Lengshuitan climate — normals and trends
Lengshuitan (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,530 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lengshuitan averages 8 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Lengshuitan has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 12 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -11.8 °C (on 29 December 1991).
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
LengshuitanHunan
- coords
- 26.41°, 111.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.6°C
Average daily high
22.3°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,530mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
97 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
135 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
41.9 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
29 December 1991
Wettest day
203 mm
6 August 1994
Windiest day
42.2 km/h
8 June 1946
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
14 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
46.1 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-15.9 °C
29 December 1991
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
6 January 2003
Sunniest day
13.1 h
10 July 1941
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 | 15.0 °C | +4.9 °C | 33 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 10.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 72 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 18.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 91 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 26.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 153 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 211 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 30.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 209 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 205 mm | +95 mm |
| Aug | 34.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 67 mm | -68 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 98 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 24 mm | -59 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 83 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 16.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lengshuitan?
Lengshuitan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,530 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lengshuitan?
The hottest day measured in Lengshuitan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lengshuitan?
The coldest day measured in Lengshuitan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1991, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Lengshuitan?
Yes. Lengshuitan gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Lengshuitan warmed?
Yes: Lengshuitan warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lengshuitan?
The wettest day measured in Lengshuitan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1994, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lengshuitan?
The windiest day measured in Lengshuitan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1946, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lengshuitan?
The warmest month in Lengshuitan is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Lengshuitan?
Lengshuitan receives on average 1,530 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lengshuitan?
Lengshuitan gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lengshuitan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lengshuitan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2003, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lengshuitan?
Yes: Lengshuitan has on average 135 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lengshuitan?
In Lengshuitan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 15 July 2002, and the lowest was -15.9 °C on 29 December 1991.
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