Taizhou climate — normals and trends
Taizhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,270 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Taizhou averages 55 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Taizhou has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 44 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 5 August 1946) and the coldest -16.3 °C (on 17 January 1945).
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
TaizhouJiangsu
- coords
- 32.49°, 119.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,270mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
55 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
91 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °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
40.9 °C
5 August 1946
Coldest day
-16.3 °C
17 January 1945
Wettest day
154 mm
4 July 1983
Windiest day
49.1 km/h
16 September 2024
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
7 August 2005
Hottest feels-like
48.4 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-21.9 °C
17 January 1945
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 4 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 9.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -40 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 40 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 30 mm | -63 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 150 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 296 mm | +79 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 198 mm | -53 mm |
| Aug | 33.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 267 mm | +109 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 250 mm | +125 mm |
| Oct | 23.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 71 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 17.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taizhou?
Taizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,270 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taizhou?
The hottest day measured in Taizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1946, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taizhou?
The coldest day measured in Taizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1945, at -16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Taizhou?
Yes. Taizhou gets on average 11.2 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.
Has the climate of Taizhou warmed?
Yes: Taizhou warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taizhou?
The wettest day measured in Taizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1983, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taizhou?
The windiest day measured in Taizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2024, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taizhou?
The warmest month in Taizhou is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Taizhou?
Taizhou receives on average 1,270 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taizhou?
Taizhou 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 Taizhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taizhou between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taizhou?
Yes: Taizhou has on average 91 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taizhou?
In Taizhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 1 August 2003, and the lowest was -21.9 °C on 17 January 1945.
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