Jishu climate — normals and trends
Jishu (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 819 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jishu averages 171 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Jishu has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 167 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 26 June 2010) and the coldest -40.2 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
JishuJilin
- coords
- 44.32°, 126.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
-0.4°C
Annual rainfall
819mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
39.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
36.8 °C
26 June 2010
Coldest day
-40.2 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
116 mm
25 July 2025
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
27 May 1980
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
15 May 1982
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
29 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-44.9 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
20.5 cm
18 April 1988
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -7.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -4.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 4.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 78 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 94 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 177 mm | +59 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 247 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 140 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 32 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 11 mm | -42 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 14 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | -6.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jishu?
Jishu has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 819 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jishu?
The hottest day measured in Jishu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 2010, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jishu?
The coldest day measured in Jishu between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -40.2 °C.
Does it snow in Jishu?
Yes. Jishu gets on average 60.9 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Jishu warmed?
Yes: Jishu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jishu?
The wettest day measured in Jishu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jishu?
The windiest day measured in Jishu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1980, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jishu?
The warmest month in Jishu is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Jishu?
Jishu receives on average 819 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jishu?
Jishu gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jishu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jishu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1988, with 20.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jishu?
Yes: Jishu has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jishu?
In Jishu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 29 July 2018, and the lowest was -44.9 °C on 4 January 1970.
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