Taishan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Taishan?

Taishan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,689 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taishan?

The hottest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1990, reaching 38.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Taishan?

The coldest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Taishan?

Almost never: Taishan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Taishan warmed?

Yes: Taishan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Taishan?

The wettest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2008, with 315 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Taishan?

The windiest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 58.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Taishan?

The warmest month in Taishan is July (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Taishan?

Taishan receives on average 1,689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Taishan?

Taishan gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Taishan (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,689 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 (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Taishan averages 0 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.

Taishan has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 23 August 1990) and the coldest 0.1 °C (on 16 January 1963).

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

TaishanGuangdong

coords: 22.25°, 112.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.5°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

19.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,689mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

13.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

171 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

21.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

205 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.5 °C

23 August 1990

Coldest day

0.1 °C

16 January 1963

Wettest day

315 mm

23 August 2008

Windiest day

58.7 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

154.4 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

29 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-5.4 °C

11 February 1957

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.0 h

9 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.4 °C10 June 2025	6.1 °C13 January 2025	23.3 °C	1,773 mm	134
2024	36.6 °C5 August 2024	3.3 °C23 January 2024	23.6 °C	1,717 mm	142
2023	36.9 °C15 July 2023	5.9 °C22 December 2023	23.5 °C	1,894 mm	126
2022	37.2 °C29 July 2022	5.0 °C21 February 2022	22.7 °C	1,901 mm	117
2021	35.7 °C27 July 2021	3.4 °C13 January 2021	23.6 °C	1,736 mm	150
2020	35.2 °C25 July 2020	5.7 °C31 December 2020	23.4 °C	1,466 mm	126
2019	36.1 °C24 August 2019	7.7 °C2 January 2019	23.8 °C	1,606 mm	134
2018	35.2 °C23 May 2018	4.2 °C30 January 2018	22.9 °C	1,769 mm	118
2017	37.7 °C22 August 2017	7.0 °C18 December 2017	23.1 °C	1,531 mm	127
2016	36.9 °C9 July 2016	1.9 °C24 January 2016	23.0 °C	2,063 mm	137
2015	36.1 °C8 August 2015	7.1 °C18 December 2015	23.5 °C	1,729 mm	139
2014	35.4 °C15 June 2014	3.6 °C12 February 2014	22.8 °C	1,460 mm	136
2013	35.2 °C13 July 2013	6.0 °C30 December 2013	22.7 °C	1,925 mm	114
2012	36.5 °C2 August 2012	4.9 °C26 January 2012	22.6 °C	1,940 mm	118
2011	36.0 °C28 July 2011	4.2 °C12 January 2011	22.3 °C	1,229 mm	122
2010	35.5 °C5 August 2010	3.6 °C18 December 2010	22.9 °C	1,946 mm	112
2009	35.9 °C2 August 2009	4.0 °C11 January 2009	23.0 °C	1,715 mm	126
2008	37.0 °C28 July 2008	4.9 °C3 February 2008	22.4 °C	2,110 mm	114
2007	35.1 °C14 July 2007	5.6 °C30 January 2007	23.2 °C	1,317 mm	134
2006	35.6 °C24 July 2006	6.2 °C7 January 2006	23.2 °C	1,689 mm	124
2005	37.8 °C19 July 2005	3.5 °C1 January 2005	22.8 °C	1,532 mm	126
2004	37.1 °C30 June 2004	5.2 °C25 January 2004	23.0 °C	1,202 mm	136
2003	35.7 °C23 July 2003	5.7 °C6 January 2003	23.3 °C	1,432 mm	142
2002	34.8 °C14 July 2002	4.7 °C27 December 2002	23.3 °C	1,794 mm	129
2001	35.4 °C8 August 2001	4.9 °C24 December 2001	23.2 °C	1,774 mm	135
