Qionghu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Qionghu?

Qionghu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 1,672 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Qionghu?

The coldest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -19.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Qionghu?

Yes. Qionghu gets on average 15.9 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Qionghu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Qionghu?

The wettest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1998, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Qionghu?

The windiest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1946, with winds reaching 47.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Qionghu?

The warmest month in Qionghu is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Qionghu?

Qionghu receives on average 1,672 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Qionghu?

Qionghu gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Qionghu (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 1,672 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 (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Qionghu averages 11 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.

Qionghu 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 18 to 4 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 13 August 1953) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 11 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

QionghuHunan

coords: 28.84°, 112.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

17.8°C

Average daily high

21.3°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,672mm

Sunshine / day

7.0h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

24.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

11 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

86 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

157 d/yr

Annual snowfall

15.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.0 °C

Average peak gust

27.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

129 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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

41.9 °C

13 August 1953

Coldest day

-19.3 °C

11 January 1955

Wettest day

204 mm

23 June 1998

Windiest day

47.0 km/h

14 June 1946

Strongest gust

86.4 km/h

14 June 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

10 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-24.3 °C

11 January 1955

Snowiest day

18.0 cm

22 January 1998

Sunniest day

13.1 h

19 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.3 °C5 July 2025	-2.3 °C9 February 2025	19.7 °C	1,355 mm	112	2
2024	39.4 °C22 July 2024	-3.6 °C23 January 2024	19.4 °C	1,571 mm	106	13
2023	37.9 °C5 August 2023	-2.4 °C23 December 2023	19.0 °C	1,387 mm	99	10
2022	39.9 °C18 August 2022	-1.0 °C18 December 2022	19.2 °C	1,244 mm	115	2
2021	37.8 °C2 August 2021	-2.4 °C8 January 2021	18.9 °C	1,514 mm	106	6
2020	36.7 °C4 August 2020	-0.8 °C31 December 2020	18.1 °C	1,648 mm	84	1
2019	38.6 °C13 September 2019	-0.6 °C1 January 2019	18.5 °C	1,129 mm	104	2
2018	37.2 °C21 July 2018	-6.1 °C30 January 2018	18.5 °C	1,268 mm	99	18
2017	38.9 °C26 July 2017	0.9 °C20 December 2017	18.4 °C	1,552 mm	83	0
2016	38.2 °C26 July 2016	-4.3 °C25 January 2016	18.2 °C	1,840 mm	85	6
2015	36.5 °C13 July 2015	0.1 °C29 January 2015	18.3 °C	1,370 mm	69	0
2014	37.5 °C22 July 2014	-2.7 °C11 February 2014	18.2 °C	1,599 mm	63	5
2013	38.5 °C31 July 2013	-2.3 °C4 January 2013	18.9 °C	1,197 mm	109	12
2012	37.7 °C9 July 2012	-2.8 °C25 January 2012	17.5 °C	1,543 mm	83	8
2011	39.7 °C25 July 2011	-2.0 °C12 January 2011	18.0 °C	892 mm	95	15
2010	38.5 °C5 August 2010	-1.5 °C5 January 2010	18.2 °C	1,530 mm	85	6
2009	39.3 °C18 July 2009	-0.9 °C13 January 2009	18.5 °C	1,235 mm	96	5
2008	36.6 °C27 July 2008	-4.5 °C29 January 2008	18.4 °C	1,134 mm	96	29
2007	37.0 °C6 August 2007	1.1 °C10 January 2007	18.8 °C	1,113 mm	96	0
2006	37.7 °C15 August 2006	-1.5 °C7 January 2006	18.8 °C	1,160 mm	99	3
2005	36.8 °C17 July 2005	-2.3 °C1 January 2005	18.1 °C	1,630 mm	90	9
2004	37.2 °C30 June 2004	-2.1 °C31 December 2004	18.5 °C	1,510 mm	82	6
2003	38.5 °C1 August 2003	-2.6 °C8 January 2003	18.0 °C	1,385 mm	85	7
2002	38.5 °C16 July 2002	-1.5 °C27 December 2002	18.3 °C	2,207 mm	83	2
