Lushui climate — normals and trends
Lushui (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 2,394 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lushui averages 62 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.
Lushui has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.5 °C (on 26 May 2012) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 23 January 1998).
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
LushuiYunnan
- coords
- 25.82°, 98.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
2,394mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
215 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
28.5 °C
26 May 2012
Coldest day
-13.6 °C
23 January 1998
Wettest day
106 mm
17 October 1989
Windiest day
17.4 km/h
4 April 1999
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
23 February 1967
Hottest feels-like
31.8 °C
30 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
23 January 1998
Snowiest day
32.9 cm
27 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.0 h
12 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 34 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 13.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 77 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 269 mm | +95 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 190 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 427 mm | +198 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 381 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 366 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 349 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 204 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 173 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 15.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lushui?
Lushui has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 2,394 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lushui?
The hottest day measured in Lushui between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2012, reaching 28.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lushui?
The coldest day measured in Lushui between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1998, at -13.6 °C.
Does it snow in Lushui?
Yes. Lushui gets on average 20.1 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Lushui warmed?
Yes: Lushui warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lushui?
The wettest day measured in Lushui between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1989, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lushui?
The windiest day measured in Lushui between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1999, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lushui?
The warmest month in Lushui is August (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Lushui?
Lushui receives on average 2,394 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lushui?
Lushui gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lushui?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lushui between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1983, with 32.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lushui?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lushui.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lushui?
In Lushui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.8 °C on 30 August 2024, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 23 January 1998.
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