Kuandian climate — normals and trends
Kuandian (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 1,179 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kuandian averages 153 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Kuandian has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -36.0 °C (on 25 January 1941).
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
KuandianLiaoning
- coords
- 40.73°, 124.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,179mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
34.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
36.2 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-36.0 °C
25 January 1941
Wettest day
228 mm
5 September 1956
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
3 September 1969
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
16 August 1994
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-40.7 °C
25 January 1941
Snowiest day
22.2 cm
22 December 1980
Sunniest day
14.3 h
24 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 20 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 12 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 14 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 108 mm | +39 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 120 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 127 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 248 mm | -47 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 530 mm | +266 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 97 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 88 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 33 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | -2.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 29 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kuandian?
Kuandian has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 1,179 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuandian?
The hottest day measured in Kuandian between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kuandian?
The coldest day measured in Kuandian between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1941, at -36.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kuandian?
Yes. Kuandian gets on average 61.9 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Kuandian warmed?
Yes: Kuandian warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kuandian?
The wettest day measured in Kuandian between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1956, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kuandian?
The windiest day measured in Kuandian between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1969, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kuandian?
The warmest month in Kuandian is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kuandian?
Kuandian receives on average 1,179 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kuandian?
Kuandian gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kuandian?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kuandian between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1980, with 22.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kuandian?
Yes: Kuandian has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuandian?
In Kuandian, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -40.7 °C on 25 January 1941.
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