Wuchuan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wuchuan?

Wuchuan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,650 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1990, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wuchuan?

The coldest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wuchuan?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wuchuan warmed?

Yes: Wuchuan warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Wuchuan?

The wettest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1970, with 238 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wuchuan?

The windiest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with winds reaching 72.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wuchuan?

The warmest month in Wuchuan is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wuchuan?

Wuchuan receives on average 1,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wuchuan?

Wuchuan gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wuchuan (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,650 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 (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Wuchuan averages 0 frost days, 131 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.

Wuchuan has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 23 August 1990) and the coldest 1.0 °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

WuchuanGuangdong

coords: 21.46°, 110.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.6°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

21.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,650mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

16.1km/h

Seasonal range

12.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

167 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.1 °C

Average feels-like low

23.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

228 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

37.8 °C

23 August 1990

Coldest day

1.0 °C

16 January 1963

Wettest day

238 mm

17 October 1970

Windiest day

72.6 km/h

30 August 1954

Strongest gust

137.9 km/h

15 July 1965

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

18 August 2004

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

16 January 1963

Sunniest day

13.0 h

9 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C17 July 2025	7.5 °C13 January 2025	24.1 °C	1,612 mm	153
2024	36.1 °C30 April 2024	5.5 °C23 January 2024	24.7 °C	1,705 mm	170
2023	36.0 °C26 July 2023	6.6 °C30 January 2023	24.4 °C	1,646 mm	144
2022	36.3 °C25 July 2022	7.6 °C21 February 2022	23.8 °C	1,506 mm	132
2021	35.7 °C21 June 2021	5.7 °C12 January 2021	24.5 °C	1,450 mm	149
2020	35.8 °C9 July 2020	8.3 °C31 December 2020	24.5 °C	1,311 mm	138
2019	35.6 °C19 May 2019	8.8 °C9 December 2019	24.8 °C	1,635 mm	154
2018	35.4 °C26 August 2018	5.0 °C1 February 2018	23.9 °C	1,833 mm	133
2017	36.2 °C29 July 2017	7.9 °C18 December 2017	24.0 °C	1,673 mm	140
2016	35.6 °C3 June 2016	3.2 °C24 January 2016	24.0 °C	1,785 mm	160
2015	36.9 °C1 July 2015	8.8 °C15 January 2015	24.6 °C	1,491 mm	160
2014	35.6 °C1 August 2014	5.2 °C20 February 2014	23.8 °C	1,496 mm	148
2013	36.1 °C21 June 2013	7.1 °C19 December 2013	23.7 °C	2,002 mm	135
2012	37.0 °C2 August 2012	8.0 °C24 December 2012	23.8 °C	1,936 mm	142
2011	35.5 °C28 July 2011	6.1 °C12 January 2011	23.2 °C	1,375 mm	133
2010	36.0 °C5 July 2010	5.7 °C17 December 2010	24.0 °C	1,824 mm	136
2009	36.1 °C21 September 2009	6.4 °C11 January 2009	24.0 °C	1,707 mm	142
2008	35.8 °C28 July 2008	7.0 °C2 February 2008	23.2 °C	1,818 mm	128
2007	35.6 °C24 June 2007	8.0 °C10 January 2007	24.0 °C	1,060 mm	138
2006	35.8 °C24 July 2006	8.8 °C7 January 2006	24.1 °C	1,587 mm	151
2005	36.6 °C19 July 2005	6.2 °C1 January 2005	23.7 °C	1,245 mm	154
2004	35.8 °C1 July 2004	5.2 °C9 February 2004	23.8 °C	1,195 mm	150
2003	37.6 °C23 July 2003	5.5 °C8 January 2003	24.5 °C	1,187 mm	167
2002	35.3 °C10 July 2002	7.4 °C27 December 2002	24.1 °C	2,033 mm	133
2001	35.6 °C5 July 2001	6.6 °C24 December 2001	24.0 °C	1,864 mm	137
