Longhe climate — normals and trends
Longhe (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 1,920 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Longhe averages 32 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 204 rainy days per year.
Longhe has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 18 August 2022) and the coldest -12.5 °C (on 30 January 1977).
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
LongheChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 29.84°, 107.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.7°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,920mm
Sunshine / day
6.2h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
204 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
35.6 °C
18 August 2022
Coldest day
-12.5 °C
30 January 1977
Wettest day
151 mm
6 July 2018
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
28 May 1946
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
28 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
5 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-17.0 °C
30 January 1977
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
22 February 1989
Sunniest day
13.8 h
29 June 2008
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 | 8.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 65 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 49 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 150 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 20.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 152 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 23.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 203 mm | -46 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 327 mm | +70 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 184 mm | -67 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 185 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 304 mm | +115 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 231 mm | +64 mm |
| Nov | 13.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 80 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 68 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Longhe?
Longhe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 1,920 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Longhe?
The hottest day measured in Longhe between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2022, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Longhe?
The coldest day measured in Longhe between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1977, at -12.5 °C.
Does it snow in Longhe?
Yes. Longhe gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Longhe warmed?
Yes: Longhe warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Longhe?
The wettest day measured in Longhe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2018, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Longhe?
The windiest day measured in Longhe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Longhe?
The warmest month in Longhe is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Longhe?
Longhe receives on average 1,920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Longhe?
Longhe gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Longhe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Longhe between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1989, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Longhe?
Yes: Longhe has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Longhe?
In Longhe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 5 August 1994, and the lowest was -17.0 °C on 30 January 1977.
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