Xiaba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xiaba?

Xiaba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,516 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2022, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xiaba?

The coldest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1947, at -8.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xiaba?

Yes. Xiaba gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Xiaba warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Xiaba?

The wettest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1999, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xiaba?

The windiest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xiaba?

The warmest month in Xiaba is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xiaba?

Xiaba receives on average 1,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xiaba?

Xiaba gets on average 5.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,117 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xiaba (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,516 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 (7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Xiaba averages 3 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.

Xiaba has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 18 August 2022) and the coldest -8.3 °C (on 20 December 1947).

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

XiabaChongqing Municipality

coords: 29.12°, 106.51°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

17.6°C

Average daily high

21.0°C

Average daily low

14.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,516mm

Sunshine / day

5.8h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

9.0km/h

Seasonal range

20.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

187 d/yr

Annual snowfall

3.2 cm

Average feels-like high

22.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.2 °C

Average peak gust

25.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

107 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

41.6 °C

18 August 2022

Coldest day

-8.3 °C

20 December 1947

Wettest day

125 mm

22 July 1999

Windiest day

49.2 km/h

28 May 1946

Strongest gust

114.5 km/h

28 June 1946

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

23 July 1961

Coldest feels-like

-12.7 °C

20 December 1947

Snowiest day

8.5 cm

27 December 1991

Sunniest day

13.9 h

19 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.2 °C3 August 2025	0.1 °C12 January 2025	18.9 °C	1,425 mm	99	0
2024	41.0 °C22 August 2024	0.7 °C16 December 2024	19.3 °C	1,432 mm	95	0
2023	36.8 °C12 July 2023	-0.3 °C18 January 2023	18.5 °C	1,618 mm	78	2
2022	41.6 °C18 August 2022	1.2 °C19 December 2022	18.9 °C	1,134 mm	91	0
2021	38.7 °C3 August 2021	-2.8 °C12 January 2021	18.1 °C	1,524 mm	75	6
2020	38.7 °C23 August 2020	-1.1 °C21 December 2020	17.9 °C	1,469 mm	69	1
2019	37.9 °C17 August 2019	2.1 °C6 December 2019	17.9 °C	1,287 mm	65	0
2018	38.6 °C20 July 2018	-0.6 °C9 January 2018	18.1 °C	1,248 mm	85	4
2017	40.2 °C27 July 2017	0.7 °C20 December 2017	18.3 °C	1,253 mm	80	0
2016	38.4 °C25 August 2016	-3.9 °C25 January 2016	18.2 °C	1,568 mm	77	2
2015	37.2 °C28 June 2015	1.0 °C17 December 2015	18.4 °C	1,391 mm	66	0
2014	38.1 °C6 August 2014	0.3 °C21 January 2014	17.6 °C	1,554 mm	53	0
2013	41.0 °C31 July 2013	-1.7 °C1 January 2013	18.9 °C	1,249 mm	101	2
2012	37.4 °C12 August 2012	-3.3 °C31 December 2012	17.1 °C	1,308 mm	53	2
2011	40.3 °C17 August 2011	-2.0 °C21 January 2011	17.8 °C	1,039 mm	95	3
2010	39.4 °C11 August 2010	-1.9 °C17 December 2010	17.8 °C	1,328 mm	66	1
2009	37.6 °C19 July 2009	0.7 °C27 January 2009	18.1 °C	1,194 mm	76	0
2008	36.0 °C20 August 2008	-1.2 °C15 February 2008	17.7 °C	1,261 mm	69	2
2007	36.0 °C8 August 2007	1.1 °C27 January 2007	18.2 °C	1,420 mm	83	0
2006	41.5 °C14 August 2006	-0.9 °C9 January 2006	18.7 °C	1,264 mm	90	1
2005	36.6 °C12 August 2005	-0.9 °C2 January 2005	17.8 °C	1,347 mm	77	3
2004	38.9 °C11 August 2004	1.1 °C9 February 2004	17.6 °C	1,769 mm	59	0
2003	38.7 °C25 August 2003	-0.5 °C7 January 2003	18.1 °C	1,411 mm	66	2
2002	38.2 °C16 July 2002	0.3 °C29 December 2002	18.1 °C	1,669 mm	68	0
2001	37.9 °C6 August 2001	-0.9 °C23 December 2001	18.1 °C	1,314 mm	61	1
2000	36.5 °C26 July 2000	0.9 °C1 February 2000	17.5 °C	1,728 mm	59	0
