Songcheng climate — normals and trends
Songcheng (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,699 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 (8.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Songcheng averages 5 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Songcheng has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 22 July 2022) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 16 January 1970).
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
SongchengFujian
- coords
- 26.88°, 120.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
15.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,699mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
57 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.8 cm
Average feels-like high
23.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
123 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
38.7 °C
22 July 2022
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
16 January 1970
Wettest day
301 mm
19 July 2005
Windiest day
56.7 km/h
11 July 2018
Strongest gust
151.2 km/h
11 July 2018
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
11 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-10.8 °C
16 January 1970
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
29 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.7 h
14 June 1946
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 | 15.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 3 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 40 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 131 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 160 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 229 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 161 mm | -139 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 558 mm | +361 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 142 mm | -117 mm |
| Sep | 31.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 167 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 26.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 66 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 20.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 35 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 17.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 7 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songcheng?
Songcheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,699 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songcheng?
The hottest day measured in Songcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2022, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songcheng?
The coldest day measured in Songcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1970, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Songcheng?
Yes. Songcheng gets on average 4.8 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Songcheng warmed?
Yes: Songcheng warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songcheng?
The wettest day measured in Songcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2005, with 301 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songcheng?
The windiest day measured in Songcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, with winds reaching 56.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songcheng?
The warmest month in Songcheng is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Songcheng?
Songcheng receives on average 1,699 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songcheng?
Songcheng 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 Songcheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1983, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songcheng?
Yes: Songcheng has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songcheng?
In Songcheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 11 July 2022, and the lowest was -10.8 °C on 16 January 1970.
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