Meizhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Meizhou?

Meizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,468 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2009, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Meizhou?

The coldest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Meizhou?

Almost never: Meizhou sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Meizhou warmed?

Yes: Meizhou warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Meizhou?

The wettest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 231 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Meizhou?

The windiest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1969, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Meizhou?

The warmest month in Meizhou is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Meizhou?

Meizhou receives on average 1,468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Meizhou?

Meizhou gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Meizhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,468 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 (12.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Meizhou averages 1 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.

Meizhou 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 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 2 August 2009) and the coldest -3.3 °C (on 12 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

MeizhouGuangdong

coords: 24.29°, 116.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,468mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

15.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

154 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

19.0 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

167 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

40.3 °C

2 August 2009

Coldest day

-3.3 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

231 mm

14 September 1970

Windiest day

45.1 km/h

28 July 1969

Strongest gust

133.9 km/h

20 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-7.9 °C

16 January 1967

Snowiest day

1.3 cm

16 January 1993

Sunniest day

13.1 h

15 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.2 °C7 July 2025	2.1 °C13 January 2025	22.3 °C	1,496 mm	151	0
2024	38.5 °C24 July 2024	0.1 °C24 January 2024	22.2 °C	1,922 mm	129	0
2023	38.1 °C30 May 2023	1.7 °C29 January 2023	22.2 °C	1,446 mm	132	0
2022	37.9 °C4 October 2022	2.4 °C19 December 2022	22.0 °C	1,685 mm	143	0
2021	39.8 °C27 July 2021	0.2 °C13 January 2021	23.2 °C	936 mm	170	0
2020	38.1 °C14 July 2020	1.7 °C31 December 2020	22.6 °C	1,108 mm	145	0
2019	37.0 °C24 August 2019	4.9 °C23 January 2019	22.3 °C	1,548 mm	132	0
2018	38.8 °C29 May 2018	0.7 °C6 February 2018	22.4 °C	1,100 mm	143	0
2017	38.7 °C28 September 2017	5.0 °C13 February 2017	22.2 °C	1,157 mm	137	0
2016	37.2 °C29 July 2016	-1.3 °C25 January 2016	21.6 °C	1,990 mm	127	1
2015	37.4 °C7 August 2015	2.9 °C18 December 2015	22.1 °C	1,512 mm	135	0
2014	37.6 °C31 July 2014	-0.3 °C23 January 2014	21.9 °C	1,275 mm	157	1
2013	36.0 °C12 August 2013	1.3 °C29 December 2013	21.4 °C	1,643 mm	110	0
2012	36.8 °C1 August 2012	0.6 °C31 December 2012	21.4 °C	1,523 mm	134	0
2011	37.8 °C21 August 2011	1.7 °C17 January 2011	21.4 °C	1,133 mm	141	0
2010	36.4 °C10 August 2010	-1.3 °C17 December 2010	21.2 °C	1,523 mm	99	2
2009	40.3 °C2 August 2009	-0.4 °C11 January 2009	22.2 °C	976 mm	161	1
2008	37.9 °C22 September 2008	2.2 °C3 February 2008	21.3 °C	1,504 mm	141	0
2007	38.7 °C2 August 2007	1.8 °C29 January 2007	21.9 °C	1,297 mm	134	0
2006	36.4 °C24 July 2006	1.5 °C7 January 2006	21.8 °C	2,247 mm	134	0
2005	37.3 °C12 August 2005	0.0 °C1 January 2005	21.4 °C	1,558 mm	127	0
2004	38.6 °C1 July 2004	1.2 °C22 January 2004	21.7 °C	1,050 mm	138	0
2003	38.9 °C3 August 2003	2.6 °C21 December 2003	22.0 °C	1,076 mm	154	0
2002	39.3 °C5 July 2002	2.0 °C27 December 2002	22.2 °C	1,091 mm	138	0
2001	36.4 °C23 August 2001	1.7 °C24 December 2001	21.7 °C	1,666 mm	130	0
2000	36.9 °C5 June 2000	1.3 °C28 January 2000	21.4 °C	1,617 mm	122	0
1999	36.1 °C20 August 1999	-2.0 °C23 December 1999	21.5 °C	1,577 mm	108	2