1999	36.0 °C8 August 1999	-2.9 °C26 December 1999	17.9 °C	1,763 mm	59	6
1998	36.0 °C19 July 1998	0.2 °C23 January 1998	18.4 °C	1,834 mm	71	0
1997	38.5 °C31 August 1997	1.0 °C28 January 1997	17.6 °C	1,531 mm	70	0
1996	37.0 °C22 August 1996	-0.1 °C13 December 1996	17.1 °C	1,507 mm	66	1
1995	41.0 °C6 September 1995	-1.2 °C6 January 1995	17.7 °C	1,656 mm	73	2
1994	39.6 °C5 August 1994	-2.8 °C23 January 1994	17.9 °C	1,379 mm	83	2
1993	35.5 °C13 July 1993	-2.9 °C24 January 1993	17.2 °C	1,553 mm	45	5
1992	40.1 °C8 August 1992	-2.1 °C14 January 1992	17.3 °C	1,368 mm	55	2
1991	36.8 °C28 July 1991	-2.6 °C28 December 1991	17.5 °C	1,342 mm	57	3
1990	38.6 °C27 August 1990	1.6 °C1 December 1990	18.1 °C	1,320 mm	85	0
1989	38.2 °C22 July 1989	-2.7 °C14 January 1989	17.0 °C	1,494 mm	57	3
1988	37.9 °C19 July 1988	1.4 °C19 January 1988	17.4 °C	1,447 mm	67	0
1987	36.6 °C24 May 1987	0.7 °C27 January 1987	17.7 °C	1,521 mm	52	0
1986	36.2 °C7 August 1986	-0.6 °C3 March 1986	17.0 °C	1,517 mm	62	3
1985	36.5 °C5 August 1985	-0.7 °C18 January 1985	17.1 °C	1,564 mm	62	1
1984	37.1 °C2 August 1984	-0.4 °C24 December 1984	17.0 °C	1,634 mm	60	1
1983	35.7 °C25 July 1983	-0.6 °C24 January 1983	17.4 °C	1,905 mm	48	2
1982	36.6 °C3 August 1982	-5.1 °C27 December 1982	17.0 °C	1,927 mm	50	6
1981	38.0 °C19 August 1981	-0.4 °C23 December 1981	17.6 °C	1,200 mm	74	1
1980	36.7 °C1 July 1980	-4.1 °C9 February 1980	17.4 °C	1,404 mm	49	6
1979	35.6 °C9 August 1979	-1.9 °C1 February 1979	17.7 °C	1,523 mm	53	2
1978	38.5 °C25 August 1978	-1.2 °C19 January 1978	18.1 °C	1,236 mm	80	2
1977	37.7 °C7 August 1977	-2.8 °C10 February 1977	17.3 °C	1,509 mm	64	9
1976	38.6 °C7 August 1976	-1.3 °C2 January 1976	16.9 °C	1,338 mm	55	1
1975	38.8 °C9 September 1975	-6.9 °C15 December 1975	17.8 °C	1,619 mm	73	11
1974	37.3 °C30 July 1974	0.4 °C26 February 1974	17.3 °C	1,569 mm	45	0
1973	36.2 °C21 July 1973	0.1 °C31 December 1973	18.2 °C	1,493 mm	72	0
1972	39.2 °C26 August 1972	-0.4 °C15 December 1972	17.5 °C	1,584 mm	72	1
1971	39.2 °C2 September 1971	-0.6 °C8 January 1971	17.8 °C	1,421 mm	68	1
1970	38.1 °C18 August 1970	-1.1 °C5 January 1970	17.2 °C	1,509 mm	62	3
1969	36.6 °C2 August 1969	-1.1 °C16 January 1969	17.7 °C	1,494 mm	72	1
1968	36.0 °C31 July 1968	-0.4 °C14 February 1968	17.0 °C	1,936 mm	47	1
1967	38.3 °C11 August 1967	-3.6 °C12 January 1967	17.2 °C	1,715 mm	63	5
1966	35.3 °C5 August 1966	-2.5 °C29 January 1966	17.3 °C	1,543 mm	60	6
1965	33.5 °C18 July 1965	-2.1 °C20 December 1965	16.9 °C	1,591 mm	38	4
1964	39.3 °C20 July 1964	-1.2 °C26 February 1964	17.8 °C	1,586 mm	67	2
1963	37.0 °C31 August 1963	-2.7 °C15 January 1963	18.4 °C	1,480 mm	79	3
1962	37.9 °C18 July 1962	-1.4 °C3 January 1962	17.6 °C	1,613 mm	65	3
1961	40.5 °C23 July 1961	-2.2 °C17 January 1961	18.2 °C	1,543 mm	95	4
1960	37.4 °C4 August 1960	-2.2 °C26 January 1960	17.8 °C	1,492 mm	71	4
1959	38.8 °C28 August 1959	-0.9 °C13 January 1959	18.0 °C	1,147 mm	88	2
1958	36.9 °C26 July 1958	-1.0 °C19 January 1958	17.9 °C	1,399 mm	72	4
1957	38.2 °C24 July 1957	-2.1 °C13 February 1957	17.3 °C	1,585 mm	50	4
1956	34.0 °C4 July 1956	-4.4 °C11 January 1956	17.2 °C	1,379 mm	68	7
1955	33.6 °C7 September 1955	-5.5 °C6 January 1955	17.4 °C	1,602 mm	59	9
1954	34.3 °C2 September 1954	-1.2 °C16 December 1954	17.5 °C	1,923 mm	57	2
1953	36.1 °C3 August 1953	0.8 °C19 January 1953	18.4 °C	1,718 mm	80	0
1952	35.5 °C4 July 1952	-0.9 °C14 January 1952	17.9 °C	1,646 mm	57	1
1951	34.5 °C9 September 1951	-3.5 °C14 January 1951	17.5 °C	1,478 mm	66	3
1950	33.1 °C3 July 1950	-3.2 °C17 December 1950	17.0 °C	1,922 mm	23	2
1949	34.5 °C23 July 1949	-2.8 °C9 January 1949	17.6 °C	1,638 mm	62	3
1948	33.5 °C17 August 1948	-3.6 °C10 February 1948	17.6 °C	1,588 mm	62	5
1947	33.5 °C25 July 1947	-8.3 °C20 December 1947	17.6 °C	1,558 mm	59	6
1946	38.5 °C1 September 1946	-1.2 °C6 January 1946	18.3 °C	1,142 mm	91	6
1945	33.6 °C25 July 1945	-5.8 °C9 February 1945	16.4 °C	1,466 mm	44	16
1944	34.3 °C4 August 1944	-6.4 °C21 December 1944	16.6 °C	1,576 mm	61	11
1943	31.4 °C22 September 1943	-6.6 °C8 February 1943	17.1 °C	2,542 mm	24	3
1942	32.3 °C3 August 1942	-1.3 °C8 January 1942	17.5 °C	2,193 mm	31	1
1941	34.4 °C11 July 1941	-0.9 °C2 February 1941	17.1 °C	1,681 mm	33	1
1940	34.7 °C20 August 1940	-3.3 °C24 January 1940	17.1 °C	1,300 mm	69	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

