Laiyang climate — normals and trends
Laiyang (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 770 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Laiyang averages 111 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Laiyang has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 123 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 10 June 1942) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 18 January 1958).
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
LaiyangShandong
- coords
- 36.98°, 120.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
770mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.8 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
55 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
37.6 °C
10 June 1942
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
18 January 1958
Wettest day
150 mm
22 August 1965
Windiest day
51.8 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
9 August 1967
Coldest feels-like
-23.3 °C
27 January 1981
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
7 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 55 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 20.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 69 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 89 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 63 mm | -144 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 167 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 182 mm | +95 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 120 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 14.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Laiyang?
Laiyang has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 770 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laiyang?
The hottest day measured in Laiyang between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1942, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Laiyang?
The coldest day measured in Laiyang between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1958, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Laiyang?
Yes. Laiyang gets on average 14.8 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Laiyang warmed?
Yes: Laiyang warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Laiyang?
The wettest day measured in Laiyang between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1965, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Laiyang?
The windiest day measured in Laiyang between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Laiyang?
The warmest month in Laiyang is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Laiyang?
Laiyang receives on average 770 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Laiyang?
Laiyang 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 Laiyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Laiyang between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2001, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Laiyang?
Yes: Laiyang has on average 55 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laiyang?
In Laiyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 9 August 1967, and the lowest was -23.3 °C on 27 January 1981.
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