Macheng climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Macheng?

Macheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,498 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1959, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Macheng?

The coldest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -20.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Macheng?

Yes. Macheng gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Macheng warmed?

Yes: Macheng warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Macheng?

The wettest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1955, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Macheng?

The windiest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1974, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Macheng?

The warmest month in Macheng is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Macheng?

Macheng receives on average 1,498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Macheng?

Macheng gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Macheng (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,498 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 (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Macheng averages 41 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.

Macheng has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 32 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 23 August 1959) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 16 January 1955).

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

MachengHubei

coords: 31.18°, 115.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

16.0°C

Average daily high

20.2°C

Average daily low

12.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,498mm

Sunshine / day

7.8h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

24.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

41 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

128 d/yr

Annual snowfall

14.3 cm

Average feels-like high

20.6 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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

40.4 °C

23 August 1959

Coldest day

-20.1 °C

16 January 1955

Wettest day

203 mm

27 July 1955

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

22 February 1974

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

26 April 1983

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

10 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-25.5 °C

16 January 1955

Snowiest day

15.2 cm

4 January 2018

Sunniest day

13.6 h

12 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.4 °C8 July 2025	-5.3 °C17 January 2025	17.8 °C	1,342 mm	83	27
2024	37.4 °C24 July 2024	-7.2 °C23 January 2024	17.4 °C	1,377 mm	88	40
2023	35.8 °C5 August 2023	-7.1 °C22 December 2023	17.2 °C	1,294 mm	79	31
2022	37.7 °C19 August 2022	-5.4 °C18 December 2022	17.3 °C	948 mm	95	34
2021	35.7 °C1 August 2021	-8.4 °C8 January 2021	17.2 °C	1,357 mm	86	22
2020	36.0 °C4 August 2020	-6.8 °C31 December 2020	16.8 °C	1,689 mm	69	26
2019	36.6 °C18 August 2019	-3.0 °C16 January 2019	17.0 °C	921 mm	91	21
2018	37.1 °C9 August 2018	-5.2 °C28 January 2018	17.0 °C	1,070 mm	81	38
2017	37.2 °C25 July 2017	-2.6 °C17 December 2017	16.8 °C	1,322 mm	63	22
2016	36.7 °C18 August 2016	-8.5 °C25 January 2016	16.7 °C	1,670 mm	71	34
2015	34.1 °C14 July 2015	-4.1 °C17 December 2015	16.4 °C	1,239 mm	56	27
2014	35.9 °C23 July 2014	-6.0 °C11 February 2014	16.3 °C	1,434 mm	49	39
2013	36.9 °C10 August 2013	-5.3 °C5 January 2013	16.8 °C	1,179 mm	83	43
2012	35.7 °C23 July 2012	-5.3 °C23 January 2012	15.9 °C	1,092 mm	69	39
2011	35.2 °C26 July 2011	-5.8 °C16 January 2011	16.0 °C	1,119 mm	58	47
2010	36.5 °C5 August 2010	-4.2 °C31 December 2010	16.2 °C	1,459 mm	67	41
2009	36.3 °C27 August 2009	-6.9 °C24 January 2009	16.5 °C	983 mm	76	35
2008	35.6 °C28 July 2008	-6.7 °C29 January 2008	16.3 °C	1,221 mm	64	50
2007	35.8 °C9 August 2007	-3.3 °C31 December 2007	17.2 °C	1,092 mm	75	20
2006	36.6 °C13 July 2006	-4.7 °C7 January 2006	16.9 °C	848 mm	77	29
2005	35.4 °C18 July 2005	-6.4 °C1 January 2005	16.3 °C	1,092 mm	75	52
2004	34.9 °C9 August 2004	-6.6 °C31 December 2004	16.7 °C	1,354 mm	65	28
2003	37.5 °C1 August 2003	-5.2 °C5 January 2003	16.2 °C	1,524 mm	64	33
2002	36.0 °C15 July 2002	-5.5 °C26 December 2002	16.7 °C	1,649 mm	71	24
2001	36.2 °C5 July 2001	-5.1 °C25 December 2001	16.6 °C	904 mm	81	29
