Guang’an climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Guang’an?

Guang’an has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,475 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guang’an?

The hottest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2011, reaching 42.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Guang’an?

The coldest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -8.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Guang’an?

Yes. Guang’an gets on average 3.9 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Guang’an warmed?

Yes: Guang’an warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Guang’an?

The wettest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1972, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Guang’an?

The windiest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Guang’an?

The warmest month in Guang’an is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Guang’an?

Guang’an receives on average 1,475 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Guang’an?

Guang’an gets on average 5.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,154 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Guang’an (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,475 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 August (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Guang’an averages 2 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.

Guang’an has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °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 42.7 °C (on 16 August 2011) and the coldest -8.1 °C (on 11 February 1945).

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

Guang’anSichuan

coords: 30.47°, 106.64°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

17.9°C

Average daily high

21.1°C

Average daily low

15.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,475mm

Sunshine / day

5.9h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

20.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

170 d/yr

Annual snowfall

3.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.7 °C

Average peak gust

21.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

114 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

42.7 °C

16 August 2011

Coldest day

-8.1 °C

11 February 1945

Wettest day

203 mm

21 July 1972

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

24 May 1946

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

22 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

5 August 1994

Coldest feels-like

-12.0 °C

27 December 1982

Snowiest day

9.0 cm

30 January 1980

Sunniest day

13.9 h

4 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.3 °C16 July 2025	0.1 °C27 January 2025	19.3 °C	1,687 mm	102	0
2024	41.8 °C4 September 2024	0.5 °C16 December 2024	19.7 °C	1,142 mm	100	0
2023	37.3 °C9 August 2023	0.2 °C15 January 2023	18.7 °C	1,607 mm	82	0
2022	42.3 °C23 August 2022	-0.5 °C19 December 2022	19.2 °C	1,113 mm	88	1
2021	39.5 °C3 August 2021	-1.5 °C12 January 2021	18.4 °C	1,485 mm	74	3
2020	37.7 °C29 August 2020	0.4 °C21 December 2020	18.3 °C	1,541 mm	74	0
2019	37.9 °C25 August 2019	2.6 °C22 January 2019	18.2 °C	1,448 mm	62	0
2018	38.8 °C20 July 2018	0.3 °C9 January 2018	18.4 °C	1,206 mm	84	0
2017	40.2 °C22 August 2017	2.5 °C9 February 2017	18.5 °C	1,181 mm	72	0
2016	38.3 °C24 August 2016	-3.3 °C25 January 2016	18.5 °C	1,297 mm	84	3
2015	35.6 °C2 August 2015	0.8 °C17 December 2015	18.7 °C	1,272 mm	66	0
2014	40.7 °C6 August 2014	1.1 °C17 January 2014	18.0 °C	1,421 mm	52	0
2013	39.3 °C23 August 2013	-0.7 °C1 January 2013	18.9 °C	1,214 mm	94	1
2012	37.7 °C12 August 2012	-0.7 °C31 December 2012	17.6 °C	1,208 mm	60	2
2011	42.7 °C16 August 2011	-1.5 °C12 January 2011	18.0 °C	1,050 mm	90	4
2010	40.7 °C11 August 2010	-1.8 °C16 December 2010	18.0 °C	1,108 mm	66	2
2009	38.1 °C7 September 2009	1.4 °C27 January 2009	18.3 °C	1,149 mm	75	0
2008	35.2 °C27 July 2008	-1.1 °C29 January 2008	17.8 °C	1,402 mm	65	5
2007	35.7 °C22 August 2007	1.4 °C19 January 2007	18.4 °C	1,321 mm	82	0
2006	41.2 °C15 August 2006	1.3 °C27 January 2006	19.0 °C	1,086 mm	88	0
2005	35.5 °C27 July 2005	-1.7 °C2 January 2005	17.9 °C	1,611 mm	78	2
2004	38.0 °C11 August 2004	-0.8 °C31 December 2004	17.9 °C	1,525 mm	66	1
2003	37.3 °C1 August 2003	1.6 °C6 January 2003	18.2 °C	1,423 mm	61	0
2002	37.3 °C13 July 2002	1.6 °C7 January 2002	18.4 °C	1,599 mm	66	0
