Licheng climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Licheng?

Licheng has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,977 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2004, reaching 37.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Licheng?

The coldest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -1.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Licheng?

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

Q: Has the climate of Licheng warmed?

Yes: Licheng warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Licheng?

The wettest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2008, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Licheng?

The windiest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Licheng?

The warmest month in Licheng is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Licheng?

Licheng receives on average 1,977 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Licheng?

Licheng gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Licheng (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,977 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Licheng averages 0 frost days, 122 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.

Licheng has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 1 July 2004) and the coldest -1.8 °C (on 12 January 1955).

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

LichengGuangdong

coords: 23.30°, 113.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

19.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,977mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

12.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

178 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

21.2 °C

Average peak gust

29.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

195 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

37.7 °C

1 July 2004

Coldest day

-1.8 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

235 mm

25 June 2008

Windiest day

47.9 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

120.2 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

18 July 2019

Coldest feels-like

-5.8 °C

12 January 1955

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.4 °C10 June 2025	3.6 °C13 January 2025	23.2 °C	1,828 mm	145	0
2024	36.9 °C5 August 2024	2.9 °C24 January 2024	23.5 °C	2,451 mm	146	0
2023	37.7 °C30 May 2023	3.4 °C30 January 2023	23.5 °C	1,765 mm	138	0
2022	37.1 °C25 July 2022	4.5 °C19 December 2022	22.9 °C	2,256 mm	140	0
2021	36.2 °C27 July 2021	1.1 °C13 January 2021	23.7 °C	1,564 mm	167	0
2020	36.0 °C14 July 2020	5.0 °C31 December 2020	23.5 °C	1,570 mm	141	0
2019	37.3 °C18 July 2019	7.0 °C23 January 2019	23.6 °C	2,010 mm	146	0
2018	35.9 °C15 September 2018	3.1 °C6 February 2018	23.1 °C	1,755 mm	137	0
2017	37.7 °C22 August 2017	6.6 °C12 February 2017	23.2 °C	1,709 mm	130	0
2016	37.0 °C9 July 2016	2.3 °C25 January 2016	22.9 °C	2,620 mm	144	0
2015	36.3 °C7 August 2015	5.8 °C15 January 2015	23.4 °C	2,248 mm	145	0
2014	36.2 °C16 June 2014	2.0 °C20 February 2014	22.8 °C	1,724 mm	149	0
2013	36.3 °C21 June 2013	3.8 °C30 December 2013	22.6 °C	2,256 mm	124	0
2012	36.5 °C21 July 2012	4.7 °C24 December 2012	22.6 °C	2,131 mm	140	0
2011	36.4 °C28 July 2011	4.7 °C12 January 2011	22.4 °C	1,372 mm	143	0
2010	35.8 °C5 July 2010	1.1 °C17 December 2010	22.6 °C	2,164 mm	118	0
2009	36.9 °C18 July 2009	1.5 °C11 January 2009	23.0 °C	1,433 mm	153	0
2008	37.1 °C28 July 2008	4.2 °C3 January 2008	22.4 °C	2,254 mm	133	0
2007	35.5 °C14 July 2007	4.1 °C29 January 2007	23.0 °C	1,716 mm	141	0
2006	36.9 °C13 July 2006	4.7 °C7 January 2006	23.1 °C	2,345 mm	139	0
2005	37.5 °C18 July 2005	3.0 °C1 January 2005	22.7 °C	2,062 mm	141	0
2004	37.7 °C1 July 2004	3.8 °C22 January 2004	22.8 °C	1,409 mm	137	0
2003	36.1 °C11 August 2003	4.8 °C4 January 2003	22.9 °C	1,678 mm	143	0
2002	36.1 °C13 July 2002	3.9 °C27 December 2002	23.2 °C	1,758 mm	139	0
2001	35.6 °C23 August 2001	4.0 °C23 December 2001	23.0 °C	2,171 mm	131	0
2000	35.6 °C30 June 2000	3.7 °C28 January 2000	22.8 °C	2,014 mm	138	0
1999	36.3 °C24 July 1999	1.0 °C24 December 1999	23.0 °C	2,083 mm	130	0