2000	35.4 °C16 July 2000	-8.5 °C26 January 2000	16.2 °C	1,258 mm	77	32
1999	34.5 °C10 September 1999	-6.3 °C22 December 1999	16.4 °C	1,503 mm	58	26
1998	35.8 °C12 July 1998	-6.6 °C18 January 1998	16.9 °C	1,487 mm	67	32
1997	34.7 °C5 June 1997	-5.1 °C8 January 1997	16.5 °C	1,320 mm	70	28
1996	35.2 °C26 July 1996	-5.8 °C18 February 1996	15.6 °C	2,268 mm	47	39
1995	36.2 °C31 July 1995	-4.8 °C5 February 1995	16.2 °C	1,456 mm	63	42
1994	37.6 °C4 August 1994	-3.6 °C21 January 1994	16.5 °C	1,310 mm	78	23
1993	34.1 °C27 June 1993	-9.5 °C16 January 1993	15.4 °C	1,770 mm	42	45
1992	35.6 °C31 July 1992	-4.5 °C15 January 1992	15.8 °C	1,250 mm	61	44
1991	37.7 °C19 July 1991	-12.2 °C28 December 1991	15.5 °C	2,268 mm	48	28
1990	35.5 °C27 August 1990	-7.3 °C31 January 1990	16.3 °C	1,375 mm	82	31
1989	35.6 °C21 July 1989	-6.5 °C26 February 1989	15.5 °C	1,830 mm	36	22
1988	37.2 °C19 July 1988	-4.1 °C17 February 1988	15.8 °C	1,351 mm	63	42
1987	33.5 °C24 May 1987	-4.3 °C29 November 1987	15.8 °C	2,135 mm	57	38
1986	34.3 °C11 August 1986	-4.9 °C5 January 1986	15.7 °C	1,362 mm	67	42
1985	34.6 °C16 August 1985	-6.1 °C20 February 1985	15.4 °C	1,495 mm	71	52
1984	35.2 °C6 August 1984	-10.6 °C22 January 1984	15.2 °C	1,498 mm	67	61
1983	35.7 °C6 August 1983	-4.3 °C8 January 1983	15.7 °C	2,262 mm	49	42
1982	34.3 °C24 May 1982	-5.0 °C19 January 1982	15.6 °C	1,564 mm	47	37
1981	36.4 °C19 June 1981	-4.8 °C3 January 1981	15.7 °C	1,562 mm	72	49
1980	35.7 °C27 July 1980	-12.2 °C31 January 1980	15.3 °C	1,953 mm	37	49
1979	36.7 °C9 August 1979	-8.1 °C15 January 1979	16.1 °C	1,509 mm	68	44
1978	38.2 °C21 August 1978	-5.8 °C17 January 1978	16.5 °C	929 mm	83	43
1977	34.7 °C6 August 1977	-16.6 °C30 January 1977	15.6 °C	1,739 mm	47	49
1976	36.4 °C5 August 1976	-8.2 °C28 December 1976	15.3 °C	1,114 mm	46	52
1975	34.3 °C20 July 1975	-10.4 °C16 December 1975	15.9 °C	1,653 mm	67	45
1974	33.8 °C10 August 1974	-8.3 °C7 February 1974	15.5 °C	1,490 mm	67	60
1973	35.9 °C21 August 1973	-8.9 °C25 December 1973	15.8 °C	1,334 mm	56	36
1972	34.9 °C16 August 1972	-12.4 °C9 February 1972	15.1 °C	1,549 mm	57	57
1971	37.6 °C21 July 1971	-5.5 °C1 February 1971	15.3 °C	1,442 mm	57	51
1970	35.8 °C9 August 1970	-10.2 °C5 January 1970	15.2 °C	1,530 mm	59	42
1969	37.0 °C27 July 1969	-13.2 °C31 January 1969	15.0 °C	1,844 mm	51	76
1968	35.5 °C24 July 1968	-6.7 °C15 January 1968	15.8 °C	1,408 mm	64	50
1967	37.5 °C28 August 1967	-16.1 °C4 January 1967	15.2 °C	1,585 mm	92	75
1966	37.1 °C28 August 1966	-15.6 °C28 December 1966	16.5 °C	1,209 mm	74	40
1965	32.6 °C25 August 1965	-12.8 °C17 December 1965	15.6 °C	1,320 mm	43	38
1964	36.3 °C8 August 1964	-10.6 °C18 February 1964	15.7 °C	1,772 mm	70	52
1963	34.5 °C31 August 1963	-7.5 °C7 January 1963	15.8 °C	1,992 mm	71	55
1962	35.2 °C18 July 1962	-5.9 °C2 January 1962	15.7 °C	1,643 mm	57	54
1961	38.1 °C23 July 1961	-6.2 °C12 January 1961	16.7 °C	1,358 mm	79	35
1960	35.6 °C1 August 1960	-7.6 °C24 January 1960	15.7 °C	1,473 mm	67	42
1959	40.4 °C23 August 1959	-7.1 °C17 January 1959	16.2 °C	1,203 mm	95	42
1958	35.6 °C22 July 1958	-8.0 °C16 January 1958	15.6 °C	1,377 mm	68	45
1957	34.6 °C23 July 1957	-14.0 °C11 February 1957	15.1 °C	1,906 mm	49	47
1956	34.4 °C28 July 1956	-16.7 °C23 January 1956	15.1 °C	1,712 mm	62	61
1955	33.0 °C9 August 1955	-20.1 °C16 January 1955	15.6 °C	1,898 mm	56	44
1954	34.3 °C28 August 1954	-12.6 °C27 January 1954	15.4 °C	2,608 mm	47	50
1953	39.5 °C13 August 1953	-11.5 °C20 January 1953	16.4 °C	2,027 mm	68	31
1952	33.6 °C29 July 1952	-11.3 °C19 February 1952	15.5 °C	1,928 mm	56	44
1951	36.6 °C30 August 1951	-12.1 °C13 January 1951	15.7 °C	1,927 mm	61	48
1950	34.3 °C18 July 1950	-9.3 °C17 February 1950	15.9 °C	1,749 mm	51	47
1949	33.9 °C15 September 1949	-6.4 °C9 January 1949	16.3 °C	2,280 mm	53	33
1948	33.0 °C9 August 1948	-12.1 °C25 January 1948	16.2 °C	2,270 mm	59	33
1947	32.9 °C30 August 1947	-8.8 °C28 January 1947	16.1 °C	1,510 mm	60	38
1946	38.6 °C9 August 1946	-5.5 °C10 January 1946	17.8 °C	1,064 mm	105	41
1945	33.6 °C6 June 1945	-12.1 °C12 January 1945	15.3 °C	1,398 mm	60	66
1944	34.4 °C21 June 1944	-6.9 °C17 December 1944	16.4 °C	964 mm	82	48
1943	31.7 °C14 June 1943	-7.2 °C11 January 1943	16.0 °C	2,133 mm	22	46
1942	34.1 °C7 August 1942	-5.5 °C17 January 1942	16.8 °C	1,325 mm	62	40
1941	33.5 °C4 June 1941	-6.9 °C24 January 1941	16.7 °C	1,007 mm	51	36
1940	33.4 °C14 August 1940	-12.4 °C23 January 1940	16.1 °C	1,164 mm	69	36

