Maba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Maba?

Maba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,898 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2003, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Maba?

The coldest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -8.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Maba?

Almost never: Maba sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Maba warmed?

Yes: Maba warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Maba?

The wettest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1976, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Maba?

The windiest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1953, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Maba?

The warmest month in Maba is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Maba?

Maba receives on average 1,898 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Maba?

Maba gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Maba (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,898 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 (10.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Maba averages 2 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.

Maba 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 41.3 °C (on 23 July 2003) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 16 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

MabaGuangdong

coords: 24.68°, 113.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

23.8°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,898mm

Sunshine / day

7.5h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

17.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

85 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

182 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

25.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

157 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

41.3 °C

23 July 2003

Coldest day

-8.5 °C

16 December 1975

Wettest day

179 mm

9 June 1976

Windiest day

29.7 km/h

2 September 1953

Strongest gust

96.8 km/h

11 September 1964

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

28 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-13.1 °C

16 December 1975

Snowiest day

7.6 cm

13 December 1975

Sunniest day

13.0 h

2 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.6 °C4 July 2025	0.2 °C12 January 2025	20.8 °C	1,814 mm	122	0
2024	39.1 °C25 July 2024	-0.2 °C24 January 2024	20.9 °C	2,207 mm	101	1
2023	37.1 °C30 May 2023	-0.3 °C29 January 2023	20.8 °C	1,830 mm	107	2
2022	39.3 °C24 August 2022	1.5 °C19 December 2022	20.6 °C	2,126 mm	112	0
2021	36.5 °C27 July 2021	-2.1 °C12 January 2021	21.2 °C	1,373 mm	139	2
2020	37.1 °C25 July 2020	1.2 °C31 December 2020	20.7 °C	1,693 mm	104	0
2019	36.2 °C18 July 2019	2.7 °C23 January 2019	20.6 °C	1,970 mm	111	0
2018	35.5 °C11 July 2018	-1.3 °C6 February 2018	20.3 °C	1,813 mm	103	2
2017	38.1 °C22 August 2017	1.7 °C18 December 2017	20.6 °C	1,533 mm	115	0
2016	36.6 °C1 August 2016	-1.7 °C25 January 2016	20.4 °C	2,289 mm	92	1
2015	35.9 °C13 July 2015	2.2 °C6 February 2015	20.6 °C	2,179 mm	91	0
2014	37.1 °C23 July 2014	-0.2 °C22 January 2014	20.6 °C	1,629 mm	115	2
2013	36.7 °C13 July 2013	0.6 °C29 December 2013	20.2 °C	1,946 mm	101	0
2012	36.0 °C15 August 2012	-0.9 °C31 December 2012	19.9 °C	2,041 mm	94	1
2011	36.0 °C29 August 2011	0.2 °C25 December 2011	19.6 °C	1,301 mm	111	0
2010	36.8 °C22 August 2010	-1.4 °C17 December 2010	20.2 °C	2,214 mm	89	2
2009	37.8 °C28 August 2009	-1.3 °C11 January 2009	20.7 °C	1,355 mm	115	2
2008	38.7 °C22 September 2008	0.7 °C15 February 2008	20.1 °C	1,751 mm	99	0
2007	37.4 °C8 August 2007	1.2 °C29 January 2007	20.6 °C	1,485 mm	107	0
2006	35.9 °C13 July 2006	0.8 °C7 January 2006	20.4 °C	2,069 mm	98	0
2005	38.5 °C18 July 2005	-1.1 °C1 January 2005	20.3 °C	1,925 mm	119	2
2004	36.2 °C10 August 2004	-1.0 °C22 January 2004	20.1 °C	1,529 mm	105	1
2003	41.3 °C23 July 2003	0.2 °C8 January 2003	20.5 °C	1,479 mm	105	0
2002	34.9 °C15 July 2002	0.5 °C27 December 2002	20.4 °C	2,090 mm	87	0
2001	35.1 °C12 July 2001	0.7 °C22 December 2001	20.1 °C	2,220 mm	93	0
2000	35.4 °C5 July 2000	0.7 °C2 February 2000	19.9 °C	1,965 mm	96	0
1999	35.3 °C12 September 1999	-3.0 °C23 December 1999	20.3 °C	1,902 mm	90	3
