Jinding climate — normals and trends
Jinding (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 1,469 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jinding averages 108 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Jinding has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.4 °C (on 12 June 1986) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 6 January 1983).
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
JindingYunnan
- coords
- 26.44°, 99.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,469mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
13.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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
27.4 °C
12 June 1986
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
6 January 1983
Wettest day
72 mm
9 October 2015
Windiest day
21.6 km/h
24 February 1979
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
20 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
29.2 °C
18 August 2016
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
6 January 1983
Snowiest day
33.7 cm
19 October 1956
Sunniest day
13.1 h
31 May 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 24 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 10.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 36 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 120 mm | +52 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 200 mm | +89 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 301 mm | +74 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 311 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 378 mm | +105 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 187 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 14.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 52 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jinding?
Jinding has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 1,469 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jinding?
The hottest day measured in Jinding between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1986, reaching 27.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jinding?
The coldest day measured in Jinding between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1983, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Jinding?
Yes. Jinding gets on average 51.6 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Jinding warmed?
Yes: Jinding warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jinding?
The wettest day measured in Jinding between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2015, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jinding?
The windiest day measured in Jinding between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1979, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jinding?
The warmest month in Jinding is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Jinding?
Jinding receives on average 1,469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jinding?
Jinding gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jinding?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jinding between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1956, with 33.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jinding?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Jinding.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jinding?
In Jinding, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.2 °C on 18 August 2016, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 6 January 1983.
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