2001	38.8 °C6 August 2001	0.6 °C22 December 2001	18.4 °C	1,175 mm	61	0
2000	37.2 °C27 July 2000	-0.1 °C1 February 2000	17.8 °C	1,686 mm	62	1
1999	36.2 °C10 September 1999	0.3 °C26 December 1999	18.1 °C	1,925 mm	66	0
1998	35.4 °C18 July 1998	0.6 °C23 January 1998	18.7 °C	1,972 mm	70	0
1997	40.7 °C31 August 1997	1.5 °C28 January 1997	18.1 °C	1,260 mm	72	0
1996	37.4 °C23 August 1996	-0.8 °C22 February 1996	17.3 °C	1,720 mm	71	2
1995	38.2 °C6 September 1995	1.9 °C3 January 1995	17.8 °C	1,530 mm	69	0
1994	39.9 °C5 August 1994	-1.4 °C21 January 1994	18.3 °C	1,406 mm	82	3
1993	35.5 °C13 July 1993	-1.4 °C27 January 1993	17.4 °C	1,687 mm	48	1
1992	39.4 °C11 August 1992	-0.8 °C24 December 1992	17.5 °C	1,323 mm	65	1
1991	37.4 °C25 July 1991	-2.9 °C28 December 1991	17.7 °C	1,353 mm	60	3
1990	37.1 °C6 August 1990	0.9 °C1 February 1990	18.2 °C	1,337 mm	82	0
1989	37.6 °C22 July 1989	0.3 °C11 February 1989	17.3 °C	1,566 mm	52	0
1988	37.0 °C19 July 1988	1.9 °C11 February 1988	17.7 °C	1,398 mm	66	0
1987	34.7 °C25 July 1987	1.7 °C27 January 1987	17.9 °C	1,574 mm	45	0
1986	37.1 °C11 August 1986	-0.4 °C2 March 1986	17.3 °C	1,606 mm	58	1
1985	37.5 °C5 August 1985	1.1 °C18 January 1985	17.5 °C	1,593 mm	63	0
1984	36.4 °C1 August 1984	0.4 °C9 January 1984	17.3 °C	1,591 mm	60	0
1983	34.8 °C25 July 1983	0.0 °C29 December 1983	17.7 °C	1,371 mm	47	0
1982	36.1 °C3 August 1982	-7.9 °C27 December 1982	17.1 °C	1,682 mm	49	5
1981	36.7 °C6 August 1981	0.1 °C23 December 1981	17.7 °C	1,185 mm	66	0
1980	36.6 °C28 July 1980	-0.3 °C8 February 1980	17.7 °C	1,458 mm	48	2
1979	36.2 °C9 August 1979	-0.5 °C31 January 1979	18.0 °C	1,584 mm	57	2
1978	38.2 °C3 September 1978	-1.2 °C21 January 1978	18.2 °C	1,068 mm	81	4
1977	37.6 °C8 August 1977	-2.4 °C30 January 1977	17.8 °C	1,259 mm	70	4
1976	39.3 °C20 August 1976	-1.7 °C29 December 1976	17.4 °C	1,259 mm	57	2
1975	40.0 °C9 September 1975	-3.3 °C15 December 1975	18.2 °C	1,389 mm	71	6
1974	36.2 °C30 July 1974	0.0 °C25 February 1974	17.6 °C	1,840 mm	47	0
1973	36.9 °C26 August 1973	0.9 °C2 January 1973	18.5 °C	1,560 mm	72	0
1972	40.5 °C26 August 1972	0.3 °C8 February 1972	18.0 °C	1,650 mm	79	0
1971	39.1 °C2 September 1971	0.2 °C31 January 1971	18.0 °C	1,122 mm	69	0
1970	37.6 °C17 August 1970	-1.7 °C11 January 1970	17.6 °C	1,633 mm	71	5
1969	36.8 °C27 July 1969	-0.9 °C30 January 1969	18.1 °C	1,306 mm	70	1
1968	36.1 °C31 July 1968	0.1 °C7 February 1968	17.4 °C	1,794 mm	47	0
1967	38.7 °C30 August 1967	-1.7 °C6 January 1967	17.5 °C	1,666 mm	70	5
1966	33.9 °C5 August 1966	-1.8 °C29 December 1966	17.3 °C	1,347 mm	50	5
1965	32.8 °C23 August 1965	-3.4 °C20 December 1965	17.0 °C	1,656 mm	32	4
1964	37.4 °C20 July 1964	0.4 °C18 January 1964	18.0 °C	1,866 mm	63	0
1963	36.6 °C4 June 1963	-2.3 °C14 January 1963	18.5 °C	1,740 mm	71	3
1962	36.7 °C16 July 1962	-0.9 °C30 December 1962	17.9 °C	1,515 mm	72	1
1961	38.4 °C23 July 1961	-1.7 °C1 February 1961	18.4 °C	1,688 mm	93	3
1960	36.3 °C6 August 1960	-0.7 °C3 January 1960	18.2 °C	1,669 mm	74	2
1959	39.9 °C23 August 1959	-1.3 °C13 January 1959	18.5 °C	1,084 mm	92	2
1958	36.4 °C26 July 1958	0.1 °C17 January 1958	18.2 °C	1,466 mm	70	0
1957	37.9 °C31 August 1957	-1.6 °C18 January 1957	17.9 °C	1,350 mm	53	2
1956	33.0 °C28 July 1956	-6.8 °C9 January 1956	17.3 °C	1,625 mm	58	8
1955	32.9 °C8 August 1955	-6.7 °C6 January 1955	17.4 °C	1,333 mm	50	13
1954	33.9 °C3 September 1954	-2.1 °C26 January 1954	17.4 °C	2,080 mm	50	7
1953	35.7 °C18 August 1953	0.8 °C27 January 1953	18.2 °C	1,765 mm	70	0
1952	34.1 °C4 July 1952	-0.6 °C8 January 1952	17.9 °C	1,985 mm	53	2
1951	33.1 °C15 August 1951	-3.8 °C14 January 1951	17.6 °C	1,496 mm	64	3
1950	33.2 °C23 July 1950	-0.2 °C9 December 1950	17.3 °C	1,957 mm	30	2
1949	33.2 °C15 September 1949	-1.6 °C8 January 1949	17.8 °C	1,550 mm	64	3
1948	33.3 °C28 July 1948	-2.6 °C28 January 1948	17.8 °C	1,579 mm	60	7
1947	32.9 °C25 July 1947	-4.4 °C20 December 1947	18.0 °C	1,413 mm	66	5
1946	36.3 °C20 July 1946	-0.2 °C3 February 1946	18.2 °C	1,146 mm	81	1
1945	32.9 °C21 July 1945	-8.1 °C11 February 1945	16.7 °C	1,373 mm	42	16
1944	34.4 °C29 July 1944	-4.3 °C18 December 1944	17.3 °C	1,202 mm	77	10
1943	31.4 °C1 July 1943	-2.1 °C8 February 1943	17.5 °C	2,097 mm	26	3
1942	32.6 °C8 August 1942	-1.1 °C15 February 1942	17.9 °C	1,451 mm	51	2
1941	33.5 °C11 July 1941	0.5 °C14 January 1941	17.7 °C	1,484 mm	47	0
1940	34.4 °C14 July 1940	-3.0 °C25 January 1940	17.5 °C	1,311 mm	60	6

