Luzhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Luzhou?

Luzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,220 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luzhou?

The hottest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2022, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Luzhou?

The coldest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Luzhou?

Yes. Luzhou gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Luzhou warmed?

Yes: Luzhou warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Luzhou?

The wettest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2015, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Luzhou?

The windiest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1946, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Luzhou?

The warmest month in Luzhou is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Luzhou?

Luzhou receives on average 1,220 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Luzhou?

Luzhou gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Luzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,220 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Luzhou averages 1 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.

Luzhou 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 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 24 August 2022) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 14 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

LuzhouSichuan

coords: 28.89°, 105.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

21.7°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,220mm

Sunshine / day

6.2h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

9.5km/h

Seasonal range

19.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

173 d/yr

Annual snowfall

1.1 cm

Average feels-like high

23.2 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

20.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

123 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 = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

42.4 °C

24 August 2022

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

14 December 1975

Wettest day

124 mm

22 July 2015

Windiest day

55.6 km/h

21 May 1946

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

14 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

16 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

14 December 1975

Snowiest day

5.7 cm

27 December 1991

Sunniest day

13.8 h

16 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.5 °C3 August 2025	2.5 °C12 January 2025	19.7 °C	1,234 mm	109	0
2024	40.8 °C4 September 2024	2.3 °C22 January 2024	20.1 °C	1,117 mm	100	0
2023	37.9 °C23 July 2023	0.7 °C19 January 2023	19.6 °C	1,191 mm	93	0
2022	42.4 °C24 August 2022	2.2 °C23 February 2022	19.8 °C	913 mm	97	0
2021	40.8 °C3 August 2021	-1.2 °C12 January 2021	18.9 °C	1,049 mm	85	1
2020	38.2 °C6 August 2020	2.1 °C21 December 2020	18.7 °C	1,141 mm	78	0
2019	38.4 °C16 August 2019	3.9 °C29 December 2019	18.8 °C	927 mm	72	0
2018	39.8 °C20 July 2018	1.0 °C9 January 2018	18.8 °C	1,074 mm	93	0
2017	39.5 °C26 July 2017	2.9 °C22 December 2017	19.1 °C	913 mm	82	0
2016	39.1 °C25 August 2016	0.3 °C25 January 2016	19.1 °C	1,310 mm	84	0
2015	37.5 °C2 August 2015	4.0 °C17 December 2015	19.4 °C	1,256 mm	73	0
2014	37.9 °C23 July 2014	2.3 °C19 December 2014	18.5 °C	1,244 mm	57	0
2013	40.5 °C6 August 2013	2.1 °C1 January 2013	19.8 °C	1,035 mm	107	0
2012	38.1 °C12 August 2012	0.0 °C31 December 2012	18.1 °C	1,071 mm	60	0
2011	42.3 °C17 August 2011	0.7 °C21 January 2011	19.0 °C	812 mm	107	0
2010	40.5 °C11 August 2010	2.1 °C15 December 2010	18.7 °C	1,077 mm	73	0
2009	39.7 °C19 July 2009	2.9 °C27 January 2009	19.4 °C	870 mm	96	0
2008	37.5 °C27 July 2008	0.3 °C2 February 2008	18.7 °C	1,016 mm	86	0
2007	36.5 °C8 August 2007	2.2 °C19 January 2007	19.2 °C	1,139 mm	89	0
2006	41.6 °C14 August 2006	-0.3 °C9 January 2006	19.5 °C	1,029 mm	93	1
2005	37.1 °C2 July 2005	0.1 °C2 January 2005	18.5 °C	1,239 mm	80	0
2004	36.6 °C11 August 2004	0.7 °C31 December 2004	18.4 °C	1,382 mm	70	0
2003	37.7 °C31 July 2003	2.3 °C10 January 2003	18.9 °C	1,203 mm	63	0
2002	38.5 °C16 July 2002	2.2 °C28 December 2002	19.0 °C	1,113 mm	72	0
2001	37.1 °C6 August 2001	1.6 °C22 December 2001	18.8 °C	1,100 mm	60	0