2000	35.2 °C5 June 2000	5.1 °C27 January 2000	22.9 °C	1,687 mm	131
1999	35.6 °C6 June 1999	2.8 °C23 December 1999	23.3 °C	1,711 mm	135
1998	35.5 °C2 August 1998	5.6 °C6 February 1998	23.5 °C	1,804 mm	128
1997	35.7 °C30 August 1997	5.9 °C25 January 1997	22.8 °C	2,174 mm	120
1996	35.8 °C26 July 1996	3.2 °C21 February 1996	22.5 °C	1,435 mm	120
1995	35.0 °C30 July 1995	5.0 °C7 January 1995	22.3 °C	1,677 mm	109
1994	35.8 °C11 July 1994	6.0 °C21 January 1994	22.9 °C	1,664 mm	107
1993	34.6 °C29 July 1993	3.3 °C17 January 1993	22.5 °C	1,887 mm	107
1992	35.2 °C7 August 1992	5.3 °C15 January 1992	22.3 °C	1,877 mm	107
1991	36.1 °C19 July 1991	2.0 °C29 December 1991	23.3 °C	1,363 mm	145
1990	38.5 °C23 August 1990	4.6 °C1 February 1990	22.9 °C	1,646 mm	119
1989	36.5 °C16 July 1989	5.0 °C14 January 1989	22.5 °C	1,485 mm	111
1988	36.1 °C18 July 1988	5.7 °C13 December 1988	22.1 °C	1,586 mm	118
1987	35.8 °C13 July 1987	5.2 °C7 December 1987	23.1 °C	1,647 mm	105
1986	35.6 °C31 July 1986	3.5 °C1 March 1986	22.3 °C	1,872 mm	113
1985	34.3 °C22 June 1985	4.2 °C25 December 1985	21.9 °C	1,862 mm	109
1984	34.3 °C17 July 1984	4.3 °C7 February 1984	21.8 °C	1,567 mm	92
1983	35.5 °C12 July 1983	3.8 °C30 December 1983	22.1 °C	2,271 mm	130
1982	37.4 °C29 July 1982	3.0 °C28 December 1982	22.5 °C	1,872 mm	113
1981	35.2 °C7 August 1981	5.1 °C14 January 1981	22.6 °C	1,861 mm	93
1980	36.9 °C10 July 1980	2.8 °C8 February 1980	22.6 °C	1,351 mm	112
1979	35.5 °C29 July 1979	4.1 °C1 February 1979	22.3 °C	1,893 mm	115
1978	34.9 °C24 August 1978	2.5 °C22 January 1978	22.3 °C	2,203 mm	103
1977	34.6 °C25 July 1977	2.4 °C31 January 1977	22.6 °C	1,346 mm	132
1976	35.2 °C25 May 1976	2.7 °C28 December 1976	21.9 °C	1,976 mm	96
1975	33.8 °C29 July 1975	2.7 °C14 December 1975	22.4 °C	2,376 mm	103
1974	34.5 °C21 August 1974	3.1 °C2 January 1974	22.2 °C	1,959 mm	124
1973	34.0 °C2 June 1973	4.9 °C26 December 1973	22.9 °C	2,642 mm	97
1972	34.9 °C22 July 1972	3.3 °C9 February 1972	22.2 °C	2,559 mm	99
1971	35.0 °C21 July 1971	3.9 °C6 January 1971	22.2 °C	1,990 mm	99
1970	34.6 °C1 August 1970	3.8 °C16 January 1970	22.1 °C	1,990 mm	112
1969	34.6 °C27 July 1969	2.1 °C6 February 1969	21.8 °C	1,642 mm	110
1968	35.4 °C25 July 1968	5.1 °C7 February 1968	22.4 °C	1,839 mm	95
1967	34.4 °C29 August 1967	2.1 °C17 January 1967	21.9 °C	1,703 mm	104
1966	33.3 °C16 August 1966	4.4 °C23 February 1966	22.6 °C	1,455 mm	91
1965	33.3 °C14 July 1965	4.2 °C31 December 1965	21.8 °C	2,200 mm	45
1964	35.3 °C30 July 1964	4.8 °C21 February 1964	22.4 °C	1,733 mm	114
1963	35.5 °C31 May 1963	0.1 °C16 January 1963	22.3 °C	1,254 mm	130
1962	34.7 °C1 August 1962	3.0 °C28 January 1962	22.1 °C	1,334 mm	110
1961	34.7 °C23 August 1961	2.7 °C19 January 1961	22.6 °C	2,024 mm	98
1960	35.3 °C21 August 1960	3.7 °C25 January 1960	22.6 °C	1,630 mm	98
1959	34.9 °C29 August 1959	6.0 °C14 January 1959	22.4 °C	1,677 mm	93
1958	34.5 °C16 July 1958	3.0 °C17 January 1958	22.1 °C	1,387 mm	105
1957	35.0 °C15 August 1957	1.0 °C11 February 1957	22.0 °C	1,928 mm	90
1956	35.0 °C1 August 1956	2.9 °C10 January 1956	22.2 °C	1,074 mm	120
1955	32.8 °C25 August 1955	0.4 °C12 January 1955	22.1 °C	1,109 mm	92
1954	33.7 °C22 July 1954	4.3 °C17 December 1954	22.4 °C	1,145 mm	97
1953	32.8 °C12 August 1953	5.1 °C12 December 1953	22.3 °C	1,452 mm	82
1952	32.3 °C29 July 1952	4.3 °C19 February 1952	22.7 °C	1,498 mm	80
1951	32.6 °C13 August 1951	3.5 °C14 January 1951	22.1 °C	1,782 mm	65
1950	32.4 °C17 July 1950	5.2 °C10 December 1950	22.1 °C	1,842 mm	65
1949	35.5 °C14 June 1949	3.2 °C10 January 1949	22.7 °C	1,209 mm	104
1948	32.8 °C6 July 1948	4.4 °C27 January 1948	22.4 °C	1,376 mm	87
1947	32.8 °C29 August 1947	4.8 °C20 December 1947	21.7 °C	1,517 mm	49
1946	37.0 °C17 July 1946	5.0 °C7 January 1946	22.8 °C	908 mm	111
1945	32.3 °C31 July 1945	4.6 °C17 January 1945	21.1 °C	1,757 mm	64
1944	32.6 °C10 August 1944	3.3 °C20 December 1944	21.9 °C	1,724 mm	49
1943	35.0 °C27 May 1943	4.3 °C12 January 1943	22.0 °C	835 mm	105
1942	31.8 °C4 August 1942	4.8 °C14 December 1942	21.8 °C	1,526 mm	76
1941	32.0 °C29 June 1941	5.3 °C29 December 1941	21.8 °C	1,734 mm	58
1940	32.7 °C31 August 1940	3.2 °C25 January 1940	21.6 °C	1,463 mm	56

