Jiayue climate — normals and trends
Jiayue (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 788 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jiayue averages 100 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Jiayue has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 112 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -21.0 °C (on 25 December 1959).
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
JiayueShandong
- coords
- 36.02°, 119.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.9°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
788mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
64 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
40.1 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-21.0 °C
25 December 1959
Wettest day
148 mm
8 August 2009
Windiest day
63.6 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
45.3 °C
29 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-26.3 °C
25 December 1959
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
25 February 2021
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 5 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 73 mm | +47 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 83 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 34.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 27 mm | -184 mm |
| Aug | 33.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 112 mm | -53 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 212 mm | +128 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 138 mm | +100 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 5 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 17 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jiayue?
Jiayue has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 788 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jiayue?
The hottest day measured in Jiayue between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jiayue?
The coldest day measured in Jiayue between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1959, at -21.0 °C.
Does it snow in Jiayue?
Yes. Jiayue gets on average 16.2 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Jiayue warmed?
Yes: Jiayue warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jiayue?
The wettest day measured in Jiayue between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jiayue?
The windiest day measured in Jiayue between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jiayue?
The warmest month in Jiayue is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Jiayue?
Jiayue receives on average 788 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jiayue?
Jiayue gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jiayue?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jiayue between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2021, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jiayue?
Yes: Jiayue has on average 64 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jiayue?
In Jiayue, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 29 July 1958, and the lowest was -26.3 °C on 25 December 1959.
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