2000	37.3 °C26 July 2000	2.5 °C1 February 2000	18.3 °C	1,506 mm	72	0
1999	36.1 °C31 July 1999	1.4 °C27 December 1999	18.6 °C	1,381 mm	68	0
1998	37.2 °C16 September 1998	2.3 °C23 January 1998	19.3 °C	1,499 mm	84	0
1997	38.0 °C11 August 1997	3.8 °C28 January 1997	18.5 °C	1,082 mm	76	0
1996	37.5 °C4 August 1996	1.6 °C24 February 1996	17.8 °C	1,238 mm	65	0
1995	38.9 °C6 September 1995	1.7 °C5 January 1995	18.4 °C	1,179 mm	77	0
1994	39.6 °C5 August 1994	-0.4 °C23 January 1994	18.7 °C	1,155 mm	90	1
1993	37.7 °C13 July 1993	0.7 °C24 January 1993	18.0 °C	1,069 mm	52	0
1992	38.5 °C11 August 1992	0.8 °C14 January 1992	18.0 °C	995 mm	68	0
1991	37.0 °C25 July 1991	-0.1 °C27 December 1991	18.2 °C	1,126 mm	76	1
1990	37.4 °C11 August 1990	2.4 °C31 January 1990	18.6 °C	1,124 mm	85	0
1989	36.7 °C21 July 1989	-0.6 °C14 January 1989	17.7 °C	1,284 mm	62	1
1988	38.0 °C2 May 1988	2.3 °C18 January 1988	17.9 °C	1,158 mm	65	0
1987	35.5 °C3 June 1987	3.0 °C27 January 1987	18.5 °C	1,282 mm	60	0
1986	37.5 °C7 August 1986	1.3 °C3 March 1986	17.7 °C	1,312 mm	66	0
1985	37.1 °C5 August 1985	2.6 °C18 January 1985	17.8 °C	1,410 mm	61	0
1984	37.3 °C5 June 1984	1.6 °C18 December 1984	17.7 °C	1,279 mm	65	0
1983	36.2 °C25 July 1983	2.0 °C24 January 1983	18.1 °C	1,476 mm	56	0
1982	37.1 °C3 August 1982	0.1 °C26 December 1982	17.7 °C	1,367 mm	59	0
1981	37.5 °C19 August 1981	2.3 °C26 January 1981	18.2 °C	1,067 mm	73	0
1980	37.7 °C27 July 1980	-1.8 °C31 January 1980	18.2 °C	1,087 mm	58	5
1979	37.5 °C11 July 1979	-0.2 °C24 November 1979	18.4 °C	1,513 mm	53	1
1978	38.8 °C11 July 1978	1.6 °C21 January 1978	18.7 °C	972 mm	88	0
1977	37.9 °C6 August 1977	-1.4 °C30 January 1977	18.2 °C	1,217 mm	73	1
1976	38.1 °C7 August 1976	0.8 °C2 January 1976	17.6 °C	1,004 mm	58	0
1975	37.8 °C17 July 1975	-2.6 °C14 December 1975	18.4 °C	1,264 mm	72	4
1974	37.6 °C30 July 1974	2.0 °C8 February 1974	18.1 °C	1,350 mm	57	0
1973	37.1 °C26 August 1973	2.3 °C31 December 1973	18.9 °C	1,254 mm	78	0
1972	39.9 °C26 August 1972	1.5 °C7 February 1972	18.5 °C	1,138 mm	82	0
1971	37.6 °C6 July 1971	3.4 °C8 January 1971	18.6 °C	1,084 mm	77	0
1970	38.1 °C16 August 1970	0.2 °C7 January 1970	18.0 °C	1,168 mm	72	0
1969	37.4 °C26 July 1969	1.2 °C30 January 1969	18.5 °C	1,182 mm	89	0
1968	36.3 °C31 July 1968	0.1 °C14 February 1968	17.7 °C	1,518 mm	55	0
1967	38.6 °C17 July 1967	-1.4 °C12 January 1967	17.8 °C	1,467 mm	74	2
1966	36.5 °C3 August 1966	0.7 °C29 January 1966	18.1 °C	1,221 mm	62	0
1965	34.2 °C12 July 1965	1.2 °C31 December 1965	17.7 °C	1,368 mm	42	0
1964	38.8 °C12 July 1964	0.9 °C26 February 1964	18.3 °C	1,241 mm	63	0
1963	38.5 °C26 July 1963	0.7 °C5 January 1963	19.2 °C	1,119 mm	91	0
1962	38.2 °C18 July 1962	0.3 °C30 December 1962	18.3 °C	1,242 mm	73	0
1961	38.2 °C22 August 1961	0.9 °C16 January 1961	18.7 °C	1,274 mm	97	0
1960	37.3 °C4 July 1960	0.3 °C26 January 1960	18.6 °C	1,199 mm	77	0
1959	38.8 °C13 July 1959	1.9 °C13 January 1959	18.9 °C	943 mm	95	0
1958	37.4 °C24 July 1958	0.7 °C15 January 1958	18.7 °C	1,122 mm	87	0
1957	38.1 °C31 August 1957	-0.5 °C13 February 1957	18.1 °C	1,166 mm	52	1
1956	36.0 °C8 June 1956	-0.7 °C10 January 1956	18.1 °C	1,356 mm	81	3
1955	34.5 °C7 July 1955	-2.4 °C6 January 1955	18.1 °C	1,296 mm	66	5
1954	34.8 °C16 July 1954	0.6 °C31 December 1954	18.2 °C	1,656 mm	63	0
1953	35.7 °C17 July 1953	2.4 °C24 December 1953	19.0 °C	1,241 mm	82	0
1952	36.5 °C2 July 1952	1.1 °C18 February 1952	18.6 °C	1,250 mm	69	0
1951	35.9 °C8 September 1951	-0.3 °C14 January 1951	18.2 °C	1,325 mm	73	1
1950	33.9 °C23 July 1950	0.2 °C17 December 1950	17.9 °C	1,545 mm	42	0
1949	35.1 °C23 August 1949	-0.2 °C8 January 1949	18.4 °C	1,214 mm	69	2
1948	33.5 °C24 September 1948	-0.4 °C9 February 1948	18.3 °C	1,236 mm	65	1
1947	34.5 °C14 August 1947	-1.6 °C20 December 1947	18.5 °C	1,487 mm	74	1
1946	38.6 °C19 July 1946	-0.2 °C7 January 1946	18.7 °C	1,360 mm	99	1
1945	34.2 °C25 July 1945	-2.1 °C11 February 1945	17.3 °C	1,315 mm	49	8
1944	35.9 °C4 August 1944	-2.4 °C21 December 1944	17.4 °C	1,290 mm	69	5
1943	33.3 °C4 August 1943	-1.8 °C8 February 1943	18.0 °C	1,965 mm	36	1
1942	32.7 °C3 July 1942	1.0 °C8 January 1942	18.4 °C	1,641 mm	50	0
1941	34.9 °C11 July 1941	1.0 °C2 February 1941	18.1 °C	1,201 mm	52	0
1940	35.0 °C15 July 1940	-1.7 °C3 February 1940	18.0 °C	1,010 mm	70	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.4 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1234 mm

