Heze climate — normals and trends
Heze (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 806 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 (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Heze averages 80 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Heze has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 12 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
HezeShandong
- coords
- 35.24°, 115.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
806mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.8 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
87 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
43.0 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
12 January 1955
Wettest day
217 mm
10 July 1954
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
5 May 2005
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
27 March 2006
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-31.1 °C
12 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
6 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 51 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 25.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 33.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 73 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 106 mm | -123 mm |
| Aug | 33.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 87 mm | -78 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 191 mm | +102 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | -3.2 °C | 149 mm | +110 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 14 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Heze?
Heze has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Heze?
The hottest day measured in Heze between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Heze?
The coldest day measured in Heze between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Heze?
Yes. Heze gets on average 15.8 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Heze warmed?
Yes: Heze warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Heze?
The wettest day measured in Heze between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1954, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Heze?
The windiest day measured in Heze between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2005, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Heze?
The warmest month in Heze is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Heze?
Heze receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Heze?
Heze gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Heze?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Heze between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2001, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Heze?
Yes: Heze has on average 87 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Heze?
In Heze, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 15 July 2002, and the lowest was -31.1 °C on 12 January 1955.
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