Jingdezhen climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 2,253 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jingdezhen?

The hottest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jingdezhen?

The coldest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1985, at -13.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jingdezhen?

Yes. Jingdezhen gets on average 8.8 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Jingdezhen warmed?

Yes: Jingdezhen warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jingdezhen?

The wettest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1997, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jingdezhen?

The windiest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1956, with winds reaching 38.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jingdezhen?

The warmest month in Jingdezhen is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen receives on average 2,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jingdezhen (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 2,253 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Jingdezhen averages 20 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Jingdezhen has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 12 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 10 August 1953) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 12 December 1985).

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

JingdezhenJiangxi

coords: 29.29°, 117.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.1°C

Average daily high

22.2°C

Average daily low

14.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,253mm

Sunshine / day

7.6h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

23.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

20 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

8.8 cm

Average feels-like high

23.5 °C

Average feels-like low

14.6 °C

Average peak gust

28.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

124 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

41.3 °C

10 August 1953

Coldest day

-13.6 °C

12 December 1985

Wettest day

189 mm

8 July 1997

Windiest day

38.7 km/h

16 June 1956

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

1 August 1996

Hottest feels-like

48.7 °C

2 August 2003

Coldest feels-like

-18.6 °C

12 December 1985

Snowiest day

12.5 cm

10 December 1985

Sunniest day

13.7 h

4 June 2009

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.2 °C17 August 2025	-2.4 °C9 February 2025	20.5 °C	1,504 mm	139	12
2024	40.7 °C24 July 2024	-6.2 °C23 January 2024	19.8 °C	2,242 mm	110	14
2023	37.5 °C11 July 2023	-4.2 °C22 December 2023	19.1 °C	1,983 mm	104	16
2022	39.2 °C13 August 2022	-2.4 °C18 December 2022	19.4 °C	1,935 mm	120	6
2021	37.6 °C2 August 2021	-5.0 °C2 January 2021	19.6 °C	2,026 mm	119	13
2020	37.9 °C31 August 2020	-4.3 °C31 December 2020	19.2 °C	2,324 mm	100	7
2019	37.9 °C24 August 2019	-0.8 °C24 January 2019	19.1 °C	2,032 mm	103	2
2018	41.1 °C11 August 2018	-4.1 °C6 February 2018	19.4 °C	1,693 mm	110	18
2017	39.3 °C26 July 2017	-3.0 °C18 December 2017	19.0 °C	1,930 mm	100	12
2016	38.7 °C16 August 2016	-6.2 °C25 January 2016	19.0 °C	2,416 mm	92	10
2015	37.3 °C7 August 2015	-3.4 °C2 January 2015	18.6 °C	2,607 mm	78	6
2014	37.7 °C22 July 2014	-4.2 °C22 January 2014	18.6 °C	2,228 mm	92	18
2013	40.2 °C13 August 2013	-5.1 °C28 December 2013	19.0 °C	1,784 mm	110	21
2012	36.2 °C4 July 2012	-4.2 °C30 December 2012	17.9 °C	2,438 mm	79	13
2011	37.2 °C25 July 2011	-3.4 °C8 January 2011	18.3 °C	1,504 mm	100	23
2010	38.6 °C4 August 2010	-6.4 °C17 December 2010	18.4 °C	2,228 mm	93	14
2009	37.4 °C10 July 2009	-5.1 °C14 January 2009	18.8 °C	1,478 mm	114	22
2008	38.9 °C27 July 2008	-4.3 °C3 January 2008	18.5 °C	1,708 mm	104	25
2007	37.3 °C2 August 2007	-2.4 °C10 January 2007	19.2 °C	1,497 mm	113	9
2006	38.5 °C15 August 2006	-4.2 °C7 January 2006	18.9 °C	1,735 mm	104	8
2005	38.4 °C20 September 2005	-5.0 °C1 January 2005	18.6 °C	1,912 mm	113	30
2004	38.1 °C9 August 2004	-3.9 °C25 January 2004	18.5 °C	1,689 mm	102	12
2003	40.9 °C2 August 2003	-3.4 °C20 December 2003	18.9 °C	1,850 mm	117	17
2002	37.3 °C14 July 2002	-1.4 °C26 December 2002	18.7 °C	2,721 mm	92	7
2001	38.5 °C11 July 2001	-2.4 °C23 December 2001	18.4 °C	2,038 mm	81	16