+14 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.2 °C	+1.6 °C	44 mm	+15 mm
Feb	12.0 °C	-0.8 °C	36 mm	+6 mm
Mar	17.5 °C	-0.5 °C	47 mm	-6 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+2.8 °C	66 mm	-27 mm
May	28.2 °C	+1.7 °C	123 mm	-12 mm
Jun	31.2 °C	+2.5 °C	121 mm	-45 mm
Jul	34.8 °C	+3.0 °C	241 mm	+36 mm
Aug	34.8 °C	+2.9 °C	165 mm	-28 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+1.7 °C	198 mm	+64 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+2.2 °C	116 mm	+28 mm
Nov	16.8 °C	0.0 °C	50 mm	-9 mm
Dec	13.5 °C	+1.7 °C	26 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.5 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

2.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

30 Jun 2025

Windiest day

27.8 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.8 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.1 °C

26 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Luzhou?

Luzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,220 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luzhou?

The hottest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2022, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Luzhou?

The coldest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Luzhou?

Yes. Luzhou gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Luzhou warmed?

Yes: Luzhou warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Luzhou?

The wettest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2015, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Luzhou?

The windiest day measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1946, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Luzhou?

The warmest month in Luzhou is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Luzhou?

Luzhou receives on average 1,220 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Luzhou?

Luzhou 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 Luzhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1991, with 5.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Luzhou?

Yes: Luzhou has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luzhou?

In Luzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 16 July 2002, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 14 December 1975.

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