Wugang climate — normals and trends
Wugang has a humid subtropical climate, averaging 16.9 °C annually with 1,674 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
WugangHunan
- coords
- 26.73°, 110.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,674mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
183 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
14.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
112 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
40.7 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-11.5 °C
3 February 1940
Wettest day
271 mm
6 August 1994
Windiest day
31.2 km/h
12 March 1955
Strongest gust
81.7 km/h
6 July 1946
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
2 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-15.6 °C
3 February 1940
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
27 December 1991
Sunniest day
13.1 h
7 July 1978
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 36 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 83 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 16.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 117 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 24.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 142 mm | -72 mm |
| May | 26.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 232 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 297 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 187 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 101 mm | -50 mm |
| Sep | 29.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 135 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 24.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -49 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 114 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 14.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Wugang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,674 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Wugang averages 15 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 183 rainy days per year.
Wugang has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -11.5 °C (on 3 February 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wugang?
Wugang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,674 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wugang?
The hottest day measured in Wugang between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wugang?
The coldest day measured in Wugang between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1940, at -11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Wugang?
Yes. Wugang gets on average 16.7 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Wugang warmed?
Yes: Wugang warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wugang?
The wettest day measured in Wugang between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1994, with 271 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wugang?
The windiest day measured in Wugang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1955, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wugang?
The warmest month in Wugang is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Wugang?
Wugang receives on average 1,674 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wugang?
Wugang gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wugang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wugang between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1991, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wugang?
Yes: Wugang has on average 112 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wugang?
In Wugang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 2 August 2003, and the lowest was -15.6 °C on 3 February 1940.
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