Shaping climate — normals and trends
Shaping (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 1,690 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shaping averages 3 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Shaping has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 18 August 2022) and the coldest -7.4 °C (on 12 February 1945).
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
ShapingChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 30.47°, 107.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
14.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,690mm
Sunshine / day
5.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
14.8 °C
Average peak gust
22.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
102 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
40.4 °C
18 August 2022
Coldest day
-7.4 °C
12 February 1945
Wettest day
176 mm
25 May 1987
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
76.7 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
5 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-11.4 °C
12 February 1945
Snowiest day
12.2 cm
23 February 1989
Sunniest day
13.9 h
29 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 | 11.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 57 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 39 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 146 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 128 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 27.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 94 mm | -110 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 221 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 149 mm | -85 mm |
| Aug | 33.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 299 mm | +106 mm |
| Sep | 28.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 227 mm | +46 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 226 mm | +82 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 73 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 12.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 60 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shaping?
Shaping has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 1,690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shaping?
The hottest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2022, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shaping?
The coldest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1945, at -7.4 °C.
Does it snow in Shaping?
Yes. Shaping gets on average 5.5 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Shaping warmed?
Yes: Shaping warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shaping?
The wettest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1987, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shaping?
The windiest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shaping?
The warmest month in Shaping is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Shaping?
Shaping receives on average 1,690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shaping?
Shaping gets on average 5.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,154 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shaping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1989, with 12.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shaping?
Yes: Shaping has on average 102 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shaping?
In Shaping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 5 August 1994, and the lowest was -11.4 °C on 12 February 1945.
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