Lequn climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lequn?

Lequn has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,798 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lequn?

The hottest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2022, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lequn?

The coldest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1969, at 3.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lequn?

Almost never: Lequn sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Lequn warmed?

Yes: Lequn warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lequn?

The wettest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 244 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lequn?

The windiest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 79.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lequn?

The warmest month in Lequn is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lequn?

Lequn receives on average 1,798 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lequn?

Lequn gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lequn (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,798 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Lequn averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Lequn has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 24 July 2022) and the coldest 3.7 °C (on 5 February 1969).

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

LequnGuangdong

coords: 22.58°, 113.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

21.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,798mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

21.3km/h

Seasonal range

12.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.9 °C

Average feels-like low

22.2 °C

Average peak gust

31.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

223 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

34.0 °C

24 July 2022

Coldest day

3.7 °C

5 February 1969

Wettest day

244 mm

3 August 1970

Windiest day

79.4 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

139.7 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

18 July 2019

Coldest feels-like

-4.2 °C

16 January 1967

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.0 h

9 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C17 July 2025	9.7 °C9 February 2025	23.3 °C	1,792 mm	63
2024	32.9 °C5 August 2024	5.9 °C23 January 2024	23.7 °C	1,933 mm	61
2023	33.5 °C15 July 2023	7.6 °C22 December 2023	23.6 °C	2,056 mm	72
2022	34.0 °C24 July 2022	8.4 °C21 February 2022	23.1 °C	1,973 mm	52
2021	32.8 °C12 September 2021	7.1 °C8 January 2021	23.8 °C	1,797 mm	62
2020	32.2 °C29 August 2020	7.3 °C31 December 2020	23.6 °C	1,555 mm	48
2019	32.9 °C18 July 2019	9.6 °C1 January 2019	23.9 °C	1,753 mm	59
2018	31.9 °C29 May 2018	7.1 °C30 January 2018	23.2 °C	1,929 mm	50
2017	33.1 °C22 August 2017	9.9 °C18 December 2017	23.3 °C	1,766 mm	56
2016	33.1 °C30 July 2016	4.4 °C25 January 2016	23.0 °C	2,586 mm	51
2015	33.1 °C8 August 2015	10.1 °C18 December 2015	23.5 °C	1,636 mm	48
2014	32.2 °C31 July 2014	6.7 °C11 February 2014	23.0 °C	1,568 mm	53
2013	31.8 °C20 June 2013	8.3 °C28 December 2013	22.8 °C	2,064 mm	26
2012	32.3 °C1 August 2012	6.7 °C31 December 2012	22.9 °C	1,973 mm	30
2011	32.6 °C30 August 2011	6.9 °C12 January 2011	22.5 °C	1,136 mm	44
2010	31.8 °C4 August 2010	6.4 °C17 December 2010	22.9 °C	1,887 mm	27
2009	33.0 °C2 August 2009	8.7 °C24 January 2009	23.1 °C	1,579 mm	49
2008	33.3 °C28 July 2008	6.8 °C3 February 2008	22.7 °C	1,890 mm	30
2007	31.5 °C8 August 2007	9.7 °C8 January 2007	23.2 °C	1,370 mm	37
2006	32.4 °C25 July 2006	6.7 °C7 January 2006	23.2 °C	1,793 mm	31
2005	33.9 °C19 July 2005	5.3 °C1 January 2005	22.7 °C	1,948 mm	34
2004	33.2 °C1 July 2004	7.1 °C31 December 2004	23.0 °C	1,449 mm	44
2003	32.2 °C23 July 2003	7.5 °C7 January 2003	23.0 °C	1,639 mm	34
2002	31.6 °C10 July 2002	5.9 °C27 December 2002	23.1 °C	1,665 mm	25
2001	31.7 °C23 June 2001	8.1 °C22 December 2001	23.0 °C	2,039 mm	34
2000	31.6 °C23 August 2000	6.4 °C27 January 2000	22.7 °C	1,834 mm	33