1998	37.5 °C19 August 1998	4.5 °C29 January 1998	22.0 °C	1,617 mm	131	0
1997	34.8 °C29 August 1997	2.6 °C11 January 1997	21.0 °C	2,060 mm	82	0
1996	36.9 °C25 July 1996	2.3 °C20 February 1996	21.2 °C	1,428 mm	132	0
1995	35.5 °C9 September 1995	1.9 °C6 January 1995	20.8 °C	1,551 mm	115	0
1994	36.0 °C2 July 1994	1.2 °C21 January 1994	21.2 °C	1,642 mm	93	0
1993	35.1 °C26 July 1993	0.2 °C29 January 1993	20.7 °C	1,511 mm	101	0
1992	36.0 °C30 July 1992	0.4 °C15 January 1992	20.7 °C	1,874 mm	98	0
1991	38.0 °C4 June 1991	-2.0 °C29 December 1991	21.5 °C	1,096 mm	126	2
1990	37.0 °C17 August 1990	1.7 °C31 January 1990	21.1 °C	2,083 mm	92	0
1989	37.8 °C14 August 1989	2.3 °C14 January 1989	21.0 °C	1,525 mm	108	0
1988	36.8 °C18 July 1988	2.8 °C13 December 1988	20.6 °C	1,637 mm	104	0
1987	36.4 °C5 September 1987	1.4 °C7 December 1987	21.5 °C	1,395 mm	107	0
1986	36.1 °C16 August 1986	0.7 °C7 January 1986	20.9 °C	1,605 mm	116	0
1985	36.0 °C22 June 1985	0.0 °C17 December 1985	20.4 °C	1,818 mm	98	0
1984	35.4 °C29 July 1984	0.6 °C8 February 1984	20.4 °C	1,539 mm	99	0
1983	35.9 °C11 August 1983	2.4 °C26 January 1983	20.7 °C	2,275 mm	124	0
1982	37.4 °C28 July 1982	1.0 °C28 December 1982	20.9 °C	1,789 mm	98	0
1981	35.1 °C12 August 1981	1.8 °C12 January 1981	20.9 °C	1,634 mm	94	0
1980	37.2 °C10 July 1980	-0.1 °C31 January 1980	21.0 °C	1,472 mm	104	1
1979	36.7 °C28 July 1979	0.5 °C1 February 1979	20.7 °C	1,571 mm	94	0
1978	36.9 °C15 July 1978	0.2 °C22 January 1978	20.9 °C	1,674 mm	112	0
1977	36.5 °C7 May 1977	0.4 °C11 February 1977	21.3 °C	1,076 mm	132	0
1976	35.5 °C21 July 1976	1.1 °C28 December 1976	20.4 °C	1,684 mm	91	0
1975	34.3 °C30 July 1975	0.2 °C16 December 1975	20.6 °C	2,073 mm	94	0
1974	35.8 °C9 August 1974	-0.2 °C26 February 1974	20.8 °C	1,718 mm	117	1
1973	34.1 °C23 August 1973	0.3 °C26 December 1973	21.0 °C	2,021 mm	88	0
1972	37.8 °C21 July 1972	0.1 °C9 February 1972	20.7 °C	1,867 mm	100	0
1971	36.6 °C20 July 1971	0.7 °C10 January 1971	20.8 °C	1,435 mm	114	0
1970	35.9 °C1 August 1970	0.1 °C20 January 1970	20.5 °C	1,791 mm	107	0
1969	35.6 °C26 September 1969	-1.1 °C6 February 1969	20.5 °C	1,492 mm	115	1
1968	35.0 °C23 July 1968	2.3 °C7 February 1968	20.8 °C	1,664 mm	92	0
1967	37.5 °C8 August 1967	-2.4 °C16 January 1967	20.8 °C	1,049 mm	123	2
1966	33.2 °C15 August 1966	0.9 °C28 December 1966	20.3 °C	1,484 mm	66	0
1965	32.3 °C26 July 1965	-0.1 °C31 December 1965	19.8 °C	1,580 mm	40	1
1964	38.4 °C7 August 1964	2.4 °C26 February 1964	21.2 °C	1,242 mm	124	0
1963	36.8 °C2 September 1963	-1.3 °C16 January 1963	21.2 °C	906 mm	138	6
1962	37.0 °C1 August 1962	0.2 °C28 January 1962	20.6 °C	1,348 mm	109	0
1961	36.1 °C30 June 1961	-2.0 °C19 January 1961	21.1 °C	2,096 mm	96	1
1960	35.5 °C1 August 1960	1.3 °C3 January 1960	21.2 °C	1,661 mm	107	0
1959	34.6 °C29 August 1959	-0.2 °C11 January 1959	20.9 °C	1,787 mm	88	1
1958	36.3 °C15 July 1958	1.6 °C5 January 1958	20.7 °C	1,201 mm	109	0
1957	36.4 °C14 August 1957	-1.8 °C12 February 1957	20.8 °C	1,457 mm	102	3
1956	36.1 °C15 July 1956	-2.5 °C10 January 1956	20.7 °C	874 mm	123	4
1955	33.7 °C23 September 1955	-3.3 °C12 January 1955	20.5 °C	904 mm	95	5
1954	35.8 °C29 July 1954	0.5 °C17 December 1954	21.0 °C	772 mm	118	0
1953	36.7 °C12 August 1953	2.0 °C11 December 1953	21.0 °C	1,018 mm	90	0
1952	32.4 °C17 August 1952	0.6 °C10 December 1952	20.7 °C	1,397 mm	68	0
1951	34.6 °C31 July 1951	-0.6 °C13 January 1951	20.2 °C	1,530 mm	68	2
1950	32.5 °C17 July 1950	0.5 °C10 December 1950	20.4 °C	1,406 mm	67	0
1949	33.9 °C1 June 1949	-0.7 °C9 January 1949	21.1 °C	1,123 mm	94	1
1948	33.2 °C6 July 1948	1.1 °C26 January 1948	20.7 °C	1,211 mm	68	0
1947	32.7 °C11 August 1947	1.4 °C23 February 1947	19.8 °C	1,749 mm	43	0
1946	37.1 °C21 June 1946	0.3 °C6 January 1946	21.2 °C	646 mm	137	0
1945	32.5 °C31 July 1945	-0.2 °C17 January 1945	18.9 °C	1,412 mm	44	1
1944	32.6 °C8 April 1944	-0.7 °C20 December 1944	20.3 °C	1,167 mm	48	4
1943	36.2 °C27 May 1943	-0.3 °C12 January 1943	20.8 °C	662 mm	122	2
1942	34.0 °C15 August 1942	0.7 °C7 December 1942	19.9 °C	1,294 mm	71	0
1941	31.6 °C29 June 1941	2.3 °C29 December 1941	19.8 °C	1,736 mm	38	0
1940	34.7 °C30 August 1940	-2.1 °C25 January 1940	19.7 °C	1,263 mm	53	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1496 mm

