Shanting climate — normals and trends
Shanting (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 934 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shanting averages 86 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Shanting has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 3 July 1941) and the coldest -22.2 °C (on 16 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
ShantingShandong
- coords
- 35.08°, 117.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.7°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
934mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.8 cm
Average feels-like high
17.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
75 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
40.0 °C
3 July 1941
Coldest day
-22.2 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
193 mm
11 July 1955
Windiest day
42.2 km/h
17 April 1946
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
28 July 2021
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
11 August 1946
Coldest feels-like
-28.2 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
12 February 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 June 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 | 7.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 3 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 7.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 23.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 24 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 32 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 140 mm | +26 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 29 mm | -246 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 126 mm | -52 mm |
| Sep | 25.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 244 mm | +151 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 134 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 15.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shanting?
Shanting has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 934 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shanting?
The hottest day measured in Shanting between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1941, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shanting?
The coldest day measured in Shanting between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Shanting?
Yes. Shanting gets on average 15.8 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Shanting warmed?
Yes: Shanting warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shanting?
The wettest day measured in Shanting between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1955, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shanting?
The windiest day measured in Shanting between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1946, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shanting?
The warmest month in Shanting is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Shanting?
Shanting receives on average 934 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shanting?
Shanting gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shanting?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shanting between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1940, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shanting?
Yes: Shanting has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shanting?
In Shanting, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 11 August 1946, and the lowest was -28.2 °C on 16 January 1955.
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