Sanshui climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sanshui?

Sanshui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,947 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1987, reaching 38.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sanshui?

The coldest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 0.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sanshui?

Almost never: Sanshui sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Sanshui warmed?

Yes: Sanshui warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sanshui?

The wettest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1971, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sanshui?

The windiest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sanshui?

The warmest month in Sanshui is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sanshui?

Sanshui receives on average 1,947 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sanshui?

Sanshui gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sanshui (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,947 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Sanshui averages 0 frost days, 131 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Sanshui has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 13 July 1987) and the coldest 0.5 °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

SanshuiGuangdong

coords: 23.15°, 112.89°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

19.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,947mm

Sunshine / day

7.6h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

15.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

21.5 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

200 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

38.5 °C

13 July 1987

Coldest day

0.5 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

217 mm

18 June 1971

Windiest day

57.3 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

125.6 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

46.9 °C

18 July 2019

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

11 February 1957

Sunniest day

13.0 h

2 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C9 July 2025	6.0 °C12 January 2025	23.5 °C	1,867 mm	156
2024	37.4 °C5 August 2024	3.8 °C24 January 2024	23.7 °C	2,284 mm	152
2023	37.9 °C30 May 2023	5.4 °C30 January 2023	23.6 °C	1,873 mm	142
2022	37.9 °C25 July 2022	5.3 °C21 February 2022	23.1 °C	2,101 mm	144
2021	36.8 °C27 July 2021	2.9 °C12 January 2021	23.9 °C	1,501 mm	167
2020	37.4 °C24 July 2020	5.9 °C31 December 2020	23.7 °C	1,485 mm	148
2019	37.7 °C18 July 2019	8.1 °C1 January 2019	23.7 °C	2,014 mm	151
2018	36.3 °C11 July 2018	4.4 °C6 February 2018	23.2 °C	1,904 mm	136
2017	38.2 °C22 August 2017	7.0 °C18 December 2017	23.3 °C	1,710 mm	137
2016	37.8 °C9 July 2016	3.4 °C25 January 2016	23.2 °C	2,530 mm	154
2015	36.9 °C8 August 2015	7.4 °C18 December 2015	23.5 °C	2,234 mm	158
2014	36.9 °C23 July 2014	3.8 °C20 February 2014	23.0 °C	1,681 mm	152
2013	36.6 °C21 June 2013	6.3 °C5 January 2013	22.8 °C	2,220 mm	132
2012	36.7 °C21 July 2012	4.4 °C26 January 2012	22.6 °C	2,103 mm	141
2011	36.6 °C28 July 2011	5.2 °C12 January 2011	22.4 °C	1,454 mm	137
2010	36.8 °C5 July 2010	2.7 °C17 December 2010	22.9 °C	1,957 mm	126
2009	37.3 °C18 July 2009	3.7 °C11 January 2009	23.2 °C	1,570 mm	156
2008	37.9 °C28 July 2008	4.4 °C3 February 2008	22.7 °C	2,010 mm	142
2007	36.6 °C3 August 2007	6.5 °C29 January 2007	23.4 °C	1,516 mm	146
2006	37.2 °C13 July 2006	5.7 °C7 January 2006	23.3 °C	1,937 mm	147
2005	37.7 °C18 July 2005	3.5 °C1 January 2005	22.9 °C	1,930 mm	154
2004	38.4 °C1 July 2004	4.6 °C22 January 2004	23.0 °C	1,366 mm	144
2003	36.9 °C23 July 2003	5.9 °C8 January 2003	23.3 °C	1,569 mm	144
2002	36.6 °C13 July 2002	4.5 °C27 December 2002	23.3 °C	1,906 mm	146
2001	36.3 °C23 August 2001	5.5 °C24 December 2001	23.1 °C	2,127 mm	136
2000	36.4 °C30 July 2000	5.5 °C27 January 2000	23.0 °C	1,974 mm	144
1999	36.9 °C24 July 1999	2.1 °C23 December 1999	23.3 °C	1,816 mm	145
