Huangshi climate — normals and trends
Huangshi (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,626 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Huangshi averages 19 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Huangshi has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 26 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 10 August 1953) and the coldest -16.0 °C (on 11 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
HuangshiHubei
- coords
- 30.25°, 115.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
14.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,626mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
81 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
14.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
126 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
40.8 °C
10 August 1953
Coldest day
-16.0 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
191 mm
14 August 1975
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
12 April 1979
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
12 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
48.2 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-20.6 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.5 h
10 June 1942
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 | 12.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 36 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 10.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -63 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 80 mm | -65 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 74 mm | -112 mm |
| May | 28.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 196 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 366 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 32 mm | -185 mm |
| Aug | 34.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 143 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 176 mm | +74 mm |
| Oct | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 76 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 18.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 14.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 35 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huangshi?
Huangshi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,626 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huangshi?
The hottest day measured in Huangshi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huangshi?
The coldest day measured in Huangshi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -16.0 °C.
Does it snow in Huangshi?
Yes. Huangshi gets on average 10.2 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Huangshi warmed?
Yes: Huangshi warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huangshi?
The wettest day measured in Huangshi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1975, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huangshi?
The windiest day measured in Huangshi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1979, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huangshi?
The warmest month in Huangshi is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Huangshi?
Huangshi receives on average 1,626 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huangshi?
Huangshi gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huangshi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huangshi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huangshi?
Yes: Huangshi has on average 126 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huangshi?
In Huangshi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -20.6 °C on 11 January 1955.
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