2000	35.5 °C12 August 2000	8.6 °C27 January 2000	24.1 °C	1,520 mm	155
1999	36.7 °C6 June 1999	4.1 °C24 December 1999	24.1 °C	1,544 mm	151
1998	35.4 °C19 July 1998	8.9 °C6 February 1998	24.5 °C	1,750 mm	154
1997	36.0 °C20 August 1997	7.8 °C12 January 1997	23.8 °C	2,195 mm	138
1996	35.7 °C2 August 1996	5.1 °C21 February 1996	23.6 °C	1,254 mm	140
1995	35.0 °C30 July 1995	6.6 °C31 December 1995	23.4 °C	1,634 mm	132
1994	36.1 °C14 May 1994	7.9 °C23 January 1994	24.0 °C	1,896 mm	137
1993	35.2 °C30 July 1993	4.2 °C29 January 1993	23.6 °C	1,708 mm	137
1992	36.1 °C30 August 1992	6.7 °C15 January 1992	23.3 °C	1,874 mm	125
1991	36.0 °C19 July 1991	4.6 °C28 December 1991	24.2 °C	1,451 mm	155
1990	37.8 °C23 August 1990	6.5 °C1 February 1990	23.7 °C	1,582 mm	131
1989	35.9 °C16 July 1989	6.9 °C14 January 1989	23.4 °C	1,402 mm	128
1988	35.4 °C9 July 1988	7.7 °C12 December 1988	23.3 °C	1,646 mm	137
1987	35.4 °C21 July 1987	6.1 °C7 December 1987	24.2 °C	1,620 mm	145
1986	35.4 °C27 August 1986	5.6 °C7 January 1986	23.4 °C	1,607 mm	131
1985	34.6 °C23 June 1985	7.5 °C24 December 1985	23.1 °C	2,150 mm	135
1984	35.0 °C18 July 1984	4.6 °C9 January 1984	22.8 °C	1,794 mm	116
1983	34.7 °C18 June 1983	5.0 °C25 January 1983	23.1 °C	1,980 mm	150
1982	34.8 °C28 July 1982	3.9 °C28 December 1982	23.4 °C	2,094 mm	130
1981	35.3 °C8 August 1981	5.3 °C13 January 1981	23.6 °C	2,288 mm	129
1980	36.0 °C10 July 1980	5.8 °C8 February 1980	23.8 °C	1,404 mm	146
1979	36.9 °C29 July 1979	6.7 °C1 February 1979	23.6 °C	1,914 mm	148
1978	34.9 °C15 July 1978	5.9 °C21 January 1978	23.5 °C	2,438 mm	121
1977	36.5 °C19 May 1977	4.1 °C5 January 1977	23.6 °C	1,242 mm	151
1976	35.4 °C25 May 1976	5.3 °C13 January 1976	23.0 °C	2,289 mm	113
1975	34.7 °C30 July 1975	3.0 °C30 December 1975	23.5 °C	2,161 mm	139
1974	34.4 °C11 July 1974	3.0 °C2 January 1974	23.2 °C	1,788 mm	147
1973	35.0 °C17 May 1973	4.1 °C26 December 1973	23.8 °C	2,694 mm	122
1972	35.4 °C10 July 1972	6.2 °C9 February 1972	23.3 °C	2,777 mm	117
1971	34.4 °C17 June 1971	5.1 °C10 January 1971	23.0 °C	1,837 mm	114
1970	34.6 °C9 May 1970	7.0 °C31 January 1970	23.2 °C	1,933 mm	133
1969	34.7 °C27 September 1969	4.8 °C4 February 1969	23.2 °C	1,571 mm	133
1968	37.2 °C26 July 1968	7.2 °C14 February 1968	23.4 °C	1,730 mm	123
1967	36.0 °C24 May 1967	3.2 °C17 January 1967	23.1 °C	1,641 mm	122
1966	33.5 °C15 August 1966	8.2 °C1 January 1966	23.9 °C	1,694 mm	113
1965	34.0 °C14 July 1965	7.0 °C31 December 1965	23.2 °C	1,851 mm	83
1964	35.4 °C29 July 1964	6.4 °C27 February 1964	23.5 °C	1,534 mm	139
1963	35.1 °C1 June 1963	1.0 °C16 January 1963	23.4 °C	1,312 mm	139
1962	35.0 °C10 July 1962	4.8 °C3 December 1962	23.2 °C	1,437 mm	135
1961	35.2 °C14 July 1961	3.1 °C18 January 1961	23.7 °C	1,616 mm	136
1960	35.8 °C9 August 1960	5.1 °C3 January 1960	23.6 °C	1,580 mm	133
1959	34.5 °C20 June 1959	8.8 °C10 January 1959	23.5 °C	1,642 mm	119
1958	35.2 °C9 May 1958	6.0 °C2 February 1958	23.4 °C	1,362 mm	130
1957	35.3 °C15 August 1957	3.5 °C7 February 1957	23.2 °C	1,627 mm	116
1956	34.4 °C12 June 1956	6.9 °C10 January 1956	23.5 °C	1,085 mm	145
1955	33.1 °C2 May 1955	3.7 °C12 January 1955	23.4 °C	1,125 mm	125
1954	35.2 °C29 July 1954	7.1 °C16 December 1954	23.8 °C	1,072 mm	122
1953	33.7 °C5 August 1953	6.4 °C12 December 1953	23.6 °C	1,523 mm	124
1952	33.5 °C12 July 1952	7.0 °C19 February 1952	24.0 °C	1,498 mm	122
1951	33.5 °C1 August 1951	7.2 °C14 January 1951	23.5 °C	1,856 mm	92
1950	32.5 °C26 July 1950	8.4 °C10 December 1950	23.5 °C	1,811 mm	95
1949	37.1 °C14 June 1949	5.6 °C16 January 1949	23.8 °C	1,130 mm	131
1948	34.7 °C16 July 1948	6.9 °C3 January 1948	23.6 °C	1,203 mm	119
1947	33.5 °C29 August 1947	7.4 °C20 December 1947	23.2 °C	1,207 mm	91
1946	37.2 °C28 July 1946	5.7 °C7 January 1946	24.3 °C	722 mm	140
1945	32.6 °C11 September 1945	5.3 °C17 January 1945	22.6 °C	1,699 mm	86
1944	33.7 °C7 April 1944	3.7 °C21 December 1944	23.0 °C	1,955 mm	83
1943	36.5 °C27 May 1943	6.2 °C12 January 1943	23.1 °C	943 mm	118
1942	32.5 °C7 August 1942	6.2 °C14 December 1942	23.0 °C	1,495 mm	92
1941	32.3 °C9 August 1941	7.7 °C29 December 1941	23.2 °C	1,923 mm	74
1940	32.6 °C31 August 1940	6.1 °C25 January 1940	22.7 °C	1,637 mm	83

