Miaojie climate — normals and trends
Miaojie (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,308 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 June (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Miaojie averages 4 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Miaojie has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 31 May 2023) and the coldest -6.9 °C (on 29 December 1983).
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
MiaojieYunnan
- coords
- 25.31°, 100.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,308mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
11.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.5 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
43.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
33.4 °C
31 May 2023
Coldest day
-6.9 °C
29 December 1983
Wettest day
91 mm
29 June 1993
Windiest day
26.8 km/h
21 February 2016
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
17 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
6 July 1979
Coldest feels-like
-10.7 °C
29 December 1983
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.1 h
28 May 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 15 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 18.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 8 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 20.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 38 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 171 mm | +79 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 245 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 313 mm | +39 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 284 mm | +19 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 216 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 22.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 134 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 71 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 17.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Miaojie?
Miaojie has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,308 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Miaojie?
The hottest day measured in Miaojie between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2023, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Miaojie?
The coldest day measured in Miaojie between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1983, at -6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Miaojie?
Yes. Miaojie gets on average 1.4 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Miaojie warmed?
Yes: Miaojie warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Miaojie?
The wettest day measured in Miaojie between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1993, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Miaojie?
The windiest day measured in Miaojie between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, with winds reaching 26.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Miaojie?
The warmest month in Miaojie is June (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Miaojie?
Miaojie receives on average 1,308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Miaojie?
Miaojie gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Miaojie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Miaojie between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Miaojie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Miaojie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Miaojie?
In Miaojie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 6 July 1979, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 29 December 1983.
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