Qushi climate — normals and trends
Qushi (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 2,653 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 August (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Qushi averages 31 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.
Qushi has warmed by +2.1 °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 42 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.2 °C (on 6 June 1958) and the coldest -6.6 °C (on 9 February 1977).
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
QushiYunnan
- coords
- 25.22°, 98.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
18.9°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,653mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
11.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
31 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
224 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
28.2 °C
6 June 1958
Coldest day
-6.6 °C
9 February 1977
Wettest day
129 mm
28 July 1989
Windiest day
20.9 km/h
4 March 1946
Strongest gust
81.7 km/h
11 April 1985
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-10.5 °C
9 February 1977
Snowiest day
9.2 cm
27 January 2016
Sunniest day
13.0 h
11 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 36 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 16.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 174 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 165 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 390 mm | +136 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 570 mm | +108 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 526 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 367 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 219 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 187 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 82 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 16.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qushi?
Qushi has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 2,653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qushi?
The hottest day measured in Qushi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1958, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qushi?
The coldest day measured in Qushi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1977, at -6.6 °C.
Does it snow in Qushi?
Yes. Qushi gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.
Has the climate of Qushi warmed?
Yes: Qushi warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qushi?
The wettest day measured in Qushi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1989, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qushi?
The windiest day measured in Qushi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1946, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qushi?
The warmest month in Qushi is August (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Qushi?
Qushi receives on average 2,653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qushi?
Qushi gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qushi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qushi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2016, with 9.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qushi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Qushi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qushi?
In Qushi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -10.5 °C on 9 February 1977.
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