Huangzhou climate — normals and trends
Huangzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,567 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Huangzhou averages 21 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Huangzhou 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 28 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 16 August 1953) and the coldest -17.3 °C (on 16 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
HuangzhouHubei
- coords
- 30.45°, 114.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
14.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,567mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
83 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.5 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
14.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
127 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
40.9 °C
16 August 1953
Coldest day
-17.3 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
280 mm
14 August 1975
Windiest day
46.7 km/h
12 April 1979
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
12 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
48.4 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-22.7 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.4 h
17 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 38 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 11.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 19 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 73 mm | -59 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 58 mm | -117 mm |
| May | 28.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 208 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 408 mm | +119 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 30 mm | -192 mm |
| Aug | 34.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 118 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 160 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 23.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 81 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 32 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huangzhou?
Huangzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,567 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huangzhou?
The hottest day measured in Huangzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1953, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huangzhou?
The coldest day measured in Huangzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -17.3 °C.
Does it snow in Huangzhou?
Yes. Huangzhou gets on average 9.5 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Huangzhou warmed?
Yes: Huangzhou warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huangzhou?
The wettest day measured in Huangzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1975, with 280 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huangzhou?
The windiest day measured in Huangzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1979, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huangzhou?
The warmest month in Huangzhou is July (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Huangzhou?
Huangzhou receives on average 1,567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huangzhou?
Huangzhou gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huangzhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huangzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huangzhou?
Yes: Huangzhou has on average 127 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huangzhou?
In Huangzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -22.7 °C on 16 January 1955.
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