Huangpu climate — normals and trends
Huangpu (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,316 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Huangpu averages 20 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Huangpu has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 29 to 11 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 3 September 1946) and the coldest -9.4 °C (on 16 January 1958).
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
HuangpuShanghai Municipality
- coords
- 31.24°, 121.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,316mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
20 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
114 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
40.2 °C
3 September 1946
Coldest day
-9.4 °C
16 January 1958
Wettest day
180 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
61.6 km/h
25 July 2021
Strongest gust
138.2 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
24 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-16.5 °C
16 January 1958
Snowiest day
12.7 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 July 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 | 10.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 28 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 89 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 50 mm | -66 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 162 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 362 mm | +101 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 214 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 34.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 49 mm | -85 mm |
| Sep | 31.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 115 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 67 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 8 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huangpu?
Huangpu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,316 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huangpu?
The hottest day measured in Huangpu between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1946, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huangpu?
The coldest day measured in Huangpu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1958, at -9.4 °C.
Does it snow in Huangpu?
Yes. Huangpu gets on average 4.7 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.
Has the climate of Huangpu warmed?
Yes: Huangpu warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huangpu?
The wettest day measured in Huangpu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huangpu?
The windiest day measured in Huangpu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2021, with winds reaching 61.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huangpu?
The warmest month in Huangpu is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Huangpu?
Huangpu receives on average 1,316 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huangpu?
Huangpu gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huangpu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huangpu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 12.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huangpu?
Yes: Huangpu has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huangpu?
In Huangpu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 24 July 2017, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 16 January 1958.
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