Wulingyuan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 2,065 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wulingyuan?

The coldest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wulingyuan?

Yes. Wulingyuan gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Wulingyuan warmed?

Yes: Wulingyuan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Wulingyuan?

The wettest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1998, with 218 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wulingyuan?

The windiest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1946, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wulingyuan?

The warmest month in Wulingyuan is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan receives on average 2,065 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wulingyuan (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 2,065 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Wulingyuan averages 30 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Wulingyuan has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 18 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 13 August 1953) and the coldest -16.6 °C (on 12 January 1955).

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

WulingyuanHunan

coords: 29.35°, 110.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

15.2°C

Average daily high

18.7°C

Average daily low

12.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,065mm

Sunshine / day

6.3h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

10.0km/h

Seasonal range

22.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

30 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

35.9 cm

Average feels-like high

19.3 °C

Average feels-like low

11.9 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

86 d/yr

Solar radiation

12.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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

37.4 °C

13 August 1953

Coldest day

-16.6 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

218 mm

3 July 1998

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

14 June 1946

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

2 May 1981

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

6 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-20.8 °C

12 January 1955

Snowiest day

20.5 cm

12 March 1954

Sunniest day

13.4 h

19 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.4 °C16 July 2025	-3.9 °C9 February 2025	16.9 °C	1,842 mm	70	9
2024	35.7 °C2 September 2024	-5.2 °C23 January 2024	16.6 °C	1,710 mm	73	24
2023	34.1 °C4 August 2023	-3.6 °C22 December 2023	16.2 °C	1,803 mm	55	19
2022	36.5 °C20 August 2022	-3.2 °C18 December 2022	16.3 °C	1,339 mm	75	26
2021	35.1 °C1 August 2021	-4.7 °C8 January 2021	16.3 °C	1,838 mm	70	14
2020	34.5 °C4 August 2020	-2.1 °C30 December 2020	15.4 °C	2,433 mm	41	10
2019	35.2 °C16 August 2019	-2.9 °C1 January 2019	15.8 °C	1,475 mm	59	15
2018	34.1 °C21 July 2018	-5.8 °C28 January 2018	15.9 °C	1,740 mm	57	33
2017	35.5 °C27 July 2017	-1.0 °C18 December 2017	15.9 °C	1,547 mm	43	9
2016	35.1 °C26 July 2016	-5.5 °C25 January 2016	15.8 °C	1,943 mm	47	21
2015	34.1 °C13 July 2015	-2.9 °C29 January 2015	15.7 °C	2,046 mm	35	8
2014	34.6 °C23 July 2014	-5.2 °C11 February 2014	15.4 °C	2,197 mm	28	22
2013	35.3 °C12 August 2013	-4.6 °C4 January 2013	16.2 °C	1,448 mm	70	25
2012	33.7 °C19 August 2012	-4.4 °C23 January 2012	14.8 °C	1,798 mm	49	32
2011	34.3 °C29 July 2011	-5.2 °C3 January 2011	15.4 °C	1,190 mm	64	32
2010	35.3 °C5 August 2010	-4.4 °C6 January 2010	15.6 °C	1,849 mm	51	27
2009	35.9 °C18 July 2009	-2.9 °C13 January 2009	16.2 °C	1,273 mm	67	18
2008	33.0 °C27 July 2008	-6.1 °C29 January 2008	15.7 °C	1,654 mm	39	40
2007	33.5 °C7 August 2007	-1.7 °C9 January 2007	16.0 °C	1,667 mm	39	7
2006	34.6 °C15 August 2006	-3.4 °C28 February 2006	16.2 °C	1,297 mm	48	30
2005	34.7 °C13 August 2005	-5.4 °C22 January 2005	15.5 °C	1,582 mm	50	44
2004	33.9 °C29 June 2004	-3.4 °C31 December 2004	16.0 °C	1,822 mm	48	23
2003	35.8 °C2 August 2003	-2.8 °C6 January 2003	15.5 °C	2,170 mm	41	24
2002	35.7 °C16 July 2002	-3.5 °C26 December 2002	15.8 °C	2,658 mm	43	10
2001	34.0 °C7 August 2001	-2.1 °C28 January 2001	15.8 °C	1,501 mm	53	18
2000	34.3 °C17 July 2000	-4.4 °C1 February 2000	15.4 °C	1,822 mm	43	23