2000	38.8 °C15 July 2000	-3.9 °C27 January 2000	18.3 °C	2,155 mm	96	10
1999	36.3 °C12 September 1999	-5.3 °C23 December 1999	18.3 °C	2,956 mm	75	14
1998	37.4 °C12 July 1998	-2.3 °C21 January 1998	19.0 °C	2,992 mm	91	12
1997	36.1 °C2 August 1997	-3.1 °C11 January 1997	18.1 °C	2,672 mm	79	11
1996	37.6 °C30 July 1996	-2.9 °C10 February 1996	17.8 °C	2,367 mm	90	14
1995	37.6 °C20 July 1995	-3.0 °C6 February 1995	17.9 °C	2,921 mm	74	19
1994	37.7 °C3 August 1994	-2.5 °C21 January 1994	18.5 °C	2,335 mm	99	12
1993	35.2 °C27 June 1993	-4.2 °C28 January 1993	17.4 °C	3,179 mm	73	23
1992	38.1 °C31 July 1992	-4.2 °C15 January 1992	17.6 °C	2,633 mm	77	13
1991	38.8 °C23 July 1991	-8.4 °C29 December 1991	18.0 °C	2,139 mm	89	10
1990	37.5 °C25 July 1990	-6.1 °C1 February 1990	18.1 °C	2,340 mm	88	10
1989	37.3 °C20 July 1989	-6.3 °C14 January 1989	17.5 °C	2,705 mm	76	9
1988	39.5 °C17 July 1988	-2.4 °C19 January 1988	17.7 °C	1,946 mm	79	11
1987	37.1 °C21 July 1987	-3.0 °C8 December 1987	17.7 °C	2,509 mm	78	22
1986	38.2 °C14 August 1986	-3.7 °C5 January 1986	17.7 °C	2,191 mm	95	19
1985	36.1 °C14 July 1985	-13.6 °C12 December 1985	17.6 °C	2,148 mm	99	21
1984	36.1 °C3 August 1984	-9.8 °C22 January 1984	17.2 °C	2,248 mm	88	32
1983	38.2 °C6 August 1983	-3.3 °C12 January 1983	17.8 °C	2,981 mm	85	23
1982	36.3 °C16 July 1982	-4.8 °C19 January 1982	17.6 °C	2,081 mm	77	19
1981	36.6 °C21 June 1981	-3.0 °C3 January 1981	17.4 °C	2,188 mm	87	19
1980	37.3 °C26 July 1980	-8.0 °C14 January 1980	17.3 °C	2,408 mm	68	27
1979	37.1 °C7 August 1979	-8.1 °C24 November 1979	18.2 °C	1,993 mm	85	18
1978	38.6 °C21 August 1978	-2.9 °C17 January 1978	18.4 °C	1,537 mm	96	16
1977	35.9 °C5 August 1977	-10.3 °C1 February 1977	17.4 °C	2,913 mm	69	31
1976	37.6 °C21 July 1976	-6.3 °C12 January 1976	17.1 °C	2,443 mm	72	32
1975	35.9 °C29 July 1975	-3.8 °C24 November 1975	17.6 °C	2,913 mm	91	26
1974	37.1 °C9 August 1974	-6.1 °C25 February 1974	17.6 °C	2,144 mm	81	22
1973	37.0 °C22 August 1973	-7.7 °C26 December 1973	17.7 °C	3,227 mm	72	21
1972	36.4 °C8 July 1972	-9.9 °C9 February 1972	17.3 °C	2,596 mm	83	28
1971	39.0 °C31 July 1971	-4.9 °C1 February 1971	17.7 °C	1,905 mm	92	33
1970	38.0 °C1 August 1970	-9.2 °C16 January 1970	17.4 °C	2,380 mm	85	20
1969	37.2 °C2 August 1969	-12.1 °C6 February 1969	17.3 °C	2,719 mm	88	33
1968	36.9 °C31 July 1968	-4.5 °C4 January 1968	17.9 °C	2,143 mm	90	23
1967	39.6 °C29 August 1967	-7.1 °C16 January 1967	17.8 °C	2,490 mm	100	50
1966	38.1 °C11 August 1966	-5.0 °C27 December 1966	18.1 °C	2,256 mm	79	22
1965	34.8 °C20 July 1965	-6.4 °C17 December 1965	17.0 °C	2,256 mm	55	19
1964	36.5 °C16 July 1964	-7.4 °C18 February 1964	18.0 °C	2,241 mm	93	25
1963	36.5 °C1 September 1963	-6.3 °C8 January 1963	18.0 °C	1,578 mm	107	36
1962	36.6 °C20 July 1962	-5.2 °C2 January 1962	17.5 °C	2,367 mm	78	32
1961	38.2 °C22 July 1961	-5.0 °C18 January 1961	18.4 °C	2,160 mm	97	21
1960	36.6 °C31 July 1960	-10.1 °C25 January 1960	17.8 °C	2,603 mm	89	15
1959	37.3 °C28 August 1959	-5.2 °C17 January 1959	17.6 °C	2,049 mm	89	22
1958	37.8 °C24 July 1958	-6.9 °C3 February 1958	17.3 °C	1,912 mm	82	32
1957	36.4 °C23 July 1957	-6.7 °C11 February 1957	17.2 °C	2,145 mm	70	16
1956	38.1 °C22 July 1956	-5.8 °C24 January 1956	17.4 °C	1,956 mm	83	31
1955	36.0 °C15 August 1955	-6.8 °C11 January 1955	18.3 °C	2,455 mm	91	22
1954	37.3 °C14 August 1954	-4.4 °C25 January 1954	18.5 °C	3,362 mm	92	22
1953	41.3 °C10 August 1953	-2.8 °C18 January 1953	18.7 °C	2,245 mm	89	10
1952	34.7 °C12 September 1952	-12.3 °C19 February 1952	17.8 °C	3,245 mm	77	18
1951	38.4 °C18 August 1951	-12.2 °C14 January 1951	17.9 °C	2,411 mm	75	29
1950	36.9 °C18 July 1950	-3.7 °C18 February 1950	18.0 °C	2,628 mm	68	23
1949	34.9 °C18 September 1949	-4.2 °C9 January 1949	18.1 °C	3,089 mm	72	12
1948	35.3 °C9 August 1948	-5.0 °C26 January 1948	18.6 °C	3,284 mm	84	17
1947	34.3 °C11 August 1947	-4.4 °C20 December 1947	17.9 °C	1,733 mm	80	24
1946	39.2 °C9 July 1946	-4.1 °C6 January 1946	19.1 °C	1,143 mm	122	23
1945	33.7 °C29 July 1945	-4.8 °C18 December 1945	17.0 °C	1,521 mm	75	40
1944	34.1 °C20 June 1944	-4.6 °C19 December 1944	17.9 °C	1,622 mm	95	34
1943	32.0 °C15 July 1943	-5.9 °C12 January 1943	17.7 °C	2,327 mm	39	21
1942	34.7 °C6 August 1942	-3.1 °C6 December 1942	17.8 °C	2,078 mm	69	30
1941	33.9 °C7 August 1941	-5.0 °C25 January 1941	17.5 °C	2,391 mm	52	20
1940	34.6 °C29 August 1940	-7.1 °C23 January 1940	17.2 °C	1,740 mm	76	20

