Handan climate — normals and trends
Handan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 637 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Handan averages 96 frost days, 79 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Handan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 25 June 2009) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 10 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
HandanHebei
- coords
- 36.61°, 114.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
637mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
79 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.7 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
44.0 °C
25 June 2009
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
10 January 1955
Wettest day
222 mm
23 August 1952
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
19 April 2001
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
19 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
10 January 1955
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
13 November 1952
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 8.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 17.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 17 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 34.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 49 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 77 mm | -96 mm |
| Aug | 33.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 66 mm | -92 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 17.4 °C | -3.7 °C | 139 mm | +104 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 14 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 6 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Handan?
Handan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 637 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Handan?
The hottest day measured in Handan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2009, reaching 44.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Handan?
The coldest day measured in Handan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Handan?
Yes. Handan gets on average 16.5 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Handan warmed?
Yes: Handan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Handan?
The wettest day measured in Handan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1952, with 222 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Handan?
The windiest day measured in Handan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2001, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Handan?
The warmest month in Handan is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Handan?
Handan receives on average 637 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Handan?
Handan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Handan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Handan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1952, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Handan?
Yes: Handan has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Handan?
In Handan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 5 July 1942, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 10 January 1955.
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