Fuzhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fuzhou?

Fuzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 1,589 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 41.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fuzhou?

The coldest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -5.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fuzhou?

Almost never: Fuzhou sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Fuzhou warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Fuzhou?

The wettest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1940, with 266 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fuzhou?

The windiest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fuzhou?

The warmest month in Fuzhou is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fuzhou?

Fuzhou receives on average 1,589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fuzhou?

Fuzhou gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fuzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 1,589 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Fuzhou averages 2 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Fuzhou has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 27 September 2017) and the coldest -5.5 °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

FuzhouFujian

coords: 26.06°, 119.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.0°C

Average daily high

23.1°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,589mm

Sunshine / day

7.5h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

18.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.6 cm

Average feels-like high

25.1 °C

Average feels-like low

17.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

41.2 °C

27 September 2017

Coldest day

-5.5 °C

16 December 1975

Wettest day

266 mm

30 September 1940

Windiest day

47.5 km/h

8 August 2015

Strongest gust

154.4 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

23 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-9.5 °C

16 December 1975

Snowiest day

8.4 cm

14 December 1975

Sunniest day

13.6 h

14 June 2004

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.4 °C24 June 2025	0.2 °C12 January 2025	20.7 °C	1,595 mm	140	0
2024	39.7 °C20 July 2024	-0.4 °C24 January 2024	20.7 °C	2,051 mm	104	1
2023	37.8 °C9 July 2023	-1.3 °C29 January 2023	20.3 °C	1,905 mm	108	1
2022	40.6 °C23 July 2022	-0.1 °C19 December 2022	20.2 °C	2,093 mm	110	1
2021	36.6 °C18 June 2021	-1.4 °C9 January 2021	20.8 °C	1,782 mm	125	3
2020	40.1 °C24 July 2020	1.8 °C18 February 2020	20.8 °C	1,107 mm	123	0
2019	36.0 °C19 July 2019	2.5 °C8 December 2019	20.2 °C	1,414 mm	103	0
2018	37.5 °C26 May 2018	-1.3 °C6 February 2018	20.2 °C	1,578 mm	105	1
2017	41.2 °C27 September 2017	1.9 °C12 February 2017	20.3 °C	1,576 mm	109	0
2016	37.3 °C1 June 2016	-3.5 °C25 January 2016	20.2 °C	2,226 mm	105	4
2015	36.9 °C5 April 2015	0.8 °C10 February 2015	20.0 °C	2,094 mm	92	0
2014	36.6 °C9 July 2014	-1.1 °C23 January 2014	19.9 °C	1,413 mm	111	1
2013	39.6 °C8 August 2013	1.1 °C28 December 2013	19.7 °C	1,643 mm	85	0
2012	38.8 °C11 July 2012	-0.7 °C31 December 2012	19.4 °C	1,887 mm	83	1
2011	38.8 °C18 August 2011	0.9 °C16 January 2011	19.4 °C	1,483 mm	102	0
2010	38.2 °C3 July 2010	-0.5 °C17 December 2010	19.6 °C	1,633 mm	88	1
2009	38.3 °C16 May 2009	-1.0 °C14 January 2009	19.8 °C	1,368 mm	99	1
2008	36.5 °C24 July 2008	0.9 °C15 February 2008	19.7 °C	1,613 mm	100	0
2007	38.4 °C21 July 2007	2.2 °C3 February 2007	20.1 °C	1,594 mm	100	0
2006	37.8 °C5 July 2006	-0.1 °C8 January 2006	20.0 °C	2,068 mm	84	1
2005	36.6 °C2 August 2005	-0.2 °C17 January 2005	19.5 °C	1,708 mm	97	2
2004	39.1 °C18 August 2004	-0.1 °C25 January 2004	19.8 °C	1,417 mm	115	1
2003	39.4 °C15 July 2003	2.7 °C21 December 2003	19.9 °C	1,153 mm	103	0
2002	37.2 °C24 June 2002	1.0 °C27 December 2002	20.0 °C	1,503 mm	90	0
2001	35.6 °C30 June 2001	1.7 °C27 December 2001	19.5 °C	1,802 mm	85	0
2000	37.3 °C4 June 2000	0.6 °C27 January 2000	19.5 °C	1,814 mm	82	0
1999	35.3 °C18 August 1999	-3.5 °C23 December 1999	19.4 °C	1,535 mm	86	4
1998	37.5 °C16 July 1998	1.3 °C25 January 1998	20.2 °C	1,714 mm	88	0
