Kaitang climate — normals and trends
Kaitang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,459 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kaitang averages 24 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 183 rainy days per year.
Kaitang has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 25 July 2024) and the coldest -13.1 °C (on 30 January 1977).
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
KaitangGuizhou
- coords
- 26.72°, 108.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,459mm
Sunshine / day
5.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
183 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
91 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
36.5 °C
25 July 2024
Coldest day
-13.1 °C
30 January 1977
Wettest day
116 mm
29 June 1996
Windiest day
40.5 km/h
27 May 1946
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
14 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
30 January 1977
Snowiest day
17.3 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.6 h
3 July 1973
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 | +4.1 °C | 27 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | -1.7 °C | 61 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 92 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 23.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 177 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 325 mm | +94 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 421 mm | +180 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 154 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 121 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 86 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 42 mm | -61 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 100 mm | +37 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kaitang?
Kaitang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,459 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaitang?
The hottest day measured in Kaitang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2024, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kaitang?
The coldest day measured in Kaitang between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1977, at -13.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kaitang?
Yes. Kaitang gets on average 19.2 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Kaitang warmed?
Yes: Kaitang warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kaitang?
The wettest day measured in Kaitang between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1996, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kaitang?
The windiest day measured in Kaitang between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 40.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kaitang?
The warmest month in Kaitang is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kaitang?
Kaitang receives on average 1,459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kaitang?
Kaitang gets on average 5.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,081 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kaitang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kaitang between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 17.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kaitang?
Yes: Kaitang has on average 91 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaitang?
In Kaitang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 30 January 1977.
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