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

134 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1773 mm

+84 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.2 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-19 mm
Feb	20.7 °C	+1.0 °C	11 mm	-30 mm
Mar	23.5 °C	+0.6 °C	53 mm	-15 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	+1.4 °C	58 mm	-74 mm
May	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	215 mm	-38 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+0.6 °C	287 mm	+2 mm
Jul	32.6 °C	+1.0 °C	328 mm	+102 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	0.0 °C	309 mm	+36 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.2 °C	381 mm	+151 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	102 mm	+12 mm
Nov	24.1 °C	-0.2 °C	11 mm	-31 mm
Dec	23.2 °C	+2.8 °C	15 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

6.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

127.9 mm

24 Sep 2025

Windiest day

56.5 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

145.4 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.9 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Taishan?

Taishan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,689 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taishan?

The hottest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1990, reaching 38.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Taishan?

The coldest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Taishan?

Almost never: Taishan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Taishan warmed?

Yes: Taishan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Taishan?

The wettest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2008, with 315 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Taishan?

The windiest day measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 58.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Taishan?

The warmest month in Taishan is July (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Taishan?

Taishan receives on average 1,689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Taishan?

Taishan gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taishan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taishan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Taishan?

Yes: Taishan has on average 205 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taishan?

In Taishan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 29 July 2022, and the lowest was -5.4 °C on 11 February 1957.

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