Wuzhishan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,501 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 34.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wuzhishan?

The coldest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1999, at 2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wuzhishan?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wuzhishan warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Wuzhishan?

The wettest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1963, with 323 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wuzhishan?

The windiest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 2013, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wuzhishan?

The warmest month in Wuzhishan is June (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan receives on average 1,501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wuzhishan (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,501 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Wuzhishan averages 0 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.

Wuzhishan 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 34.3 °C (on 20 May 2019) and the coldest 2.0 °C (on 24 December 1999).

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

WuzhishanHainan

coords: 18.78°, 109.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,501mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

189 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.3 °C

Average feels-like low

21.4 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

194 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 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

34.3 °C

20 May 2019

Coldest day

2.0 °C

24 December 1999

Wettest day

323 mm

8 September 1963

Windiest day

47.7 km/h

10 November 2013

Strongest gust

159.1 km/h

10 November 2013

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

20 May 2019

Coldest feels-like

-1.6 °C

24 December 1999

Sunniest day

12.9 h

5 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.2 °C2 June 2025	7.6 °C13 January 2025	22.5 °C	2,088 mm	64
2024	34.3 °C27 April 2024	8.9 °C25 January 2024	23.1 °C	1,807 mm	81
2023	33.0 °C23 May 2023	6.9 °C30 January 2023	23.0 °C	1,382 mm	82
2022	32.3 °C25 July 2022	8.0 °C19 December 2022	22.5 °C	1,543 mm	58
2021	32.4 °C3 June 2021	5.5 °C13 January 2021	22.7 °C	1,180 mm	76
2020	34.2 °C21 May 2020	8.9 °C31 December 2020	22.9 °C	1,436 mm	80
2019	34.3 °C20 May 2019	9.1 °C9 December 2019	23.5 °C	1,244 mm	91
2018	32.1 °C17 May 2018	7.1 °C1 February 2018	22.5 °C	1,882 mm	54
2017	32.2 °C6 June 2017	7.7 °C19 December 2017	22.7 °C	1,467 mm	72
2016	32.6 °C3 June 2016	2.3 °C25 January 2016	22.4 °C	1,817 mm	70
2015	34.2 °C20 April 2015	7.6 °C15 January 2015	22.7 °C	1,487 mm	81
2014	31.5 °C5 June 2014	7.0 °C20 February 2014	22.1 °C	1,591 mm	63
2013	33.0 °C17 May 2013	7.7 °C29 December 2013	21.9 °C	1,870 mm	37
2012	31.7 °C5 May 2012	7.4 °C31 December 2012	22.3 °C	1,591 mm	39
2011	32.4 °C12 May 2011	7.4 °C12 January 2011	21.2 °C	1,851 mm	53
2010	31.8 °C14 June 2010	5.6 °C17 December 2010	22.4 °C	1,715 mm	59
2009	32.8 °C31 August 2009	5.8 °C11 January 2009	22.1 °C	1,601 mm	52
2008	32.1 °C23 June 2008	7.7 °C12 February 2008	21.6 °C	1,352 mm	41
2007	33.4 °C2 April 2007	6.7 °C29 January 2007	22.1 °C	1,510 mm	55
2006	32.1 °C9 June 2006	8.6 °C9 January 2006	22.3 °C	1,208 mm	35
2005	32.9 °C13 May 2005	6.2 °C6 March 2005	21.9 °C	1,560 mm	54
2004	31.5 °C3 July 2004	7.0 °C31 December 2004	21.8 °C	1,358 mm	45
2003	33.0 °C18 May 2003	8.5 °C6 January 2003	22.2 °C	1,643 mm	58
2002	32.6 °C23 May 2002	8.9 °C27 December 2002	22.1 °C	1,367 mm	31
2001	33.4 °C9 May 2001	6.7 °C24 December 2001	22.2 °C	1,614 mm	39
2000	31.5 °C1 May 2000	7.2 °C2 February 2000	22.0 °C	1,695 mm	22
1999	31.2 °C6 June 1999	2.0 °C24 December 1999	22.0 °C	1,272 mm	26
1998	32.3 °C23 May 1998	9.5 °C15 December 1998	22.6 °C	1,254 mm	42
