Hedong climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hedong?

Hedong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,275 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2002, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hedong?

The coldest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1940, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hedong?

Almost never: Hedong sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Hedong warmed?

Yes: Hedong warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hedong?

The wettest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hedong?

The windiest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1969, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hedong?

The warmest month in Hedong is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hedong?

Hedong receives on average 1,275 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hedong?

Hedong gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hedong (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,275 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 (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Hedong averages 0 frost days, 117 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.

Hedong has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 5 July 2002) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 25 January 1940).

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

HedongGuangdong

coords: 23.92°, 115.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,275mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

15.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

117 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

144 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

19.4 °C

Average peak gust

28.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

173 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

40.2 °C

5 July 2002

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

25 January 1940

Wettest day

255 mm

14 September 1970

Windiest day

48.0 km/h

28 July 1969

Strongest gust

126.0 km/h

20 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-7.5 °C

16 January 1967

Snowiest day

0.9 cm

16 January 1993

Sunniest day

13.1 h

13 June 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.1 °C7 July 2025	1.9 °C12 January 2025	22.5 °C	1,288 mm	154	0
2024	37.6 °C24 July 2024	0.4 °C24 January 2024	22.4 °C	1,707 mm	134	0
2023	38.0 °C3 August 2023	1.3 °C29 January 2023	22.5 °C	1,274 mm	135	0
2022	37.9 °C4 October 2022	2.1 °C19 December 2022	22.2 °C	1,472 mm	140	0
2021	40.1 °C27 July 2021	1.9 °C13 January 2021	23.6 °C	839 mm	171	0
2020	38.4 °C14 July 2020	2.2 °C31 December 2020	22.9 °C	944 mm	150	0
2019	36.9 °C24 August 2019	4.9 °C23 January 2019	22.6 °C	1,297 mm	138	0
2018	38.8 °C31 May 2018	0.4 °C6 February 2018	22.7 °C	1,029 mm	150	0
2017	38.3 °C28 September 2017	5.1 °C21 December 2017	22.4 °C	1,046 mm	139	0
2016	37.7 °C29 July 2016	-0.9 °C25 January 2016	21.9 °C	1,745 mm	131	1
2015	37.2 °C7 August 2015	2.6 °C18 December 2015	22.6 °C	1,299 mm	153	0
2014	36.7 °C18 September 2014	0.9 °C20 February 2014	22.1 °C	1,095 mm	160	0
2013	36.2 °C12 August 2013	0.9 °C29 December 2013	21.7 °C	1,415 mm	115	0
2012	37.6 °C27 August 2012	1.5 °C31 December 2012	21.8 °C	1,287 mm	150	0
2011	37.7 °C4 August 2011	1.8 °C17 January 2011	21.7 °C	987 mm	144	0
2010	38.1 °C10 August 2010	-1.7 °C17 December 2010	21.6 °C	1,451 mm	111	1
2009	40.1 °C2 August 2009	1.1 °C11 January 2009	22.5 °C	854 mm	164	0
2008	37.8 °C22 September 2008	2.7 °C3 February 2008	21.6 °C	1,348 mm	140	0
2007	38.2 °C23 July 2007	3.1 °C29 January 2007	22.2 °C	1,131 mm	138	0
2006	35.8 °C24 July 2006	2.0 °C7 January 2006	22.2 °C	1,907 mm	137	0
2005	38.0 °C18 July 2005	0.5 °C1 January 2005	21.9 °C	1,365 mm	141	0
2004	40.2 °C1 July 2004	1.1 °C22 January 2004	22.3 °C	831 mm	151	0
2003	39.6 °C16 July 2003	2.5 °C21 December 2003	22.6 °C	888 mm	167	0
2002	40.2 °C5 July 2002	2.4 °C27 December 2002	22.7 °C	890 mm	155	0
2001	35.5 °C23 August 2001	2.9 °C22 December 2001	22.0 °C	1,363 mm	131	0
2000	36.4 °C29 July 2000	0.7 °C28 January 2000	21.8 °C	1,339 mm	133	0
1999	35.8 °C20 August 1999	-1.8 °C23 December 1999	21.8 °C	1,445 mm	117	2
