Shaoxing climate — normals and trends
Shaoxing (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,582 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Shaoxing averages 28 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Shaoxing has warmed by +2.0 °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 40 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 3 August 2024) and the coldest -17.6 °C (on 6 February 1969).
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
ShaoxingZhejiang
- coords
- 30.00°, 120.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
13.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,582mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
81 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
111 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °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
44.0 °C
3 August 2024
Coldest day
-17.6 °C
6 February 1969
Wettest day
167 mm
18 June 1955
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
8 August 2012
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
49.1 °C
3 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-22.2 °C
6 February 1969
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
22 January 1998
Sunniest day
13.9 h
15 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 15 mm | -50 mm |
| Feb | 10.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 52 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 18.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 74 mm | -50 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | +5.9 °C | 66 mm | -85 mm |
| May | 28.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 200 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 459 mm | +134 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 183 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 49 mm | -92 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | +5.6 °C | 159 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 50 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 15.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 17 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shaoxing?
Shaoxing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,582 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shaoxing?
The hottest day measured in Shaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2024, reaching 44.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shaoxing?
The coldest day measured in Shaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Shaoxing?
Yes. Shaoxing gets on average 16.1 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Shaoxing warmed?
Yes: Shaoxing warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shaoxing?
The wettest day measured in Shaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1955, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shaoxing?
The windiest day measured in Shaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2012, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shaoxing?
The warmest month in Shaoxing is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Shaoxing?
Shaoxing receives on average 1,582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shaoxing?
Shaoxing gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shaoxing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1998, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shaoxing?
Yes: Shaoxing has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shaoxing?
In Shaoxing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.1 °C on 3 August 2024, and the lowest was -22.2 °C on 6 February 1969.
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