1998	36.8 °C31 July 1998	5.5 °C6 February 1998	23.6 °C	2,187 mm	152
1997	37.0 °C30 August 1997	6.2 °C25 January 1997	22.8 °C	2,679 mm	133
1996	36.4 °C26 July 1996	3.6 °C20 February 1996	22.5 °C	2,037 mm	142
1995	37.1 °C23 July 1995	5.5 °C7 January 1995	22.4 °C	2,086 mm	136
1994	37.3 °C2 July 1994	5.3 °C21 January 1994	22.9 °C	2,047 mm	129
1993	35.6 °C26 August 1993	3.8 °C17 January 1993	22.4 °C	2,292 mm	124
1992	36.4 °C7 August 1992	5.2 °C15 January 1992	22.3 °C	2,507 mm	123
1991	36.2 °C19 July 1991	1.6 °C29 December 1991	23.2 °C	1,408 mm	150
1990	38.0 °C17 August 1990	4.8 °C31 January 1990	23.1 °C	1,932 mm	142
1989	37.3 °C16 July 1989	5.0 °C14 January 1989	22.7 °C	1,674 mm	140
1988	37.7 °C9 July 1988	5.8 °C13 December 1988	22.1 °C	1,995 mm	133
1987	38.5 °C13 July 1987	5.7 °C27 January 1987	23.2 °C	2,264 mm	125
1986	37.3 °C31 July 1986	4.0 °C1 March 1986	22.6 °C	1,778 mm	149
1985	36.2 °C22 June 1985	4.0 °C17 December 1985	22.1 °C	2,167 mm	142
1984	36.0 °C24 June 1984	3.8 °C10 January 1984	21.8 °C	1,900 mm	121
1983	36.4 °C8 July 1983	4.3 °C26 January 1983	22.2 °C	2,721 mm	147
1982	38.1 °C29 July 1982	3.5 °C27 December 1982	22.5 °C	2,282 mm	129
1981	36.7 °C7 August 1981	5.4 °C27 February 1981	22.7 °C	2,282 mm	120
1980	37.3 °C10 July 1980	3.2 °C6 February 1980	22.8 °C	1,975 mm	137
1979	36.3 °C29 July 1979	4.2 °C1 February 1979	22.3 °C	2,032 mm	129
1978	36.5 °C15 July 1978	3.4 °C22 January 1978	22.4 °C	2,333 mm	127
1977	36.0 °C25 July 1977	2.3 °C31 January 1977	22.7 °C	1,731 mm	151
1976	36.5 °C26 May 1976	3.0 °C29 December 1976	21.9 °C	2,025 mm	114
1975	35.2 °C29 July 1975	3.0 °C30 December 1975	22.5 °C	2,697 mm	137
1974	35.8 °C20 August 1974	2.4 °C2 January 1974	22.4 °C	2,006 mm	147
1973	35.6 °C23 June 1973	3.5 °C31 December 1973	22.8 °C	3,153 mm	124
1972	36.3 °C11 July 1972	2.9 °C11 February 1972	22.4 °C	2,552 mm	128
1971	36.1 °C21 July 1971	3.9 °C6 January 1971	22.2 °C	2,204 mm	125
1970	36.3 °C15 July 1970	4.4 °C16 January 1970	22.1 °C	2,208 mm	135
1969	36.5 °C27 July 1969	2.5 °C6 February 1969	22.0 °C	2,117 mm	129
1968	37.2 °C28 July 1968	5.0 °C7 February 1968	22.5 °C	2,226 mm	115
1967	36.7 °C12 July 1967	1.8 °C17 January 1967	22.2 °C	1,727 mm	136
1966	33.8 °C17 August 1966	4.3 °C1 January 1966	22.4 °C	1,900 mm	112
1965	34.3 °C14 July 1965	3.4 °C31 December 1965	21.7 °C	2,331 mm	66
1964	36.5 °C7 August 1964	4.3 °C20 December 1964	22.5 °C	2,017 mm	151
1963	36.6 °C31 May 1963	1.7 °C16 January 1963	22.7 °C	1,449 mm	145
1962	36.0 °C20 July 1962	3.7 °C28 January 1962	22.2 °C	1,911 mm	132
1961	37.7 °C1 July 1961	2.4 °C19 January 1961	22.6 °C	2,857 mm	121
1960	36.5 °C21 August 1960	3.3 °C3 January 1960	22.7 °C	1,809 mm	130
1959	36.4 °C29 August 1959	5.1 °C11 January 1959	22.4 °C	2,345 mm	122
1958	36.4 °C16 July 1958	3.0 °C17 January 1958	22.3 °C	1,404 mm	128
1957	35.9 °C14 August 1957	1.0 °C11 February 1957	22.0 °C	2,518 mm	123
1956	35.8 °C3 September 1956	2.3 °C10 January 1956	22.5 °C	1,092 mm	149
1955	33.6 °C24 August 1955	0.5 °C12 January 1955	22.2 °C	1,368 mm	126
1954	34.2 °C28 July 1954	4.9 °C17 December 1954	22.4 °C	1,285 mm	120
1953	34.4 °C17 August 1953	4.6 °C12 December 1953	22.5 °C	1,525 mm	117
1952	33.2 °C1 September 1952	4.2 °C19 February 1952	22.7 °C	1,931 mm	110
1951	32.8 °C13 August 1951	3.1 °C13 January 1951	22.0 °C	1,974 mm	92
1950	33.1 °C17 July 1950	4.7 °C10 December 1950	22.2 °C	1,988 mm	105
1949	36.2 °C14 June 1949	3.5 °C10 January 1949	22.8 °C	1,256 mm	121
1948	33.8 °C6 July 1948	3.7 °C26 January 1948	22.5 °C	1,599 mm	106
1947	33.1 °C29 August 1947	4.7 °C20 December 1947	21.7 °C	1,798 mm	84
1946	35.8 °C17 July 1946	4.3 °C6 January 1946	22.7 °C	1,087 mm	140
1945	33.0 °C30 July 1945	3.9 °C17 January 1945	21.0 °C	1,579 mm	89
1944	35.1 °C8 April 1944	2.0 °C21 December 1944	21.9 °C	1,817 mm	81
1943	36.6 °C28 May 1943	3.9 °C12 January 1943	22.4 °C	837 mm	128
1942	32.6 °C19 July 1942	4.7 °C7 December 1942	21.8 °C	2,038 mm	100
1941	33.1 °C29 June 1941	5.1 °C29 December 1941	21.8 °C	2,136 mm	85
1940	34.5 °C31 August 1940	2.5 °C25 January 1940	21.6 °C	1,720 mm	100