2001	38.1 °C7 August 2001	-1.9 °C26 December 2001	18.3 °C	1,376 mm	94	4
2000	37.8 °C17 July 2000	-2.2 °C27 January 2000	17.8 °C	1,763 mm	99	6
1999	36.8 °C31 July 1999	-2.9 °C23 December 1999	18.1 °C	2,078 mm	70	2
1998	38.3 °C24 August 1998	-1.1 °C19 January 1998	18.8 °C	2,319 mm	95	7
1997	36.2 °C7 August 1997	-1.9 °C9 January 1997	18.0 °C	1,803 mm	84	7
1996	36.6 °C26 July 1996	-1.8 °C18 February 1996	17.5 °C	1,876 mm	78	7
1995	38.3 °C22 July 1995	-0.6 °C6 January 1995	18.2 °C	2,185 mm	83	4
1994	38.6 °C3 July 1994	-0.9 °C21 January 1994	18.0 °C	2,009 mm	88	3
1993	36.2 °C17 July 1993	-2.7 °C16 January 1993	17.1 °C	1,978 mm	62	11
1992	38.6 °C5 August 1992	-0.9 °C14 January 1992	17.9 °C	1,410 mm	82	3
1991	37.8 °C28 July 1991	-4.7 °C29 December 1991	17.4 °C	2,115 mm	74	4
1990	39.2 °C25 July 1990	-3.6 °C31 January 1990	18.0 °C	1,884 mm	92	3
1989	38.5 °C22 July 1989	-4.7 °C14 January 1989	17.1 °C	1,930 mm	59	10
1988	38.4 °C10 July 1988	-0.7 °C17 February 1988	17.7 °C	1,613 mm	82	3
1987	36.0 °C5 August 1987	-0.3 °C6 December 1987	17.8 °C	1,766 mm	81	1
1986	37.5 °C14 August 1986	0.2 °C18 February 1986	17.6 °C	1,700 mm	92	0
1985	36.9 °C16 July 1985	-4.1 °C13 December 1985	17.4 °C	1,499 mm	90	16
1984	37.0 °C16 July 1984	-4.5 °C26 January 1984	16.9 °C	1,490 mm	84	25
1983	37.7 °C5 August 1983	-3.1 °C12 January 1983	17.8 °C	1,652 mm	83	7
1982	37.5 °C15 July 1982	-1.0 °C17 January 1982	17.4 °C	1,877 mm	66	7
1981	38.3 °C20 August 1981	-1.5 °C27 January 1981	17.6 °C	1,447 mm	94	5
1980	36.9 °C27 July 1980	-6.3 °C31 January 1980	17.2 °C	1,716 mm	62	19
1979	37.7 °C9 August 1979	-5.6 °C1 February 1979	18.0 °C	1,627 mm	79	10
1978	37.8 °C12 July 1978	-1.5 °C19 January 1978	17.9 °C	1,447 mm	87	8
1977	36.8 °C7 August 1977	-6.9 °C30 January 1977	17.5 °C	1,735 mm	70	27
1976	38.3 °C5 August 1976	-3.5 °C28 December 1976	17.1 °C	1,638 mm	63	8
1975	37.3 °C20 July 1975	-4.0 °C15 December 1975	17.6 °C	1,708 mm	80	12
1974	37.1 °C9 August 1974	-4.2 °C7 February 1974	17.5 °C	1,451 mm	84	20
1973	36.2 °C22 August 1973	-1.9 °C25 December 1973	17.8 °C	1,939 mm	71	2
1972	40.1 °C13 August 1972	-6.2 °C9 February 1972	17.5 °C	1,400 mm	82	12
1971	39.2 °C26 July 1971	-1.1 °C8 December 1971	17.3 °C	1,554 mm	76	4
1970	37.7 °C11 August 1970	-8.8 °C7 January 1970	17.2 °C	1,896 mm	73	13
1969	37.7 °C2 August 1969	-8.3 °C1 February 1969	17.2 °C	2,193 mm	84	30
1968	38.2 °C30 July 1968	-3.2 °C3 February 1968	17.8 °C	1,314 mm	88	12
1967	37.4 °C19 July 1967	-5.7 °C2 January 1967	17.2 °C	2,061 mm	90	31
1966	38.8 °C12 August 1966	-5.9 °C28 December 1966	18.3 °C	1,449 mm	99	15
1965	36.1 °C21 July 1965	-3.7 °C19 December 1965	17.3 °C	1,925 mm	71	11
1964	37.9 °C22 July 1964	-4.6 °C18 February 1964	17.4 °C	2,054 mm	85	21
1963	39.3 °C5 August 1963	-2.2 °C9 January 1963	18.4 °C	1,495 mm	106	11
1962	37.3 °C28 July 1962	-2.1 °C2 January 1962	17.8 °C	1,694 mm	80	7
1961	41.1 °C24 July 1961	-2.0 °C17 January 1961	18.5 °C	1,847 mm	98	9
1960	37.1 °C1 August 1960	-7.5 °C25 January 1960	17.5 °C	1,525 mm	90	14
1959	37.5 °C31 July 1959	-2.8 °C11 January 1959	18.0 °C	1,428 mm	101	7
1958	36.8 °C23 July 1958	-4.2 °C1 February 1958	17.4 °C	1,588 mm	84	12
1957	37.6 °C16 July 1957	-8.9 °C7 February 1957	17.1 °C	1,719 mm	71	23
1956	36.8 °C9 July 1956	-10.3 °C23 January 1956	17.2 °C	1,946 mm	100	27
1955	34.5 °C11 July 1955	-19.3 °C11 January 1955	17.1 °C	1,837 mm	80	32
1954	34.6 °C15 August 1954	-7.7 °C29 January 1954	16.5 °C	2,803 mm	85	37
1953	41.9 °C13 August 1953	-4.5 °C18 January 1953	18.1 °C	1,713 mm	103	14
1952	35.4 °C5 July 1952	-5.9 °C18 February 1952	17.1 °C	2,347 mm	76	15
1951	38.6 °C7 September 1951	-12.9 °C14 January 1951	17.2 °C	2,143 mm	84	29
1950	36.2 °C18 July 1950	-7.3 °C17 February 1950	17.5 °C	1,867 mm	60	13
1949	34.2 °C22 July 1949	-9.1 °C9 January 1949	17.8 °C	2,271 mm	87	12
1948	34.8 °C11 August 1948	-7.5 °C25 January 1948	17.5 °C	2,579 mm	74	15
1947	36.1 °C27 August 1947	-8.2 °C20 December 1947	17.7 °C	1,818 mm	87	17
1946	41.0 °C9 August 1946	-3.7 °C22 December 1946	20.1 °C	983 mm	134	11
1945	35.2 °C27 July 1945	-6.5 °C26 December 1945	17.2 °C	1,082 mm	94	34
1944	35.4 °C15 July 1944	-4.9 °C21 December 1944	18.0 °C	1,554 mm	100	17
1943	32.9 °C1 August 1943	-2.6 °C12 January 1943	17.9 °C	2,034 mm	59	5
1942	35.1 °C4 August 1942	-1.9 °C12 January 1942	18.8 °C	1,477 mm	84	9
1941	34.2 °C11 July 1941	-4.0 °C29 December 1941	18.2 °C	1,796 mm	67	11
1940	35.8 °C14 August 1940	-8.1 °C23 January 1940	18.2 °C	1,375 mm	95	14