1998	37.6 °C20 August 1998	4.5 °C29 January 1998	22.3 °C	1,546 mm	137	0
1997	34.7 °C29 August 1997	2.9 °C10 January 1997	21.3 °C	1,724 mm	97	0
1996	36.6 °C25 July 1996	2.4 °C20 February 1996	21.5 °C	1,177 mm	133	0
1995	35.7 °C9 September 1995	1.3 °C6 January 1995	21.1 °C	1,333 mm	120	0
1994	35.9 °C2 July 1994	1.8 °C21 January 1994	21.5 °C	1,422 mm	107	0
1993	35.5 °C26 July 1993	1.1 °C29 January 1993	21.1 °C	1,321 mm	109	0
1992	35.4 °C29 July 1992	0.7 °C15 January 1992	20.9 °C	1,724 mm	97	0
1991	38.2 °C4 June 1991	-1.4 °C29 December 1991	21.9 °C	967 mm	135	1
1990	36.8 °C17 August 1990	2.2 °C31 January 1990	21.5 °C	1,850 mm	99	0
1989	37.6 °C14 August 1989	2.7 °C14 January 1989	21.4 °C	1,299 mm	117	0
1988	36.5 °C9 July 1988	3.5 °C18 December 1988	20.9 °C	1,473 mm	111	0
1987	37.1 °C5 September 1987	1.7 °C7 December 1987	21.9 °C	1,262 mm	125	0
1986	36.2 °C11 September 1986	0.4 °C6 January 1986	21.2 °C	1,497 mm	134	0
1985	35.5 °C22 June 1985	0.6 °C17 December 1985	20.7 °C	1,577 mm	105	0
1984	35.6 °C29 July 1984	0.8 °C25 December 1984	20.8 °C	1,316 mm	102	0
1983	37.4 °C11 August 1983	2.5 °C22 January 1983	21.1 °C	1,898 mm	131	0
1982	37.0 °C28 July 1982	1.3 °C27 December 1982	21.2 °C	1,518 mm	102	0
1981	35.4 °C12 August 1981	1.1 °C12 January 1981	21.2 °C	1,464 mm	100	0
1980	36.3 °C10 July 1980	0.1 °C31 January 1980	21.2 °C	1,297 mm	112	0
1979	36.6 °C28 July 1979	0.9 °C1 February 1979	21.0 °C	1,340 mm	97	0
1978	36.0 °C15 July 1978	0.8 °C21 January 1978	21.1 °C	1,645 mm	108	0
1977	36.7 °C18 July 1977	0.9 °C30 January 1977	21.8 °C	874 mm	147	0
1976	35.6 °C22 August 1976	0.7 °C12 January 1976	20.7 °C	1,502 mm	102	0
1975	34.4 °C27 July 1975	0.4 °C16 December 1975	20.9 °C	1,848 mm	110	0
1974	34.9 °C9 August 1974	0.3 °C26 February 1974	21.0 °C	1,604 mm	121	0
1973	34.2 °C19 July 1973	-0.1 °C26 December 1973	21.3 °C	1,895 mm	88	2
1972	36.8 °C21 July 1972	0.5 °C9 February 1972	21.0 °C	1,709 mm	102	0
1971	38.0 °C20 July 1971	0.9 °C11 January 1971	21.1 °C	1,278 mm	119	0
1970	35.7 °C1 August 1970	0.0 °C20 January 1970	20.8 °C	1,569 mm	115	0
1969	36.4 °C26 September 1969	-1.3 °C6 February 1969	20.8 °C	1,279 mm	118	1
1968	35.1 °C20 July 1968	2.6 °C7 February 1968	21.1 °C	1,456 mm	97	0
1967	38.0 °C17 July 1967	-2.0 °C16 January 1967	21.2 °C	946 mm	131	2
1966	33.7 °C15 August 1966	1.2 °C28 December 1966	20.7 °C	1,219 mm	73	0
1965	32.4 °C20 July 1965	-0.2 °C31 December 1965	20.1 °C	1,414 mm	43	1
1964	39.5 °C7 August 1964	2.4 °C26 February 1964	21.6 °C	1,086 mm	136	0
1963	38.5 °C2 September 1963	-0.6 °C15 January 1963	21.8 °C	709 mm	146	1
1962	37.3 °C1 August 1962	0.9 °C2 January 1962	21.0 °C	1,199 mm	115	0
1961	35.7 °C30 June 1961	-0.8 °C19 January 1961	21.4 °C	1,836 mm	101	1
1960	35.4 °C1 August 1960	1.0 °C4 January 1960	21.5 °C	1,550 mm	109	0
1959	34.5 °C29 August 1959	0.5 °C11 January 1959	21.2 °C	1,447 mm	99	0
1958	37.3 °C15 July 1958	1.4 °C5 January 1958	21.3 °C	1,072 mm	122	0
1957	37.1 °C14 August 1957	-2.0 °C12 February 1957	21.2 °C	1,219 mm	109	3
1956	37.8 °C3 September 1956	-2.5 °C10 January 1956	21.4 °C	702 mm	146	2
1955	34.0 °C1 May 1955	-2.4 °C11 January 1955	21.0 °C	696 mm	115	3
1954	36.7 °C29 July 1954	1.6 °C16 December 1954	21.4 °C	585 mm	127	0
1953	37.5 °C12 August 1953	1.9 °C11 December 1953	21.4 °C	860 mm	109	0
1952	32.5 °C5 August 1952	0.4 °C10 December 1952	21.1 °C	1,056 mm	77	0
1951	34.1 °C31 July 1951	-0.7 °C15 January 1951	20.5 °C	1,380 mm	75	2
1950	32.9 °C17 July 1950	0.1 °C10 December 1950	20.7 °C	1,222 mm	68	0
1949	34.2 °C1 June 1949	-0.3 °C9 January 1949	21.5 °C	795 mm	102	1
1948	33.5 °C6 July 1948	1.1 °C27 January 1948	21.0 °C	939 mm	77	0
1947	32.6 °C11 August 1947	1.5 °C30 December 1947	20.1 °C	1,560 mm	50	0
1946	36.9 °C21 June 1946	-0.4 °C6 January 1946	21.5 °C	551 mm	144	1
1945	32.3 °C29 July 1945	-0.3 °C17 January 1945	19.2 °C	1,251 mm	43	2
1944	33.2 °C8 April 1944	-0.6 °C10 December 1944	20.5 °C	1,015 mm	54	2
1943	36.5 °C27 May 1943	0.3 °C12 January 1943	21.2 °C	552 mm	137	0
1942	33.8 °C15 August 1942	0.1 °C7 December 1942	20.2 °C	1,132 mm	76	0
1941	31.9 °C29 June 1941	2.3 °C29 December 1941	20.2 °C	1,469 mm	51	0
1940	34.1 °C30 August 1940	-2.6 °C25 January 1940	20.0 °C	1,007 mm	64	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