1998	35.0 °C17 July 1998	6.0 °C6 February 1998	23.2 °C	2,240 mm	136	0
1997	35.9 °C29 August 1997	4.5 °C11 January 1997	22.5 °C	2,958 mm	115	0
1996	35.5 °C26 July 1996	3.2 °C20 February 1996	22.3 °C	2,147 mm	135	0
1995	36.0 °C22 July 1995	3.7 °C7 January 1995	22.1 °C	2,037 mm	119	0
1994	36.7 °C2 July 1994	4.6 °C23 January 1994	22.7 °C	2,155 mm	115	0
1993	34.5 °C25 August 1993	1.9 °C29 January 1993	22.1 °C	2,398 mm	117	0
1992	35.5 °C7 August 1992	4.5 °C15 January 1992	22.0 °C	2,591 mm	119	0
1991	36.2 °C3 June 1991	1.5 °C29 December 1991	23.1 °C	1,334 mm	143	0
1990	37.0 °C17 August 1990	4.5 °C1 February 1990	22.9 °C	1,932 mm	135	0
1989	36.7 °C16 July 1989	4.7 °C14 January 1989	22.5 °C	1,650 mm	133	0
1988	37.2 °C9 July 1988	4.4 °C12 December 1988	22.0 °C	2,186 mm	120	0
1987	37.3 °C13 July 1987	4.1 °C7 December 1987	23.0 °C	2,369 mm	119	0
1986	36.1 °C31 July 1986	2.6 °C7 January 1986	22.4 °C	1,769 mm	149	0
1985	35.6 °C22 June 1985	2.0 °C17 December 1985	21.9 °C	2,217 mm	126	0
1984	35.1 °C29 August 1984	2.1 °C10 January 1984	21.7 °C	1,916 mm	111	0
1983	35.2 °C11 August 1983	2.9 °C26 January 1983	21.9 °C	3,070 mm	138	0
1982	37.6 °C29 July 1982	1.7 °C28 December 1982	22.4 °C	2,392 mm	123	0
1981	36.9 °C8 August 1981	3.6 °C12 January 1981	22.5 °C	2,175 mm	115	0
1980	37.4 °C10 July 1980	3.1 °C6 February 1980	22.6 °C	1,883 mm	131	0
1979	35.5 °C28 July 1979	3.4 °C1 February 1979	22.0 °C	2,203 mm	114	0
1978	34.9 °C6 July 1978	1.7 °C22 January 1978	22.1 °C	2,190 mm	123	0
1977	36.1 °C25 July 1977	1.2 °C11 February 1977	22.4 °C	1,716 mm	135	0
1976	35.8 °C25 May 1976	2.3 °C13 January 1976	21.7 °C	1,988 mm	105	0
1975	35.6 °C30 July 1975	1.2 °C24 December 1975	22.2 °C	2,858 mm	120	0
1974	35.7 °C21 August 1974	1.3 °C2 January 1974	22.2 °C	2,091 mm	139	0
1973	34.6 °C2 July 1973	2.9 °C26 December 1973	22.6 °C	3,212 mm	109	0
1972	35.6 °C11 July 1972	2.1 °C11 February 1972	22.2 °C	2,730 mm	120	0
1971	36.0 °C21 July 1971	2.3 °C6 January 1971	22.0 °C	1,968 mm	118	0
1970	35.1 °C15 July 1970	3.3 °C16 January 1970	22.0 °C	2,131 mm	127	0
1969	35.7 °C27 July 1969	1.5 °C6 February 1969	21.9 °C	1,908 mm	125	0
1968	36.6 °C24 July 1968	3.8 °C15 February 1968	22.2 °C	2,500 mm	102	0
1967	35.4 °C17 July 1967	-0.2 °C17 January 1967	22.0 °C	1,751 mm	125	1
1966	33.2 °C16 August 1966	3.0 °C1 January 1966	22.0 °C	2,038 mm	98	0
1965	33.5 °C14 July 1965	2.5 °C31 December 1965	21.3 °C	2,003 mm	50	0
1964	36.3 °C7 August 1964	3.1 °C19 December 1964	22.3 °C	1,949 mm	136	0
1963	36.1 °C31 May 1963	-1.0 °C16 January 1963	22.4 °C	1,216 mm	139	1
1962	36.1 °C20 July 1962	1.5 °C28 January 1962	21.9 °C	1,894 mm	125	0
1961	36.5 °C1 July 1961	0.8 °C19 January 1961	22.4 °C	2,542 mm	116	0
1960	36.2 °C21 August 1960	2.6 °C3 January 1960	22.5 °C	1,946 mm	112	0
1959	35.5 °C29 August 1959	3.8 °C14 January 1959	22.3 °C	2,726 mm	110	0
1958	35.8 °C16 July 1958	3.2 °C17 January 1958	22.0 °C	1,420 mm	129	0
1957	35.6 °C15 August 1957	0.7 °C11 February 1957	21.9 °C	2,285 mm	106	0
1956	35.4 °C4 September 1956	0.7 °C10 January 1956	22.2 °C	1,083 mm	137	0
1955	33.3 °C23 September 1955	-1.8 °C12 January 1955	22.0 °C	1,411 mm	107	1
1954	33.3 °C28 August 1954	2.9 °C17 December 1954	22.1 °C	1,226 mm	112	0
1953	34.2 °C17 August 1953	2.7 °C12 December 1953	22.2 °C	1,469 mm	101	0
1952	32.6 °C1 September 1952	2.6 °C10 December 1952	22.3 °C	1,759 mm	94	0
1951	32.6 °C31 July 1951	2.4 °C13 January 1951	21.7 °C	1,977 mm	71	0
1950	32.5 °C17 July 1950	3.1 °C10 December 1950	21.8 °C	2,159 mm	76	0
1949	33.5 °C8 June 1949	2.0 °C10 January 1949	22.4 °C	1,240 mm	109	0
1948	33.4 °C6 July 1948	2.7 °C3 January 1948	22.1 °C	1,674 mm	80	0
1947	32.4 °C21 June 1947	3.2 °C31 December 1947	21.4 °C	1,909 mm	64	0
1946	36.1 °C17 July 1946	1.3 °C7 January 1946	22.4 °C	959 mm	136	0
1945	32.9 °C31 July 1945	1.7 °C17 January 1945	20.6 °C	1,625 mm	72	0
1944	32.8 °C10 August 1944	2.0 °C10 December 1944	21.6 °C	1,905 mm	71	0
1943	35.8 °C26 May 1943	2.8 °C12 January 1943	21.9 °C	795 mm	121	0
1942	32.3 °C1 August 1942	2.4 °C7 December 1942	21.3 °C	2,002 mm	88	0
1941	32.8 °C8 August 1941	4.3 °C30 December 1941	21.4 °C	2,197 mm	66	0
1940	34.1 °C31 August 1940	0.1 °C25 January 1940	21.2 °C	1,630 mm	86	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

