Ligezhuang climate — normals and trends
Ligezhuang (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 819 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 August (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ligezhuang averages 84 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Ligezhuang has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 3 July 1941) and the coldest -17.0 °C (on 20 January 1957).
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
LigezhuangShandong
- coords
- 36.36°, 120.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.9°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
9.6°C
Annual rainfall
819mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
84 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
75 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
3 July 1941
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
20 January 1957
Wettest day
175 mm
21 August 1965
Windiest day
69.7 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
6 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-23.4 °C
7 January 2021
Snowiest day
8.8 cm
6 February 1957
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
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 | 5.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 5 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 73 mm | +47 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 33 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 82 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 54 mm | -158 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 138 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 251 mm | +152 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 153 mm | +110 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 16 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ligezhuang?
Ligezhuang has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 819 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ligezhuang?
The hottest day measured in Ligezhuang between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1941, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ligezhuang?
The coldest day measured in Ligezhuang between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1957, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ligezhuang?
Yes. Ligezhuang gets on average 10.4 cm of snow per year and has around 84 frost days.
Has the climate of Ligezhuang warmed?
Yes: Ligezhuang warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ligezhuang?
The wettest day measured in Ligezhuang between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1965, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ligezhuang?
The windiest day measured in Ligezhuang between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 69.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ligezhuang?
The warmest month in Ligezhuang is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ligezhuang?
Ligezhuang receives on average 819 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ligezhuang?
Ligezhuang 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 Ligezhuang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ligezhuang between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, with 8.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ligezhuang?
Yes: Ligezhuang has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ligezhuang?
In Ligezhuang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 6 July 2025, and the lowest was -23.4 °C on 7 January 2021.
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