Shangpa climate — normals and trends
Shangpa (China) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 2,540 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shangpa averages 127 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 247 rainy days per year.
Shangpa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.8 °C (on 17 August 2019) and the coldest -22.5 °C (on 13 January 2015).
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
ShangpaYunnan
- coords
- 26.92°, 98.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,540mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
247 d/yr
Annual snowfall
312.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
24.8 °C
17 August 2019
Coldest day
-22.5 °C
13 January 2015
Wettest day
109 mm
28 July 1989
Windiest day
12.2 km/h
22 February 2009
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
20 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
28.2 °C
6 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-26.9 °C
13 January 2015
Snowiest day
45.8 cm
17 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.1 h
11 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 96 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 156 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 378 mm | +130 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 253 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 356 mm | +101 mm |
| Jun | 19.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 343 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 288 mm | -69 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 315 mm | +54 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 141 mm | -74 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 117 mm | -73 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 137 mm | +63 mm |
| Dec | 11.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 3 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shangpa?
Shangpa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 2,540 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shangpa?
The hottest day measured in Shangpa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2019, reaching 24.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shangpa?
The coldest day measured in Shangpa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at -22.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shangpa?
Yes. Shangpa gets on average 312.0 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Shangpa warmed?
Yes: Shangpa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shangpa?
The wettest day measured in Shangpa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1989, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shangpa?
The windiest day measured in Shangpa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2009, with winds reaching 12.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shangpa?
The warmest month in Shangpa is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Shangpa?
Shangpa receives on average 2,540 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 247 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shangpa?
Shangpa gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shangpa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shangpa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1984, with 45.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shangpa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shangpa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shangpa?
In Shangpa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.2 °C on 6 August 2025, and the lowest was -26.9 °C on 13 January 2015.
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