1999	34.2 °C8 August 1999	-4.0 °C22 December 1999	15.8 °C	2,120 mm	31	15
1998	34.1 °C23 August 1998	-4.8 °C17 January 1998	16.2 °C	2,715 mm	45	20
1997	35.7 °C31 August 1997	-4.2 °C9 January 1997	15.5 °C	2,085 mm	52	17
1996	33.6 °C10 August 1996	-4.3 °C18 February 1996	15.0 °C	2,431 mm	36	32
1995	34.2 °C30 July 1995	-3.4 °C26 December 1995	15.5 °C	2,479 mm	42	25
1994	35.0 °C3 August 1994	-3.3 °C20 January 1994	15.6 °C	2,014 mm	44	16
1993	32.3 °C27 June 1993	-6.2 °C15 January 1993	14.7 °C	2,382 mm	22	32
1992	34.9 °C4 August 1992	-2.8 °C15 January 1992	15.2 °C	1,809 mm	39	23
1991	34.5 °C19 July 1991	-5.7 °C5 January 1991	14.9 °C	2,515 mm	35	21
1990	34.9 °C22 August 1990	-4.8 °C31 January 1990	15.6 °C	2,192 mm	57	19
1989	34.9 °C22 July 1989	-5.3 °C25 February 1989	14.7 °C	2,314 mm	29	27
1988	35.3 °C19 July 1988	-5.2 °C12 January 1988	15.2 °C	1,888 mm	50	27
1987	32.5 °C5 August 1987	-2.0 °C28 November 1987	15.3 °C	2,291 mm	37	17
1986	34.2 °C10 August 1986	-4.1 °C15 January 1986	15.2 °C	2,056 mm	38	25
1985	33.4 °C6 August 1985	-7.2 °C18 February 1985	15.0 °C	1,680 mm	53	41
1984	33.4 °C17 July 1984	-9.9 °C22 January 1984	14.6 °C	1,807 mm	41	53
1983	34.1 °C6 August 1983	-4.9 °C12 January 1983	15.3 °C	2,549 mm	29	22
1982	33.3 °C22 May 1982	-8.1 °C31 January 1982	14.8 °C	2,415 mm	29	34
1981	34.2 °C21 June 1981	-5.8 °C4 February 1981	15.0 °C	1,734 mm	59	34
1980	33.9 °C27 July 1980	-5.8 °C14 January 1980	14.8 °C	2,515 mm	24	29
1979	33.6 °C8 August 1979	-4.6 °C31 January 1979	15.7 °C	1,937 mm	38	31
1978	34.5 °C2 August 1978	-3.0 °C16 January 1978	15.5 °C	1,804 mm	52	29
1977	33.6 °C9 August 1977	-13.9 °C30 January 1977	15.0 °C	2,394 mm	35	46
1976	34.2 °C8 August 1976	-6.9 °C24 January 1976	14.7 °C	1,942 mm	30	26
1975	34.6 °C21 July 1975	-14.0 °C16 December 1975	15.2 °C	2,026 mm	54	28
1974	33.4 °C17 June 1974	-8.5 °C27 January 1974	14.8 °C	1,820 mm	33	51
1973	33.4 °C21 July 1973	-7.1 °C18 January 1973	15.4 °C	2,049 mm	31	17
1972	35.8 °C27 August 1972	-8.3 °C8 February 1972	15.0 °C	1,772 mm	55	34
1971	36.3 °C26 July 1971	-5.6 °C8 December 1971	14.9 °C	1,828 mm	48	31
1970	34.3 °C17 August 1970	-13.8 °C7 January 1970	14.9 °C	2,081 mm	36	21
1969	34.6 °C2 August 1969	-14.6 °C31 January 1969	14.9 °C	2,276 mm	38	50
1968	35.3 °C30 July 1968	-6.7 °C8 February 1968	15.3 °C	2,031 mm	38	36
1967	34.7 °C19 July 1967	-10.9 °C15 February 1967	14.6 °C	2,947 mm	51	55
1966	34.8 °C14 August 1966	-12.1 °C27 December 1966	15.2 °C	1,649 mm	36	36
1965	31.6 °C14 July 1965	-9.5 °C20 December 1965	14.4 °C	2,245 mm	8	33
1964	34.8 °C22 July 1964	-7.2 °C18 February 1964	14.8 °C	2,717 mm	38	48
1963	33.4 °C31 August 1963	-6.3 °C15 March 1963	15.6 °C	2,414 mm	55	38
1962	34.4 °C22 July 1962	-4.6 °C2 January 1962	15.3 °C	2,109 mm	44	25
1961	35.7 °C23 June 1961	-4.6 °C17 February 1961	15.8 °C	1,950 mm	63	22
1960	34.4 °C2 August 1960	-13.9 °C25 January 1960	15.2 °C	2,099 mm	52	22
1959	34.3 °C23 August 1959	-3.6 °C17 January 1959	15.4 °C	1,742 mm	57	33
1958	33.9 °C23 July 1958	-8.5 °C1 February 1958	15.0 °C	2,455 mm	34	26
1957	34.2 °C30 August 1957	-11.1 °C11 February 1957	14.9 °C	2,177 mm	34	40
1956	31.8 °C8 July 1956	-16.4 °C24 January 1956	14.1 °C	2,278 mm	19	61
1955	30.4 °C22 September 1955	-16.6 °C12 January 1955	14.3 °C	2,373 mm	4	35
1954	31.1 °C2 September 1954	-13.3 °C12 December 1954	13.4 °C	3,582 mm	9	64
1953	37.4 °C13 August 1953	-10.4 °C6 January 1953	14.7 °C	2,502 mm	44	47
1952	30.6 °C5 July 1952	-9.1 °C14 January 1952	14.1 °C	2,853 mm	8	52
1951	33.0 °C6 September 1951	-16.1 °C14 January 1951	14.3 °C	2,512 mm	27	46
1950	32.1 °C23 July 1950	-12.3 °C17 February 1950	14.5 °C	2,569 mm	8	25
1949	30.9 °C1 August 1949	-13.4 °C9 January 1949	14.7 °C	2,650 mm	11	28
1948	31.9 °C11 August 1948	-10.2 °C10 February 1948	14.7 °C	2,818 mm	13	35
1947	31.4 °C19 May 1947	-15.4 °C20 December 1947	14.6 °C	2,128 mm	9	43
1946	35.7 °C9 August 1946	-12.1 °C22 December 1946	16.3 °C	1,517 mm	73	31
1945	30.4 °C25 July 1945	-13.5 °C26 December 1945	14.0 °C	1,879 mm	11	60
1944	31.8 °C14 July 1944	-6.3 °C18 December 1944	14.9 °C	1,561 mm	26	42
1943	30.0 °C3 July 1943	-6.0 °C23 January 1943	14.8 °C	3,195 mm	1	27
1942	30.5 °C9 August 1942	-7.1 °C1 January 1942	15.7 °C	1,781 mm	3	31
1941	31.6 °C1 June 1941	-9.3 °C31 December 1941	15.4 °C	1,728 mm	11	28
1940	32.3 °C13 July 1940	-14.6 °C25 January 1940	15.0 °C	1,540 mm	20	35