+28 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-35 mm
Feb	19.4 °C	+1.1 °C	25 mm	-42 mm
Mar	22.9 °C	+1.2 °C	98 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	+2.4 °C	93 mm	-62 mm
May	29.1 °C	+0.8 °C	255 mm	+23 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+1.8 °C	210 mm	-53 mm
Jul	32.6 °C	+0.5 °C	343 mm	+173 mm
Aug	32.2 °C	+0.3 °C	268 mm	+70 mm
Sep	32.3 °C	+1.6 °C	146 mm	+19 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+2.8 °C	25 mm	-23 mm
Nov	24.6 °C	+0.8 °C	14 mm	-25 mm
Dec	22.6 °C	+3.5 °C	19 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

87.6 mm

29 May 2025

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Meizhou?

Meizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,468 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meizhou?

The hottest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2009, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Meizhou?

The coldest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Meizhou?

Almost never: Meizhou sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Meizhou warmed?

Yes: Meizhou warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Meizhou?

The wettest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 231 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Meizhou?

The windiest day measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1969, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Meizhou?

The warmest month in Meizhou is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Meizhou?

Meizhou receives on average 1,468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Meizhou?

Meizhou gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Meizhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1993, with 1.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Meizhou?

Yes: Meizhou has on average 167 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meizhou?

In Meizhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -7.9 °C on 16 January 1967.

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