1997	31.7 °C20 August 1997	7.7 °C12 January 1997	21.9 °C	1,492 mm	21
1996	31.1 °C7 May 1996	6.3 °C21 February 1996	21.6 °C	1,809 mm	17
1995	31.5 °C22 July 1995	5.9 °C6 January 1995	21.5 °C	1,644 mm	24
1994	34.2 °C4 May 1994	8.4 °C24 January 1994	22.2 °C	1,734 mm	25
1993	31.7 °C7 June 1993	4.3 °C29 January 1993	21.6 °C	944 mm	31
1992	32.2 °C1 September 1992	6.2 °C15 January 1992	21.6 °C	1,665 mm	36
1991	31.3 °C4 June 1991	6.2 °C28 December 1991	22.1 °C	1,518 mm	27
1990	31.7 °C22 April 1990	8.4 °C1 February 1990	22.1 °C	1,694 mm	36
1989	31.7 °C17 August 1989	8.1 °C14 January 1989	21.8 °C	1,891 mm	20
1988	32.6 °C26 May 1988	8.8 °C12 December 1988	22.0 °C	1,276 mm	39
1987	32.0 °C22 May 1987	6.2 °C7 December 1987	22.3 °C	1,284 mm	30
1986	31.3 °C1 August 1986	3.8 °C2 March 1986	21.6 °C	1,628 mm	14
1985	31.0 °C8 June 1985	8.0 °C17 December 1985	21.7 °C	1,674 mm	10
1984	31.0 °C18 July 1984	5.1 °C9 January 1984	21.4 °C	1,358 mm	8
1983	33.3 °C15 May 1983	5.5 °C25 January 1983	21.7 °C	1,656 mm	34
1982	31.4 °C1 June 1982	4.7 °C28 December 1982	21.9 °C	1,658 mm	20
1981	31.2 °C31 May 1981	5.8 °C21 December 1981	22.1 °C	1,535 mm	30
1980	32.2 °C23 April 1980	8.9 °C10 February 1980	22.2 °C	1,485 mm	37
1979	32.1 °C29 July 1979	7.9 °C26 December 1979	22.1 °C	1,579 mm	38
1978	31.1 °C15 June 1978	8.4 °C18 February 1978	21.9 °C	2,194 mm	16
1977	32.5 °C17 May 1977	6.6 °C5 March 1977	21.6 °C	1,148 mm	45
1976	31.5 °C20 May 1976	6.1 °C14 January 1976	21.4 °C	1,573 mm	22
1975	31.3 °C28 April 1975	3.0 °C30 December 1975	21.5 °C	1,865 mm	10
1974	31.5 °C20 August 1974	3.6 °C2 January 1974	21.4 °C	1,851 mm	17
1973	32.1 °C9 April 1973	5.6 °C26 December 1973	22.0 °C	2,169 mm	33
1972	32.2 °C24 May 1972	5.5 °C4 March 1972	21.8 °C	2,024 mm	11
1971	31.0 °C17 June 1971	6.5 °C17 November 1971	21.1 °C	1,714 mm	13
1970	32.1 °C10 May 1970	6.9 °C31 January 1970	21.9 °C	1,613 mm	23
1969	31.8 °C20 May 1969	6.0 °C6 February 1969	21.8 °C	1,065 mm	37
1968	32.0 °C28 July 1968	8.3 °C4 January 1968	21.6 °C	1,417 mm	23
1967	32.1 °C27 May 1967	3.5 °C17 January 1967	21.2 °C	1,396 mm	28
1966	31.1 °C14 May 1966	10.7 °C1 January 1966	22.2 °C	1,502 mm	5
1965	30.9 °C3 April 1965	8.0 °C18 December 1965	21.8 °C	1,516 mm	7
1964	31.7 °C21 May 1964	5.9 °C27 February 1964	21.4 °C	1,693 mm	19
1963	31.4 °C15 August 1963	2.3 °C15 January 1963	21.2 °C	1,603 mm	15
1962	31.9 °C10 July 1962	4.9 °C28 January 1962	21.3 °C	1,173 mm	23
1961	31.1 °C28 May 1961	4.2 °C18 January 1961	21.8 °C	1,414 mm	13
1960	31.8 °C28 April 1960	4.4 °C2 January 1960	21.9 °C	1,333 mm	20
1959	32.2 °C12 June 1959	7.1 °C12 January 1959	21.5 °C	1,073 mm	12
1958	32.2 °C26 August 1958	5.9 °C5 January 1958	21.4 °C	1,664 mm	34
1957	32.4 °C14 May 1957	5.3 °C12 February 1957	21.5 °C	1,429 mm	16
1956	31.7 °C22 April 1956	6.7 °C26 December 1956	21.5 °C	1,315 mm	17
1955	31.6 °C5 May 1955	2.6 °C12 January 1955	21.5 °C	1,277 mm	9
1954	31.1 °C9 May 1954	7.6 °C17 December 1954	22.0 °C	1,205 mm	21
1953	31.2 °C6 August 1953	8.7 °C8 January 1953	22.1 °C	1,471 mm	12
1952	31.1 °C10 April 1952	7.5 °C11 December 1952	22.2 °C	1,419 mm	22
1951	32.1 °C10 April 1951	9.2 °C14 January 1951	22.1 °C	1,548 mm	10
1950	31.1 °C4 May 1950	9.4 °C7 January 1950	22.0 °C	1,210 mm	10
1949	34.0 °C15 June 1949	7.1 °C10 January 1949	22.1 °C	968 mm	43
1948	32.9 °C30 June 1948	7.6 °C6 January 1948	21.9 °C	1,073 mm	41
1947	31.6 °C9 May 1947	8.6 °C21 December 1947	21.8 °C	970 mm	16
1946	33.9 °C2 August 1946	5.9 °C7 January 1946	22.1 °C	1,049 mm	57
1945	30.2 °C1 May 1945	6.5 °C17 January 1945	21.1 °C	1,200 mm	2
1944	32.2 °C8 April 1944	6.1 °C21 December 1944	21.5 °C	1,251 mm	7
1943	32.3 °C28 May 1943	7.4 °C12 January 1943	21.3 °C	815 mm	24
1942	29.8 °C25 May 1942	6.9 °C14 December 1942	21.4 °C	1,576 mm	0
1941	29.7 °C27 April 1941	10.1 °C30 December 1941	21.8 °C	1,689 mm	0
1940	29.3 °C9 March 1940	5.5 °C2 January 1940	21.1 °C	1,721 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2088 mm

