Shaping climate — normals and trends
Shaping (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 1,698 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 (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Shaping averages 0 frost days, 130 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Shaping has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 29 July 1982) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 12 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
ShapingGuangdong
- coords
- 22.77°, 112.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.8°C
Average daily high
26.5°C
Average daily low
20.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,698mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
130 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.9 °C
Average feels-like low
21.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
206 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
38.2 °C
29 July 1982
Coldest day
0.9 °C
12 January 1955
Wettest day
190 mm
2 July 1961
Windiest day
70.5 km/h
16 September 2018
Strongest gust
149.8 km/h
16 September 2018
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
18 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-5.3 °C
11 February 1957
Snowiest day
0.2 cm
24 January 2016
Sunniest day
13.0 h
13 May 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 | 21.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 20.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -40 mm |
| Mar | 23.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 59 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 28.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 60 mm | -108 mm |
| May | 29.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 266 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 301 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 275 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 32.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 286 mm | +40 mm |
| Sep | 32.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 303 mm | +106 mm |
| Oct | 29.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 76 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 24.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 9 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 23.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 16 mm | -17 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 22.8 °C and it receives 1,698 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 29 July 1982, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shaping?
The coldest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 0.9 °C.
Does it snow in Shaping?
Almost never: Shaping sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Shaping warmed?
Yes: Shaping warmed by +1.4 °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 2 July 1961, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shaping?
The windiest day measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 70.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shaping?
The warmest month in Shaping is July (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Shaping?
Shaping receives on average 1,698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shaping?
Shaping 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 Shaping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shaping between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shaping?
Yes: Shaping has on average 206 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 46.2 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 11 February 1957.
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