154 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1288 mm

+13 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.8 °C	+2.3 °C	3 mm	-32 mm
Feb	19.4 °C	+0.9 °C	24 mm	-35 mm
Mar	23.0 °C	+0.9 °C	83 mm	-6 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+2.4 °C	79 mm	-60 mm
May	29.5 °C	+0.8 °C	166 mm	-35 mm
Jun	32.2 °C	+1.7 °C	185 mm	-33 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	+0.7 °C	268 mm	+127 mm
Aug	32.2 °C	+0.1 °C	256 mm	+93 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+1.3 °C	173 mm	+56 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+2.0 °C	27 mm	-19 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+0.4 °C	11 mm	-27 mm
Dec	22.6 °C	+3.3 °C	16 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

1.9 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

70.2 mm

14 Aug 2025

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hedong?

Hedong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,275 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hedong?

The hottest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2002, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hedong?

The coldest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1940, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Hedong?

Almost never: Hedong sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Hedong warmed?

Yes: Hedong warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hedong?

The wettest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hedong?

The windiest day measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1969, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hedong?

The warmest month in Hedong is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Hedong?

Hedong receives on average 1,275 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hedong?

Hedong gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hedong?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hedong between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1993, with 0.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Hedong?

Yes: Hedong has on average 173 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hedong?

In Hedong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 16 January 1967.

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