1998	36.2 °C19 August 1998	2.7 °C7 February 1998	20.7 °C	2,253 mm	97	0
1997	34.9 °C29 August 1997	0.4 °C10 January 1997	19.9 °C	2,570 mm	78	0
1996	34.8 °C25 July 1996	0.3 °C20 February 1996	19.4 °C	2,144 mm	89	0
1995	35.2 °C23 July 1995	0.1 °C6 January 1995	19.6 °C	1,918 mm	87	0
1994	36.2 °C2 July 1994	-0.2 °C23 January 1994	19.9 °C	2,219 mm	74	1
1993	34.5 °C26 August 1993	-0.7 °C25 January 1993	19.4 °C	2,223 mm	79	4
1992	35.4 °C30 July 1992	0.1 °C15 January 1992	19.5 °C	2,155 mm	93	0
1991	36.0 °C19 July 1991	-2.7 °C29 December 1991	20.0 °C	1,583 mm	95	2
1990	37.7 °C26 August 1990	0.2 °C31 January 1990	20.3 °C	2,154 mm	93	0
1989	37.9 °C15 August 1989	1.3 °C23 January 1989	20.0 °C	1,633 mm	105	0
1988	36.8 °C9 July 1988	2.0 °C12 December 1988	19.5 °C	1,957 mm	100	0
1987	35.3 °C12 July 1987	0.0 °C7 December 1987	20.2 °C	2,541 mm	87	0
1986	35.1 °C30 July 1986	-1.3 °C7 January 1986	19.8 °C	1,962 mm	106	2
1985	35.7 °C22 June 1985	-0.7 °C25 December 1985	19.3 °C	1,880 mm	97	3
1984	36.1 °C29 July 1984	-1.1 °C9 January 1984	19.0 °C	1,783 mm	93	3
1983	37.3 °C11 August 1983	-0.8 °C24 January 1983	19.7 °C	2,708 mm	109	4
1982	36.1 °C29 July 1982	-1.5 °C27 December 1982	19.7 °C	2,135 mm	92	2
1981	35.8 °C7 August 1981	0.1 °C12 January 1981	19.8 °C	2,507 mm	91	0
1980	36.0 °C21 July 1980	0.3 °C1 February 1980	20.1 °C	1,988 mm	103	0
1979	35.3 °C28 July 1979	-2.4 °C24 November 1979	19.7 °C	1,832 mm	83	2
1978	35.2 °C15 July 1978	-1.6 °C21 January 1978	19.7 °C	2,117 mm	99	2
1977	34.9 °C25 July 1977	-2.0 °C11 February 1977	19.9 °C	1,676 mm	85	5
1976	35.2 °C22 July 1976	-1.5 °C12 January 1976	19.1 °C	2,201 mm	75	3
1975	34.0 °C24 August 1975	-8.5 °C16 December 1975	19.6 °C	2,774 mm	88	13
1974	35.6 °C5 September 1974	-1.4 °C2 January 1974	19.7 °C	1,924 mm	103	4
1973	34.1 °C15 July 1973	-1.2 °C26 December 1973	19.9 °C	3,041 mm	77	4
1972	36.2 °C21 July 1972	-1.2 °C9 February 1972	19.7 °C	2,243 mm	92	2
1971	36.7 °C20 July 1971	-0.8 °C6 January 1971	19.4 °C	1,841 mm	78	2
1970	35.8 °C2 August 1970	-0.5 °C20 January 1970	19.3 °C	2,167 mm	86	2
1969	36.3 °C27 July 1969	-1.3 °C6 February 1969	19.4 °C	1,649 mm	103	5
1968	37.3 °C28 July 1968	1.3 °C3 March 1968	20.0 °C	1,904 mm	79	0
1967	35.8 °C31 July 1967	-3.4 °C16 January 1967	19.4 °C	1,564 mm	94	12
1966	33.5 °C17 August 1966	-1.2 °C28 December 1966	19.4 °C	1,655 mm	54	1
1965	33.2 °C14 July 1965	-1.8 °C31 December 1965	19.0 °C	1,902 mm	28	2
1964	37.3 °C7 August 1964	0.7 °C20 December 1964	19.7 °C	2,022 mm	96	0
1963	37.2 °C5 September 1963	-2.8 °C16 January 1963	20.3 °C	1,166 mm	123	8
1962	36.5 °C20 July 1962	-1.9 °C27 January 1962	19.7 °C	2,397 mm	102	2
1961	35.5 °C1 July 1961	-2.5 °C19 January 1961	19.9 °C	2,352 mm	83	3
1960	35.5 °C1 August 1960	-1.0 °C3 January 1960	19.9 °C	1,701 mm	84	2
1959	34.5 °C29 August 1959	-1.3 °C11 January 1959	19.5 °C	2,016 mm	69	1
1958	35.2 °C22 July 1958	0.3 °C5 January 1958	19.7 °C	1,264 mm	85	0
1957	36.0 °C15 August 1957	-2.8 °C11 February 1957	19.3 °C	2,376 mm	84	7
1956	36.7 °C4 September 1956	-2.6 °C9 January 1956	19.6 °C	1,220 mm	87	5
1955	32.8 °C23 September 1955	-3.8 °C11 January 1955	19.5 °C	1,358 mm	49	10
1954	32.7 °C15 August 1954	-0.4 °C16 December 1954	19.8 °C	1,129 mm	56	1
1953	37.0 °C12 August 1953	-0.1 °C11 December 1953	20.0 °C	1,437 mm	63	2
1952	31.8 °C1 September 1952	-0.4 °C10 December 1952	19.8 °C	2,007 mm	44	3
1951	32.1 °C1 August 1951	-2.2 °C14 January 1951	19.1 °C	2,253 mm	24	4
1950	32.4 °C18 July 1950	-0.1 °C10 December 1950	19.4 °C	1,812 mm	23	1
1949	32.1 °C14 September 1949	-2.1 °C9 January 1949	20.0 °C	1,472 mm	46	3
1948	32.9 °C21 August 1948	-1.0 °C25 January 1948	19.8 °C	1,982 mm	48	3
1947	32.1 °C28 August 1947	0.2 °C21 December 1947	19.0 °C	1,791 mm	21	0
1946	35.9 °C17 July 1946	-1.3 °C11 January 1946	20.2 °C	928 mm	85	4
1945	31.9 °C30 July 1945	-1.7 °C17 January 1945	18.2 °C	1,342 mm	28	4
1944	31.6 °C25 September 1944	-3.2 °C21 December 1944	19.0 °C	1,649 mm	24	9
1943	32.2 °C27 May 1943	-1.7 °C12 January 1943	19.6 °C	1,226 mm	46	3
1942	31.9 °C4 August 1942	0.2 °C7 December 1942	19.2 °C	1,756 mm	41	0
1941	31.5 °C8 August 1941	0.1 °C30 December 1941	19.1 °C	2,264 mm	16	0
1940	33.3 °C31 August 1940	-3.1 °C25 January 1940	19.1 °C	1,759 mm	62	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.4 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1814 mm

