Shetan climate — normals and trends
Shetan (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,345 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 August (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Shetan averages 2 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Shetan 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 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 18 August 2022) and the coldest -7.7 °C (on 11 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
ShetanChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 29.99°, 107.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.3°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
15.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,345mm
Sunshine / day
6.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
77 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.6 cm
Average feels-like high
23.3 °C
Average feels-like low
16.0 °C
Average peak gust
20.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
117 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 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
42.1 °C
18 August 2022
Coldest day
-7.7 °C
11 February 1945
Wettest day
139 mm
5 July 1950
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
47.5 °C
25 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-11.4 °C
11 February 1945
Snowiest day
7.7 cm
6 February 1972
Sunniest day
13.8 h
28 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 64 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 35 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 102 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 25.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 130 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 104 mm | -63 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 189 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 96 mm | -70 mm |
| Aug | 35.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 82 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 30.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 149 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 144 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 83 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 60 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shetan?
Shetan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,345 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shetan?
The hottest day measured in Shetan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2022, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shetan?
The coldest day measured in Shetan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -7.7 °C.
Does it snow in Shetan?
Yes. Shetan gets on average 1.6 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Shetan warmed?
Yes: Shetan warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shetan?
The wettest day measured in Shetan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1950, with 139 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shetan?
The windiest day measured in Shetan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shetan?
The warmest month in Shetan is August (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shetan?
Shetan receives on average 1,345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shetan?
Shetan gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shetan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shetan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1972, with 7.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shetan?
Yes: Shetan has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shetan?
In Shetan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 25 July 1957, and the lowest was -11.4 °C on 11 February 1945.
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