Huixian Chengguanzhen climate — normals and trends
Huixian Chengguanzhen (China) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 973 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Huixian Chengguanzhen averages 83 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Huixian Chengguanzhen has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 16 July 2006) and the coldest -22.9 °C (on 10 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
Huixian ChengguanzhenGansu
- coords
- 33.77°, 106.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
973mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
36.9 °C
16 July 2006
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
10 January 1955
Wettest day
170 mm
23 June 1946
Windiest day
41.9 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
22 October 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
16 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-27.4 °C
10 January 1955
Snowiest day
8.5 cm
15 November 1969
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 29 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 22.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 16 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 76 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 110 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 103 mm | -73 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 96 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 222 mm | +68 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 199 mm | +112 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huixian Chengguanzhen?
Huixian Chengguanzhen has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 973 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The hottest day measured in Huixian Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2006, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The coldest day measured in Huixian Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
Yes. Huixian Chengguanzhen gets on average 31.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Huixian Chengguanzhen warmed?
Yes: Huixian Chengguanzhen warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The wettest day measured in Huixian Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1946, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The windiest day measured in Huixian Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 41.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The warmest month in Huixian Chengguanzhen is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
Huixian Chengguanzhen receives on average 973 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
Huixian Chengguanzhen 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 Huixian Chengguanzhen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huixian Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1969, with 8.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
Yes: Huixian Chengguanzhen has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huixian Chengguanzhen?
In Huixian Chengguanzhen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -27.4 °C on 10 January 1955.
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