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.3 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

27 d/yr

-14

Annual rainfall

1342 mm

-156 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.1 °C	+3.9 °C	39 mm	-3 mm
Feb	10.6 °C	+1.2 °C	12 mm	-51 mm
Mar	16.6 °C	+2.1 °C	86 mm	-22 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	+4.0 °C	82 mm	-64 mm
May	27.0 °C	+1.8 °C	194 mm	+8 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	-0.6 °C	398 mm	+133 mm
Jul	34.6 °C	+3.6 °C	26 mm	-240 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+1.7 °C	172 mm	+14 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	184 mm	+82 mm
Oct	21.9 °C	0.0 °C	92 mm	+21 mm
Nov	18.3 °C	+2.6 °C	25 mm	-31 mm
Dec	13.1 °C	+3.6 °C	31 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

8 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-5.3 °C

17 Jan 2025

Wettest day

60.1 mm

21 Jun 2025

Windiest day

35.4 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

4 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.6 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

2.6 cm

3 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Macheng?

Macheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,498 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Macheng?

The hottest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1959, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Macheng?

The coldest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -20.1 °C.

Does it snow in Macheng?

Yes. Macheng gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.

Has the climate of Macheng warmed?

Yes: Macheng warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Macheng?

The wettest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1955, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Macheng?

The windiest day measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1974, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Macheng?

The warmest month in Macheng is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Macheng?

Macheng receives on average 1,498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Macheng?

Macheng gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Macheng?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Macheng between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2018, with 15.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Macheng?

Yes: Macheng has on average 100 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Macheng?

In Macheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -25.5 °C on 16 January 1955.

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