Tongling climate — normals and trends
Tongling (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 1,400 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Tongling averages 32 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Tongling has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 10 August 1953) and the coldest -15.7 °C (on 6 February 1969).
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
TonglingAnhui
- coords
- 30.95°, 117.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,400mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
113 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
40.1 °C
10 August 1953
Coldest day
-15.7 °C
6 February 1969
Wettest day
165 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
17 August 1953
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
6 August 2005
Hottest feels-like
48.2 °C
27 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-20.3 °C
6 February 1969
Snowiest day
26.1 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.9 h
9 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 22 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 10.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 85 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 43 mm | -90 mm |
| May | 28.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 208 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 349 mm | +65 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 83 mm | -112 mm |
| Aug | 34.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 119 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 201 mm | +99 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 42 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tongling?
Tongling has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 1,400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tongling?
The hottest day measured in Tongling between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tongling?
The coldest day measured in Tongling between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -15.7 °C.
Does it snow in Tongling?
Yes. Tongling gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Tongling warmed?
Yes: Tongling warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tongling?
The wettest day measured in Tongling between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tongling?
The windiest day measured in Tongling between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1953, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tongling?
The warmest month in Tongling is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tongling?
Tongling receives on average 1,400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tongling?
Tongling gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tongling?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tongling between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 26.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tongling?
Yes: Tongling has on average 113 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tongling?
In Tongling, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 27 July 2017, and the lowest was -20.3 °C on 6 February 1969.
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