Songyang climate — normals and trends
Songyang (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 976 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Songyang averages 87 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Songyang has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 24 June 2022) and the coldest -22.0 °C (on 16 January 1958).
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
SongyangHenan
- coords
- 34.46°, 113.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
976mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
67 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.8 °C
24 June 2022
Coldest day
-22.0 °C
16 January 1958
Wettest day
160 mm
22 August 2021
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
2 April 1970
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
26 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
45.3 °C
1 August 1969
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
16 January 1958
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
25 November 1954
Sunniest day
13.8 h
24 June 1945
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 | 6.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 42 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 15.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 12 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 28 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 100 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 120 mm | -117 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 204 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 254 mm | +134 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | -3.2 °C | 158 mm | +98 mm |
| Nov | 15.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songyang?
Songyang has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 976 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songyang?
The hottest day measured in Songyang between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2022, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songyang?
The coldest day measured in Songyang between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1958, at -22.0 °C.
Does it snow in Songyang?
Yes. Songyang gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Songyang warmed?
Yes: Songyang warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songyang?
The wettest day measured in Songyang between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2021, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songyang?
The windiest day measured in Songyang between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1970, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songyang?
The warmest month in Songyang is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Songyang?
Songyang receives on average 976 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songyang?
Songyang gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Songyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songyang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1954, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songyang?
Yes: Songyang has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songyang?
In Songyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 1 August 1969, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 16 January 1958.
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