145 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1828 mm

-149 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.4 °C	+2.7 °C	2 mm	-36 mm
Feb	20.7 °C	+1.1 °C	22 mm	-45 mm
Mar	23.7 °C	+0.9 °C	73 mm	-48 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+1.4 °C	94 mm	-125 mm
May	29.4 °C	+0.1 °C	276 mm	-72 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+0.9 °C	378 mm	-6 mm
Jul	33.4 °C	+1.2 °C	290 mm	+53 mm
Aug	32.3 °C	+0.4 °C	387 mm	+129 mm
Sep	32.6 °C	+1.5 °C	225 mm	+61 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+1.5 °C	48 mm	-14 mm
Nov	24.6 °C	0.0 °C	13 mm	-29 mm
Dec	23.2 °C	+2.9 °C	19 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

88.0 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Licheng?

Licheng has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,977 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Licheng?

The hottest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2004, reaching 37.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Licheng?

The coldest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -1.8 °C.

Does it snow in Licheng?

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

Has the climate of Licheng warmed?

Yes: Licheng warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Licheng?

The wettest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2008, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Licheng?

The windiest day measured in Licheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Licheng?

The warmest month in Licheng is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Licheng?

Licheng receives on average 1,977 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Licheng?

Licheng gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Licheng?

Yes: Licheng has on average 195 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Licheng?

In Licheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 12 January 1955.

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