Wushan climate — normals and trends
Wushan (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 710 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 (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wushan averages 137 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Wushan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 146 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 13 December 1975).
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
WushanGansu
- coords
- 34.72°, 104.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
137 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.4 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
165 mm
20 August 1946
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
12 March 2017
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 23 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | -1.8 °C | 23 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 16 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 13 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 52 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 65 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 140 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 134 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 102 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 110 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wushan?
Wushan has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wushan?
The hottest day measured in Wushan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wushan?
The coldest day measured in Wushan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Wushan?
Yes. Wushan gets on average 51.7 cm of snow per year and has around 137 frost days.
Has the climate of Wushan warmed?
Yes: Wushan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wushan?
The wettest day measured in Wushan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1946, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wushan?
The windiest day measured in Wushan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wushan?
The warmest month in Wushan is July (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Wushan?
Wushan receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wushan?
Wushan gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wushan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wushan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2017, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wushan?
Yes: Wushan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wushan?
In Wushan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 13 December 1975.
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