Lishui climate — normals and trends
Lishui (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,411 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lishui averages 25 frost days, 79 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Lishui has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 23 July 2022) and the coldest -18.6 °C (on 17 January 1970).
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
LishuiZhejiang
- coords
- 28.46°, 119.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
13.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,411mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
79 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.9 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
106 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
41.1 °C
23 July 2022
Coldest day
-18.6 °C
17 January 1970
Wettest day
154 mm
10 August 2019
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
12 August 2004
Strongest gust
147.2 km/h
12 August 2004
Hottest feels-like
46.5 °C
4 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-22.9 °C
17 January 1970
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
15 February 1961
Sunniest day
13.8 h
23 June 2016
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 15 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 11.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 69 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 18.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 81 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 24.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 123 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 229 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 131 mm | -155 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 196 mm | +75 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 29 mm | -97 mm |
| Sep | 34.5 °C | +6.3 °C | 71 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 27.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 71 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 75 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 16.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lishui?
Lishui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,411 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lishui?
The hottest day measured in Lishui between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2022, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lishui?
The coldest day measured in Lishui between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1970, at -18.6 °C.
Does it snow in Lishui?
Yes. Lishui gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Lishui warmed?
Yes: Lishui warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lishui?
The wettest day measured in Lishui between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2019, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lishui?
The windiest day measured in Lishui between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2004, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lishui?
The warmest month in Lishui is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Lishui?
Lishui receives on average 1,411 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lishui?
Lishui gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lishui?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lishui between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1961, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lishui?
Yes: Lishui has on average 106 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lishui?
In Lishui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -22.9 °C on 17 January 1970.
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