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

153 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1612 mm

-38 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.7 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-21 mm
Feb	21.5 °C	+0.5 °C	12 mm	-25 mm
Mar	23.9 °C	-0.1 °C	30 mm	-28 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+1.0 °C	61 mm	-69 mm
May	30.5 °C	+0.2 °C	181 mm	-52 mm
Jun	32.1 °C	+0.7 °C	219 mm	-68 mm
Jul	32.8 °C	+0.8 °C	346 mm	+120 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	-0.1 °C	281 mm	-12 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+0.6 °C	265 mm	+67 mm
Oct	29.4 °C	+0.6 °C	172 mm	+78 mm
Nov	25.3 °C	-0.4 °C	28 mm	-14 mm
Dec	24.0 °C	+2.1 °C	14 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

100.1 mm

5 Oct 2025

Windiest day

67.1 km/h

5 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

129.6 km/h

5 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wuchuan?

Wuchuan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,650 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wuchuan?

The hottest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1990, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wuchuan?

The coldest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Wuchuan?

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

Has the climate of Wuchuan warmed?

Yes: Wuchuan warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Wuchuan?

The wettest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1970, with 238 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wuchuan?

The windiest day measured in Wuchuan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with winds reaching 72.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wuchuan?

The warmest month in Wuchuan is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Wuchuan?

Wuchuan receives on average 1,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wuchuan?

Wuchuan gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wuchuan?

Yes: Wuchuan has on average 228 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wuchuan?

In Wuchuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 18 August 2004, and the lowest was -2.1 °C on 16 January 1963.

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