Taolin climate — normals and trends
Taolin (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 863 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Taolin averages 96 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Taolin has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 109 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -20.3 °C (on 27 January 1981).
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
TaolinShandong
- coords
- 35.80°, 119.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.7°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
8.8°C
Annual rainfall
863mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
66 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-20.3 °C
27 January 1981
Wettest day
254 mm
8 August 2009
Windiest day
55.3 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
3 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-25.8 °C
7 February 1980
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
12 February 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 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 | 6.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 65 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 35 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 23.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 50 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 92 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 38 mm | -193 mm |
| Aug | 31.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 168 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 237 mm | +140 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 140 mm | +100 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 10 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taolin?
Taolin has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 863 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taolin?
The hottest day measured in Taolin between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taolin?
The coldest day measured in Taolin between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1981, at -20.3 °C.
Does it snow in Taolin?
Yes. Taolin gets on average 14.4 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Taolin warmed?
Yes: Taolin warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taolin?
The wettest day measured in Taolin between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taolin?
The windiest day measured in Taolin between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 55.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taolin?
The warmest month in Taolin is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Taolin?
Taolin receives on average 863 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taolin?
Taolin gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taolin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taolin between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1940, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taolin?
Yes: Taolin has on average 66 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taolin?
In Taolin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 3 July 1941, and the lowest was -25.8 °C on 7 February 1980.
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