Songbai climate — normals and trends
Songbai (China) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,476 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Songbai averages 87 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Songbai has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 1 August 2021) and the coldest -20.8 °C (on 16 January 1993).
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
SongbaiHubei
- coords
- 31.76°, 110.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,476mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
33.7 °C
1 August 2021
Coldest day
-20.8 °C
16 January 1993
Wettest day
149 mm
18 July 1943
Windiest day
29.2 km/h
21 June 1946
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
28 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
22 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-25.5 °C
28 December 1991
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
15 December 1965
Sunniest day
13.7 h
1 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 57 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 61 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 67 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 140 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 177 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 132 mm | -162 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 267 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 301 mm | +136 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 161 mm | +62 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 43 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 39 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songbai?
Songbai has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,476 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songbai?
The hottest day measured in Songbai between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2021, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songbai?
The coldest day measured in Songbai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1993, at -20.8 °C.
Does it snow in Songbai?
Yes. Songbai gets on average 75.3 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Songbai warmed?
Yes: Songbai warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songbai?
The wettest day measured in Songbai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1943, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songbai?
The windiest day measured in Songbai between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1946, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songbai?
The warmest month in Songbai is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Songbai?
Songbai receives on average 1,476 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songbai?
Songbai gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Songbai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songbai between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1965, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songbai?
Yes: Songbai has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songbai?
In Songbai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 22 July 2024, and the lowest was -25.5 °C on 28 December 1991.
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