Songlingcun climate — normals and trends
Songlingcun (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 707 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Songlingcun averages 140 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Songlingcun 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 149 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 10 June 1961) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 26 January 1947).
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
SonglingcunHebei
- coords
- 40.29°, 118.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
707mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
31.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
39 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
39.2 °C
10 June 1961
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
26 January 1947
Wettest day
214 mm
21 July 1950
Windiest day
39.7 km/h
9 March 2013
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
26 July 1972
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
24 July 1999
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
26 January 1947
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 July 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 20.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 57 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 88 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 200 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 218 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 52 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 3 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songlingcun?
Songlingcun has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 707 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songlingcun?
The hottest day measured in Songlingcun between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1961, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songlingcun?
The coldest day measured in Songlingcun between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1947, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Songlingcun?
Yes. Songlingcun gets on average 20.0 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Songlingcun warmed?
Yes: Songlingcun warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songlingcun?
The wettest day measured in Songlingcun between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1950, with 214 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songlingcun?
The windiest day measured in Songlingcun between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2013, with winds reaching 39.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songlingcun?
The warmest month in Songlingcun is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Songlingcun?
Songlingcun receives on average 707 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songlingcun?
Songlingcun gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Songlingcun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songlingcun between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songlingcun?
Yes: Songlingcun has on average 39 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songlingcun?
In Songlingcun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 24 July 1999, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 26 January 1947.
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