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1867 mm

-80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.4 °C	+3.2 °C	3 mm	-39 mm
Feb	20.4 °C	+1.3 °C	16 mm	-54 mm
Mar	23.7 °C	+1.1 °C	67 mm	-57 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	+2.1 °C	96 mm	-124 mm
May	29.6 °C	-0.1 °C	275 mm	-53 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+0.5 °C	448 mm	+106 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+1.1 °C	251 mm	+18 mm
Aug	32.7 °C	+0.3 °C	370 mm	+116 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+1.6 °C	227 mm	+51 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+1.6 °C	63 mm	-13 mm
Nov	24.1 °C	-0.2 °C	25 mm	-21 mm
Dec	22.6 °C	+2.7 °C	26 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

9 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

77.9 mm

15 Jun 2025

Windiest day

39.4 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

88.6 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.4 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sanshui?

Sanshui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,947 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sanshui?

The hottest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1987, reaching 38.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sanshui?

The coldest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 0.5 °C.

Does it snow in Sanshui?

Almost never: Sanshui sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Sanshui warmed?

Yes: Sanshui warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sanshui?

The wettest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1971, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sanshui?

The windiest day measured in Sanshui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sanshui?

The warmest month in Sanshui is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Sanshui?

Sanshui receives on average 1,947 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sanshui?

Sanshui gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sanshui?

Yes: Sanshui has on average 200 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sanshui?

In Sanshui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 11 February 1957.

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