1999	32.2 °C20 August 1999	5.2 °C23 December 1999	22.9 °C	1,734 mm	22
1998	31.8 °C20 August 1998	8.5 °C19 January 1998	23.2 °C	1,991 mm	29
1997	32.1 °C19 August 1997	8.2 °C25 January 1997	22.6 °C	2,352 mm	16
1996	32.4 °C26 July 1996	6.4 °C20 February 1996	22.5 °C	1,833 mm	21
1995	31.2 °C25 August 1995	9.8 °C5 February 1995	22.4 °C	1,772 mm	21
1994	31.7 °C11 July 1994	6.9 °C21 January 1994	22.9 °C	1,886 mm	12
1993	31.2 °C25 August 1993	5.6 °C16 January 1993	22.5 °C	2,053 mm	22
1992	32.4 °C2 September 1992	7.1 °C15 January 1992	22.3 °C	2,073 mm	19
1991	32.3 °C19 July 1991	4.5 °C28 December 1991	23.0 °C	1,324 mm	32
1990	33.0 °C17 August 1990	6.2 °C1 February 1990	22.7 °C	1,851 mm	39
1989	32.4 °C16 July 1989	6.4 °C14 January 1989	22.4 °C	1,664 mm	32
1988	32.3 °C18 July 1988	8.7 °C18 February 1988	22.4 °C	1,895 mm	13
1987	31.7 °C14 July 1987	8.2 °C7 December 1987	23.0 °C	1,761 mm	25
1986	32.1 °C28 August 1986	5.5 °C1 March 1986	22.4 °C	1,838 mm	33
1985	30.9 °C23 June 1985	8.6 °C10 January 1985	22.1 °C	2,312 mm	8
1984	31.5 °C29 August 1984	5.8 °C7 February 1984	21.8 °C	1,749 mm	13
1983	31.9 °C11 August 1983	5.0 °C30 December 1983	22.1 °C	2,571 mm	20
1982	32.9 °C29 July 1982	8.9 °C13 December 1982	22.4 °C	1,969 mm	13
1981	31.2 °C8 August 1981	9.1 °C20 December 1981	22.4 °C	1,780 mm	14
1980	32.6 °C10 July 1980	5.1 °C5 February 1980	22.6 °C	1,474 mm	26
1979	32.0 °C28 July 1979	6.3 °C1 February 1979	22.5 °C	2,010 mm	13
1978	31.1 °C25 August 1978	7.1 °C18 January 1978	22.4 °C	2,467 mm	21
1977	31.4 °C25 July 1977	5.1 °C5 January 1977	22.6 °C	1,572 mm	25
1976	31.2 °C22 August 1976	5.3 °C28 December 1976	21.9 °C	2,037 mm	13
1975	30.9 °C18 August 1975	5.5 °C14 December 1975	22.3 °C	2,769 mm	16
1974	31.4 °C10 August 1974	5.5 °C25 February 1974	22.1 °C	2,099 mm	14
1973	30.6 °C20 August 1973	6.9 °C25 December 1973	22.7 °C	2,823 mm	7
1972	31.2 °C11 July 1972	5.4 °C9 February 1972	22.2 °C	2,462 mm	9
1971	32.3 °C21 July 1971	7.1 °C30 January 1971	22.0 °C	1,881 mm	9
1970	31.2 °C31 July 1970	6.5 °C16 January 1970	22.2 °C	2,462 mm	17
1969	32.5 °C27 July 1969	3.7 °C5 February 1969	22.0 °C	1,770 mm	19
1968	31.7 °C24 July 1968	6.7 °C15 February 1968	22.3 °C	2,150 mm	15
1967	31.3 °C30 July 1967	3.9 °C16 January 1967	22.1 °C	1,722 mm	24
1966	31.2 °C14 August 1966	7.2 °C23 February 1966	23.2 °C	1,635 mm	17
1965	31.4 °C13 July 1965	7.6 °C18 December 1965	22.5 °C	1,814 mm	9
1964	32.0 °C7 August 1964	6.5 °C26 February 1964	22.3 °C	2,033 mm	19
1963	31.6 °C5 September 1963	6.7 °C8 January 1963	22.5 °C	1,142 mm	14
1962	32.4 °C2 August 1962	6.2 °C2 January 1962	22.2 °C	1,432 mm	21
1961	32.4 °C1 July 1961	7.8 °C17 January 1961	22.6 °C	2,474 mm	17
1960	32.3 °C21 August 1960	5.7 °C25 January 1960	22.6 °C	1,763 mm	17
1959	31.8 °C14 July 1959	7.5 °C11 January 1959	22.6 °C	2,179 mm	13
1958	32.0 °C16 July 1958	5.9 °C16 January 1958	22.2 °C	1,517 mm	8
1957	31.1 °C15 July 1957	4.1 °C11 February 1957	22.2 °C	2,000 mm	10
1956	32.7 °C1 August 1956	5.5 °C9 January 1956	22.4 °C	1,047 mm	29
1955	30.7 °C23 August 1955	4.6 °C11 January 1955	22.5 °C	1,260 mm	11
1954	31.0 °C7 September 1954	8.1 °C25 January 1954	22.7 °C	1,178 mm	8
1953	31.7 °C16 August 1953	9.3 °C11 December 1953	22.7 °C	1,422 mm	15
1952	31.0 °C1 September 1952	6.2 °C19 February 1952	23.1 °C	1,495 mm	7
1951	31.4 °C31 July 1951	5.3 °C14 January 1951	22.5 °C	1,568 mm	4
1950	30.3 °C17 July 1950	8.7 °C16 February 1950	22.6 °C	2,075 mm	4
1949	30.9 °C27 July 1949	7.1 °C9 January 1949	22.8 °C	1,181 mm	7
1948	31.4 °C21 August 1948	6.5 °C26 January 1948	22.8 °C	1,324 mm	12
1947	30.6 °C29 August 1947	7.3 °C20 December 1947	22.1 °C	1,562 mm	3
1946	32.4 °C17 July 1946	9.0 °C6 January 1946	23.1 °C	891 mm	9
1945	30.6 °C2 September 1945	7.0 °C4 February 1945	21.9 °C	1,771 mm	5
1944	30.8 °C10 August 1944	6.8 °C20 December 1944	22.2 °C	1,743 mm	6
1943	30.2 °C9 June 1943	6.8 °C12 January 1943	22.3 °C	609 mm	2
1942	30.1 °C24 August 1942	7.9 °C13 February 1942	22.4 °C	1,604 mm	2
1941	30.8 °C8 August 1941	8.0 °C29 December 1941	22.3 °C	1,803 mm	5
1940	31.5 °C31 August 1940	5.8 °C24 January 1940	22.1 °C	1,352 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1792 mm

