Wenshan City climate — normals and trends
Wenshan City (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,133 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 June (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wenshan City averages 1 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Wenshan City has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 22 May 2023) and the coldest -5.9 °C (on 19 December 2013).
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
Wenshan CityYunnan
- coords
- 23.36°, 104.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,133mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
11.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.6 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
35.7 °C
22 May 2023
Coldest day
-5.9 °C
19 December 2013
Wettest day
131 mm
17 May 1969
Windiest day
36.5 km/h
30 August 1954
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
30 August 1954
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
19 December 2013
Snowiest day
21.0 cm
15 December 2013
Sunniest day
13.4 h
13 June 2013
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 | 14.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 15 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 16.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 20 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 21.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 26 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 24.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 56 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 25.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 150 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 297 mm | +115 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 285 mm | +89 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 149 mm | -73 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 200 mm | +57 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 165 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 83 mm | +47 mm |
| Dec | 17.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wenshan City?
Wenshan City has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,133 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wenshan City?
The hottest day measured in Wenshan City between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 2023, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wenshan City?
The coldest day measured in Wenshan City between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2013, at -5.9 °C.
Does it snow in Wenshan City?
Yes. Wenshan City gets on average 1.6 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Wenshan City warmed?
Yes: Wenshan City warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wenshan City?
The wettest day measured in Wenshan City between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1969, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wenshan City?
The windiest day measured in Wenshan City between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with winds reaching 36.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wenshan City?
The warmest month in Wenshan City is June (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Wenshan City?
Wenshan City receives on average 1,133 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wenshan City?
Wenshan City gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wenshan City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wenshan City between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 2013, with 21.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wenshan City?
Yes: Wenshan City has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wenshan City?
In Wenshan City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 19 December 2013.
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