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.3 °C

+3.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

12 d/yr

-8

Annual rainfall

1504 mm

-749 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.4 °C	+5.2 °C	35 mm	-37 mm
Feb	11.4 °C	-0.5 °C	75 mm	-48 mm
Mar	18.6 °C	+2.3 °C	106 mm	-109 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+4.0 °C	277 mm	-27 mm
May	27.9 °C	+1.6 °C	308 mm	-62 mm
Jun	30.6 °C	+1.4 °C	359 mm	-112 mm
Jul	36.1 °C	+3.2 °C	85 mm	-159 mm
Aug	37.4 °C	+4.4 °C	59 mm	-98 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	+4.0 °C	127 mm	+24 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+4.2 °C	15 mm	-57 mm
Nov	20.4 °C	+1.9 °C	33 mm	-38 mm
Dec	17.2 °C	+4.7 °C	25 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.2 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-2.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

90.7 mm

21 Apr 2025

Windiest day

29.8 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

29 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.2 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 2,253 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jingdezhen?

The hottest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jingdezhen?

The coldest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1985, at -13.6 °C.

Does it snow in Jingdezhen?

Yes. Jingdezhen gets on average 8.8 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.

Has the climate of Jingdezhen warmed?

Yes: Jingdezhen warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jingdezhen?

The wettest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1997, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jingdezhen?

The windiest day measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1956, with winds reaching 38.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jingdezhen?

The warmest month in Jingdezhen is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen receives on average 2,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jingdezhen?

Jingdezhen 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 Jingdezhen?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jingdezhen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1985, with 12.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Jingdezhen?

Yes: Jingdezhen has on average 124 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jingdezhen?

In Jingdezhen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.7 °C on 2 August 2003, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 12 December 1985.

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