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.5 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

-9

Annual rainfall

1355 mm

-317 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.6 °C	+5.1 °C	45 mm	-22 mm
Feb	10.7 °C	+0.4 °C	53 mm	-40 mm
Mar	17.8 °C	+2.4 °C	94 mm	-61 mm
Apr	26.0 °C	+4.4 °C	191 mm	-14 mm
May	28.2 °C	+2.1 °C	166 mm	-80 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+0.6 °C	330 mm	+49 mm
Jul	35.0 °C	+2.0 °C	157 mm	-27 mm
Aug	34.6 °C	+2.1 °C	49 mm	-95 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+0.2 °C	146 mm	+55 mm
Oct	23.0 °C	+0.3 °C	37 mm	-50 mm
Nov	19.0 °C	+2.1 °C	56 mm	-17 mm
Dec	14.8 °C	+3.7 °C	31 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.3 °C

5 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.3 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

73.2 mm

22 Apr 2025

Windiest day

37.1 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

6 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

9 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

4 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Qionghu?

Qionghu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 1,672 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qionghu?

The hottest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Qionghu?

The coldest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -19.3 °C.

Does it snow in Qionghu?

Yes. Qionghu gets on average 15.9 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.

Has the climate of Qionghu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Qionghu?

The wettest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1998, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Qionghu?

The windiest day measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1946, with winds reaching 47.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Qionghu?

The warmest month in Qionghu is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Qionghu?

Qionghu receives on average 1,672 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Qionghu?

Qionghu gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qionghu?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qionghu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1998, with 18.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Qionghu?

Yes: Qionghu has on average 129 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qionghu?

In Qionghu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 11 January 1955.

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