99 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

1426 mm

-91 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.8 °C	+2.1 °C	72 mm	+26 mm
Feb	11.5 °C	-0.4 °C	45 mm	+0 mm
Mar	16.3 °C	-0.7 °C	88 mm	+4 mm
Apr	24.3 °C	+2.4 °C	89 mm	-51 mm
May	26.8 °C	+1.6 °C	191 mm	-10 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+1.5 °C	214 mm	+5 mm
Jul	33.4 °C	+2.0 °C	223 mm	+27 mm
Aug	33.8 °C	+2.2 °C	106 mm	-65 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+2.8 °C	121 mm	-27 mm
Oct	23.8 °C	+2.9 °C	156 mm	+23 mm
Nov	16.0 °C	-0.1 °C	73 mm	-17 mm
Dec	12.9 °C	+1.9 °C	49 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.1 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

47.0 mm

30 Jun 2025

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

20 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xiaba?

Xiaba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,516 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiaba?

The hottest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2022, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xiaba?

The coldest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1947, at -8.3 °C.

Does it snow in Xiaba?

Yes. Xiaba gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Has the climate of Xiaba warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Xiaba?

The wettest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1999, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xiaba?

The windiest day measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xiaba?

The warmest month in Xiaba is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Xiaba?

Xiaba receives on average 1,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xiaba?

Xiaba gets on average 5.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,117 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiaba?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiaba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1991, with 8.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xiaba?

Yes: Xiaba has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiaba?

In Xiaba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 23 July 1961, and the lowest was -12.7 °C on 20 December 1947.

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