Shanhaiguan climate — normals and trends
Shanhaiguan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 677 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shanhaiguan averages 120 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Shanhaiguan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 113 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 9 June 1972) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 19 December 1947).
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
ShanhaiguanHebei
- coords
- 40.00°, 119.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
677mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
30.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
35.0 °C
9 June 1972
Coldest day
-24.5 °C
19 December 1947
Wettest day
206 mm
22 July 2023
Windiest day
51.0 km/h
27 July 1972
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
26 July 1972
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
5 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-30.4 °C
19 December 1947
Snowiest day
25.2 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 48 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 93 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 146 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 233 mm | +64 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 17 mm | -47 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 56 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shanhaiguan?
Shanhaiguan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 677 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shanhaiguan?
The hottest day measured in Shanhaiguan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1972, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shanhaiguan?
The coldest day measured in Shanhaiguan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1947, at -24.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shanhaiguan?
Yes. Shanhaiguan gets on average 19.5 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Shanhaiguan warmed?
Yes: Shanhaiguan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shanhaiguan?
The wettest day measured in Shanhaiguan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2023, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shanhaiguan?
The windiest day measured in Shanhaiguan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1972, with winds reaching 51.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shanhaiguan?
The warmest month in Shanhaiguan is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Shanhaiguan?
Shanhaiguan receives on average 677 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shanhaiguan?
Shanhaiguan gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shanhaiguan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shanhaiguan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 25.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shanhaiguan?
Yes: Shanhaiguan has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shanhaiguan?
In Shanhaiguan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 5 August 2022, and the lowest was -30.4 °C on 19 December 1947.
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