-6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.7 °C	+1.0 °C	20 mm	-31 mm
Feb	19.1 °C	+0.7 °C	27 mm	-55 mm
Mar	21.1 °C	+0.1 °C	97 mm	-3 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	+0.5 °C	71 mm	-68 mm
May	27.7 °C	+0.8 °C	190 mm	-58 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+0.5 °C	284 mm	-17 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+1.1 °C	280 mm	+47 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.3 °C	280 mm	+2 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	420 mm	+223 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+1.1 °C	86 mm	+5 mm
Nov	23.4 °C	+0.1 °C	15 mm	-32 mm
Dec	21.3 °C	+2.0 °C	23 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest day

9.7 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

126.5 mm

24 Sep 2025

Windiest day

73.0 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

126.7 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lequn?

Lequn has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,798 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lequn?

The hottest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2022, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lequn?

The coldest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1969, at 3.7 °C.

Does it snow in Lequn?

Almost never: Lequn sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Lequn warmed?

Yes: Lequn warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lequn?

The wettest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 244 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lequn?

The windiest day measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 79.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lequn?

The warmest month in Lequn is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Lequn?

Lequn receives on average 1,798 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lequn?

Lequn gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lequn?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lequn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Lequn?

Yes: Lequn has on average 223 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lequn?

In Lequn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 16 January 1967.

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