1997	35.4 °C28 July 1997	0.7 °C11 January 1997	19.3 °C	1,826 mm	76	0
1996	36.2 °C20 July 1996	0.9 °C10 February 1996	18.9 °C	1,586 mm	90	0
1995	37.5 °C8 September 1995	-0.4 °C6 February 1995	18.8 °C	1,317 mm	76	1
1994	36.0 °C1 July 1994	-0.1 °C22 January 1994	19.7 °C	1,744 mm	84	2
1993	38.4 °C18 July 1993	-2.0 °C29 January 1993	19.2 °C	1,496 mm	98	3
1992	37.2 °C13 August 1992	-0.2 °C16 January 1992	18.6 °C	2,060 mm	70	1
1991	37.9 °C16 June 1991	-3.8 °C29 December 1991	19.4 °C	1,241 mm	106	2
1990	36.4 °C15 June 1990	1.5 °C24 January 1990	19.3 °C	2,228 mm	71	0
1989	39.3 °C13 August 1989	0.9 °C13 February 1989	19.1 °C	1,517 mm	87	0
1988	38.8 °C25 July 1988	1.3 °C12 December 1988	18.6 °C	1,697 mm	93	0
1987	36.5 °C27 August 1987	-0.2 °C5 February 1987	19.2 °C	1,518 mm	77	1
1986	35.6 °C20 August 1986	-1.6 °C3 March 1986	18.6 °C	1,472 mm	84	5
1985	36.2 °C8 August 1985	-1.2 °C16 December 1985	18.7 °C	1,847 mm	71	2
1984	37.2 °C13 July 1984	-1.0 °C8 February 1984	18.4 °C	1,639 mm	73	3
1983	38.6 °C1 August 1983	1.0 °C30 December 1983	19.4 °C	1,709 mm	112	0
1982	36.3 °C20 July 1982	1.0 °C14 December 1982	18.8 °C	1,742 mm	66	0
1981	36.3 °C15 July 1981	-0.4 °C12 January 1981	18.9 °C	1,682 mm	76	2
1980	39.2 °C23 July 1980	0.9 °C30 December 1980	19.1 °C	1,426 mm	98	0
1979	37.9 °C14 July 1979	0.1 °C1 February 1979	18.9 °C	1,325 mm	83	0
1978	37.0 °C1 August 1978	-0.6 °C6 January 1978	18.9 °C	1,601 mm	78	3
1977	36.4 °C9 July 1977	-1.6 °C18 February 1977	19.3 °C	1,398 mm	82	3
1976	36.3 °C3 September 1976	0.0 °C7 January 1976	18.4 °C	1,703 mm	75	0
1975	38.8 °C28 July 1975	-5.5 °C16 December 1975	18.9 °C	2,034 mm	96	7
1974	36.4 °C4 August 1974	-1.3 °C12 February 1974	18.7 °C	1,527 mm	70	4
1973	35.1 °C30 July 1973	-0.9 °C25 December 1973	18.7 °C	2,355 mm	65	5
1972	35.5 °C21 July 1972	-0.5 °C1 March 1972	19.0 °C	2,090 mm	76	2
1971	36.4 °C6 July 1971	-1.9 °C31 January 1971	18.7 °C	1,639 mm	94	5
1970	36.0 °C1 July 1970	-0.5 °C16 January 1970	18.6 °C	1,505 mm	94	1
1969	36.9 °C23 July 1969	-1.0 °C6 February 1969	18.7 °C	1,550 mm	89	2
1968	35.5 °C18 July 1968	0.2 °C21 February 1968	18.6 °C	1,740 mm	62	0
1967	36.5 °C16 July 1967	-3.2 °C16 January 1967	18.6 °C	1,168 mm	91	12
1966	36.5 °C16 August 1966	0.3 °C4 January 1966	18.3 °C	1,669 mm	54	0
1965	33.0 °C11 August 1965	-0.8 °C13 January 1965	17.7 °C	1,837 mm	44	2
1964	35.2 °C9 July 1964	1.9 °C21 December 1964	19.2 °C	1,226 mm	82	0
1963	36.3 °C1 September 1963	-3.5 °C8 January 1963	18.9 °C	1,291 mm	93	12
1962	35.5 °C16 July 1962	-1.8 °C2 January 1962	18.4 °C	1,904 mm	71	4
1961	34.9 °C17 June 1961	-2.1 °C18 January 1961	19.0 °C	1,685 mm	75	3
1960	35.9 °C7 July 1960	-1.4 °C3 January 1960	19.1 °C	1,569 mm	66	1
1959	36.7 °C31 July 1959	-1.6 °C18 January 1959	19.1 °C	2,014 mm	75	4
1958	35.3 °C8 July 1958	-1.6 °C14 February 1958	18.7 °C	1,526 mm	70	1
1957	38.0 °C20 August 1957	-1.8 °C12 February 1957	18.6 °C	1,251 mm	79	3
1956	38.1 °C7 July 1956	-2.0 °C10 January 1956	18.6 °C	1,415 mm	106	3
1955	35.3 °C13 July 1955	-4.1 °C11 January 1955	18.1 °C	1,265 mm	79	8
1954	38.7 °C14 August 1954	-1.8 °C16 December 1954	19.0 °C	743 mm	107	3
1953	38.8 °C9 August 1953	-0.4 °C7 January 1953	19.0 °C	953 mm	93	1
1952	34.8 °C2 August 1952	-0.7 °C20 February 1952	18.7 °C	1,400 mm	75	1
1951	35.0 °C19 August 1951	-0.4 °C13 January 1951	18.3 °C	1,511 mm	77	2
1950	36.9 °C19 July 1950	-1.6 °C10 December 1950	18.5 °C	1,412 mm	70	1
1949	34.5 °C7 July 1949	-2.7 °C9 January 1949	18.8 °C	1,303 mm	82	7
1948	34.3 °C4 July 1948	-1.4 °C3 January 1948	18.6 °C	1,183 mm	61	5
1947	35.0 °C28 July 1947	-0.9 °C23 February 1947	17.6 °C	1,857 mm	69	5
1946	37.3 °C17 June 1946	-0.5 °C6 January 1946	18.6 °C	903 mm	87	1
1945	34.5 °C25 July 1945	-1.7 °C17 January 1945	17.2 °C	1,607 mm	49	5
1944	32.8 °C29 June 1944	-0.7 °C20 December 1944	17.9 °C	1,136 mm	44	2
1943	33.5 °C27 May 1943	-1.3 °C13 January 1943	18.2 °C	1,143 mm	63	3
1942	33.5 °C8 August 1942	-1.1 °C9 January 1942	17.7 °C	1,395 mm	47	6
1941	32.5 °C12 July 1941	-1.0 °C3 February 1941	17.9 °C	1,501 mm	39	2
1940	32.8 °C14 July 1940	-2.6 °C24 January 1940	17.1 °C	1,829 mm	21	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