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.8 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

102 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1687 mm

+212 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.7 °C	+1.8 °C	56 mm	+16 mm
Feb	12.0 °C	0.0 °C	38 mm	-7 mm
Mar	16.7 °C	-0.2 °C	92 mm	+5 mm
Apr	25.2 °C	+3.2 °C	107 mm	-27 mm
May	28.2 °C	+2.7 °C	69 mm	-101 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	234 mm	+64 mm
Jul	34.6 °C	+3.2 °C	153 mm	-66 mm
Aug	33.9 °C	+2.0 °C	357 mm	+171 mm
Sep	28.0 °C	+1.1 °C	296 mm	+132 mm
Oct	23.3 °C	+2.2 °C	194 mm	+67 mm
Nov	16.6 °C	+0.4 °C	55 mm	-30 mm
Dec	13.0 °C	+1.8 °C	37 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest day

0.1 °C

27 Jan 2025

Wettest day

166.8 mm

11 Aug 2025

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.2 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Guang’an?

Guang’an has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,475 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guang’an?

The hottest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2011, reaching 42.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Guang’an?

The coldest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -8.1 °C.

Does it snow in Guang’an?

Yes. Guang’an gets on average 3.9 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Has the climate of Guang’an warmed?

Yes: Guang’an warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Guang’an?

The wettest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1972, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Guang’an?

The windiest day measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Guang’an?

The warmest month in Guang’an is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Guang’an?

Guang’an receives on average 1,475 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Guang’an?

Guang’an gets on average 5.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,154 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guang’an?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guang’an between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1980, with 9.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Guang’an?

Yes: Guang’an has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guang’an?

In Guang’an, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.1 °C on 5 August 1994, and the lowest was -12.0 °C on 27 December 1982.

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