Songling climate — normals and trends
Songling (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,336 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Songling averages 32 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Songling has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 25 July 2017) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 6 February 1969).
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
SonglingJiangsu
- coords
- 31.19°, 120.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,336mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
108 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
40.2 °C
25 July 2017
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
6 February 1969
Wettest day
182 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
53.9 km/h
22 August 1951
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
48.0 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-16.4 °C
6 February 1969
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 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 | 11.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | 9.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 26 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 84 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 56 mm | -64 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 141 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 346 mm | +74 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 173 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 34.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 124 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 31.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 157 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 41 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 7 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songling?
Songling has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,336 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songling?
The hottest day measured in Songling between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2017, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songling?
The coldest day measured in Songling between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Songling?
Yes. Songling gets on average 8.7 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Songling warmed?
Yes: Songling warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songling?
The wettest day measured in Songling between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 182 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songling?
The windiest day measured in Songling between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1951, with winds reaching 53.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songling?
The warmest month in Songling is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Songling?
Songling receives on average 1,336 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songling?
Songling 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 Songling?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songling between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songling?
Yes: Songling has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songling?
In Songling, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 1 August 2003, and the lowest was -16.4 °C on 6 February 1969.
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