140 d/yr

+56

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1595 mm

+6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.2 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-45 mm
Feb	14.7 °C	+0.3 °C	40 mm	-33 mm
Mar	20.7 °C	+2.8 °C	157 mm	+42 mm
Apr	25.0 °C	+2.5 °C	169 mm	+22 mm
May	27.7 °C	+1.7 °C	207 mm	-27 mm
Jun	32.8 °C	+3.6 °C	120 mm	-140 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	-0.5 °C	478 mm	+320 mm
Aug	32.8 °C	+1.1 °C	137 mm	-83 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+2.9 °C	187 mm	+13 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	+3.4 °C	46 mm	-18 mm
Nov	21.3 °C	+1.1 °C	32 mm	-23 mm
Dec	18.7 °C	+2.9 °C	20 mm	-24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

0.2 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

94.0 mm

9 Jul 2025

Windiest day

27.2 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

86.4 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

28 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fuzhou?

Fuzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 1,589 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fuzhou?

The hottest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 41.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fuzhou?

The coldest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -5.5 °C.

Does it snow in Fuzhou?

Almost never: Fuzhou sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Fuzhou warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Fuzhou?

The wettest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1940, with 266 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fuzhou?

The windiest day measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fuzhou?

The warmest month in Fuzhou is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Fuzhou?

Fuzhou receives on average 1,589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fuzhou?

Fuzhou gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fuzhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fuzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, with 8.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fuzhou?

Yes: Fuzhou has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fuzhou?

In Fuzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 23 July 2022, and the lowest was -9.5 °C on 16 December 1975.

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