947	17.8 °C	1,752 mm	63	1
1946	35.0 °C17 June 1946	1.1 °C6 January 1946	18.8 °C	895 mm	83	0
1945	33.5 °C30 July 1945	-0.2 °C17 January 1945	17.4 °C	1,574 mm	43	2
1944	32.3 °C6 July 1944	1.6 °C7 January 1944	18.1 °C	1,035 mm	37	0
1943	32.4 °C13 August 1943	-0.5 °C14 January 1943	18.4 °C	1,053 mm	47	1
1942	32.6 °C8 August 1942	-0.7 °C9 January 1942	17.9 °C	1,362 mm	38	1
1941	31.3 °C11 July 1941	-0.6 °C3 February 1941	18.1 °C	1,481 mm	22	1
1940	31.5 °C23 July 1940	-1.8 °C25 January 1940	17.3 °C	1,700 mm	16	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.1 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

134 d/yr

+55

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1509 mm

-8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.4 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-38 mm
Feb	14.8 °C	+0.2 °C	37 mm	-25 mm
Mar	20.3 °C	+2.3 °C	132 mm	+37 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+2.1 °C	152 mm	+28 mm
May	27.7 °C	+1.8 °C	173 mm	-41 mm
Jun	32.4 °C	+3.5 °C	109 mm	-150 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+0.3 °C	469 mm	+296 mm
Aug	32.4 °C	+1.1 °C	175 mm	-60 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+2.9 °C	162 mm	-12 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+3.4 °C	48 mm	-9 mm
Nov	21.5 °C	+1.0 °C	30 mm	-18 mm
Dec	18.9 °C	+2.8 °C	23 mm	-15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

27 Jun 2025

Coldest day

0.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

83.7 mm

9 Jul 2025

Windiest day

31.6 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

80.6 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

13 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

28 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fuqing?

Fuqing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,517 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fuqing?

The hottest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fuqing?

The coldest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -3.6 °C.

Does it snow in Fuqing?

Almost never: Fuqing sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Fuqing warmed?

Yes: Fuqing warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fuqing?

The wettest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1940, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fuqing?

The windiest day measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fuqing?

The warmest month in Fuqing is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Fuqing?

Fuqing receives on average 1,517 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fuqing?

Fuqing gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fuqing?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fuqing between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, with 7.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fuqing?

Yes: Fuqing has on average 139 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fuqing?

In Fuqing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 3 August 2024, and the lowest was -8.0 °C on 16 December 1975.

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