-84 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+3.9 °C	5 mm	-53 mm
Feb	15.8 °C	+0.4 °C	21 mm	-68 mm
Mar	20.9 °C	+1.8 °C	113 mm	-50 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+2.3 °C	142 mm	-107 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.1 °C	357 mm	+35 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	+1.0 °C	257 mm	-67 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+1.1 °C	273 mm	+102 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+0.2 °C	321 mm	+126 mm
Sep	31.6 °C	+1.8 °C	230 mm	+96 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+1.9 °C	33 mm	-46 mm
Nov	21.3 °C	+0.2 °C	35 mm	-32 mm
Dec	19.8 °C	+3.5 °C	29 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.6 °C

4 Jul 2025

Coldest day

0.2 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

66.9 mm

14 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

11 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

13 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Maba?

Maba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,898 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maba?

The hottest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2003, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Maba?

The coldest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -8.5 °C.

Does it snow in Maba?

Almost never: Maba sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Maba warmed?

Yes: Maba warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Maba?

The wettest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1976, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Maba?

The windiest day measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1953, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Maba?

The warmest month in Maba is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Maba?

Maba receives on average 1,898 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Maba?

Maba gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maba?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, with 7.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Maba?

Yes: Maba has on average 157 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maba?

In Maba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 28 July 2022, and the lowest was -13.1 °C on 16 December 1975.

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