Houqiao climate — normals and trends
Houqiao (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 3,254 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Houqiao averages 25 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 233 rainy days per year.
Houqiao has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.2 °C (on 3 August 2001) and the coldest -6.8 °C (on 9 February 1977).
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
HouqiaoYunnan
- coords
- 25.32°, 98.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
3,254mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
7.5km/h
Seasonal range
11.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
233 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
28.2 °C
3 August 2001
Coldest day
-6.8 °C
9 February 1977
Wettest day
175 mm
19 August 1954
Windiest day
20.5 km/h
18 April 1960
Strongest gust
79.2 km/h
11 April 1985
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-10.7 °C
9 February 1977
Snowiest day
8.3 cm
27 January 2016
Sunniest day
13.0 h
11 May 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 | 15.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 16.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 197 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 214 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 455 mm | +114 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 658 mm | +86 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 534 mm | -108 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 381 mm | -65 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 194 mm | -79 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 234 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 111 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 16.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Houqiao?
Houqiao has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 3,254 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Houqiao?
The hottest day measured in Houqiao between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2001, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Houqiao?
The coldest day measured in Houqiao between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1977, at -6.8 °C.
Does it snow in Houqiao?
Yes. Houqiao gets on average 4.1 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Houqiao warmed?
Yes: Houqiao warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Houqiao?
The wettest day measured in Houqiao between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1954, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Houqiao?
The windiest day measured in Houqiao between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1960, with winds reaching 20.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Houqiao?
The warmest month in Houqiao is August (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Houqiao?
Houqiao receives on average 3,254 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 233 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Houqiao?
Houqiao gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Houqiao?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Houqiao between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2016, with 8.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Houqiao?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Houqiao.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Houqiao?
In Houqiao, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 9 February 1977.
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