Guangshui climate — normals and trends
Guangshui (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 1,369 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Guangshui averages 45 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Guangshui has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 55 to 35 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 13 August 1953) and the coldest -19.1 °C (on 11 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.
Climate normals · ERA5
GuangshuiHubei
- coords
- 31.62°, 114.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
20.1°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,369mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.9 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
11.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
39.8 °C
13 August 1953
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
147 mm
23 July 2002
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
16 October 1957
Strongest gust
82.8 km/h
16 October 1957
Hottest feels-like
46.0 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
4 January 2018
Sunniest day
13.4 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 48 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 59 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 87 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 27.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 207 mm | +37 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 416 mm | +197 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 56 mm | -204 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 174 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 220 mm | +118 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 107 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 18.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 28 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Guangshui?
Guangshui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 1,369 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guangshui?
The hottest day measured in Guangshui between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Guangshui?
The coldest day measured in Guangshui between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Guangshui?
Yes. Guangshui gets on average 16.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Guangshui warmed?
Yes: Guangshui warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Guangshui?
The wettest day measured in Guangshui between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2002, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Guangshui?
The windiest day measured in Guangshui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1957, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Guangshui?
The warmest month in Guangshui is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Guangshui?
Guangshui receives on average 1,369 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Guangshui?
Guangshui gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guangshui?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guangshui between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2018, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Guangshui?
Yes: Guangshui has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guangshui?
In Guangshui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 11 January 1955.
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