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.9 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

9 d/yr

-21

Annual rainfall

1842 mm

-223 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.9 °C	+4.6 °C	49 mm	-24 mm
Feb	8.4 °C	+0.4 °C	57 mm	-46 mm
Mar	15.2 °C	+2.1 °C	89 mm	-93 mm
Apr	23.7 °C	+4.6 °C	148 mm	-95 mm
May	25.5 °C	+2.2 °C	228 mm	-52 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.7 °C	527 mm	+219 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+2.6 °C	121 mm	-161 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	+1.8 °C	172 mm	-14 mm
Sep	26.0 °C	+0.6 °C	203 mm	+72 mm
Oct	20.2 °C	+0.4 °C	132 mm	+5 mm
Nov	16.7 °C	+2.3 °C	63 mm	-31 mm
Dec	12.3 °C	+3.5 °C	54 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-3.9 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

153.6 mm

20 Jun 2025

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

28 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

6 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.5 °C

9 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

4.2 cm

5 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

3 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 2,065 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wulingyuan?

The hottest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wulingyuan?

The coldest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Wulingyuan?

Yes. Wulingyuan gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Has the climate of Wulingyuan warmed?

Yes: Wulingyuan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Wulingyuan?

The wettest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1998, with 218 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wulingyuan?

The windiest day measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1946, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wulingyuan?

The warmest month in Wulingyuan is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan receives on average 2,065 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wulingyuan?

Wulingyuan gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wulingyuan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wulingyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1954, with 20.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Wulingyuan?

Yes: Wulingyuan has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wulingyuan?

In Wulingyuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 6 July 2025, and the lowest was -20.8 °C on 12 January 1955.

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