Luocheng climate — normals and trends
Luocheng (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,277 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Luocheng averages 2 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Luocheng has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.8 °C (on 22 August 2022) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 15 December 1975).
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
LuochengSichuan
- coords
- 29.38°, 104.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,277mm
Sunshine / day
6.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.3 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
15.2 °C
Average peak gust
21.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
111 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
41.8 °C
22 August 2022
Coldest day
-4.2 °C
15 December 1975
Wettest day
145 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
57.1 km/h
15 May 1946
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
11 April 1998
Hottest feels-like
46.4 °C
13 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-8.2 °C
15 December 1975
Snowiest day
3.8 cm
29 January 1977
Sunniest day
13.9 h
14 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 43 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 11.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 72 mm | +43 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 72 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 65 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 67 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 125 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 308 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 447 mm | +154 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 227 mm | +89 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 35 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 13.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luocheng?
Luocheng has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,277 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luocheng?
The hottest day measured in Luocheng between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2022, reaching 41.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luocheng?
The coldest day measured in Luocheng between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, at -4.2 °C.
Does it snow in Luocheng?
Yes. Luocheng gets on average 1.3 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Luocheng warmed?
Yes: Luocheng warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luocheng?
The wettest day measured in Luocheng between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luocheng?
The windiest day measured in Luocheng between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1946, with winds reaching 57.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luocheng?
The warmest month in Luocheng is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Luocheng?
Luocheng receives on average 1,277 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luocheng?
Luocheng gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luocheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luocheng between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1977, with 3.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luocheng?
Yes: Luocheng has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luocheng?
In Luocheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 13 August 2022, and the lowest was -8.2 °C on 15 December 1975.
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