+587 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.0 °C	-0.2 °C	4 mm	-13 mm
Feb	22.3 °C	-0.3 °C	7 mm	-17 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	-0.5 °C	21 mm	-22 mm
Apr	28.0 °C	+0.7 °C	92 mm	+0 mm
May	29.4 °C	+0.7 °C	172 mm	-8 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	330 mm	+130 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	400 mm	+191 mm
Aug	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	375 mm	+114 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+1.0 °C	322 mm	+81 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+0.1 °C	294 mm	+134 mm
Nov	23.5 °C	-0.6 °C	49 mm	-3 mm
Dec	23.1 °C	+1.5 °C	22 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.2 °C

2 Jun 2025

Coldest day

7.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

147.9 mm

25 Aug 2025

Windiest day

34.4 km/h

24 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

114.1 km/h

25 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

8 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.8 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,501 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wuzhishan?

The hottest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 34.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wuzhishan?

The coldest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1999, at 2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Wuzhishan?

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

Has the climate of Wuzhishan warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Wuzhishan?

The wettest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1963, with 323 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wuzhishan?

The windiest day measured in Wuzhishan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 2013, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wuzhishan?

The warmest month in Wuzhishan is June (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan receives on average 1,501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wuzhishan?

Wuzhishan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wuzhishan?

Yes: Wuzhishan has on average 194 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wuzhishan?

In Wuzhishan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 20 May 2019, and the lowest was -1.6 °C on 24 December 1999.

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