Xiangxiang climate — normals and trends
Xiangxiang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,754 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 (29.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xiangxiang averages 13 frost days, 93 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Xiangxiang has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 19 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -15.9 °C (on 9 January 1949).
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
XiangxiangHunan
- coords
- 27.73°, 112.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
14.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,754mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
93 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
14.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
126 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
42.8 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-15.9 °C
9 January 1949
Wettest day
187 mm
3 July 2016
Windiest day
44.9 km/h
14 June 1946
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
13 May 1949
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-20.2 °C
9 January 1949
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
14 January 1970
Sunniest day
13.0 h
2 July 1960
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 38 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 10.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 79 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 96 mm | -76 mm |
| Apr | 25.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 195 mm | -53 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 264 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 232 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 156 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 36.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 43 mm | -92 mm |
| Sep | 30.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 128 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -71 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 90 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 15.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 36 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiangxiang?
Xiangxiang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,754 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiangxiang?
The hottest day measured in Xiangxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiangxiang?
The coldest day measured in Xiangxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1949, at -15.9 °C.
Does it snow in Xiangxiang?
Yes. Xiangxiang gets on average 12.0 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiangxiang warmed?
Yes: Xiangxiang warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiangxiang?
The wettest day measured in Xiangxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2016, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiangxiang?
The windiest day measured in Xiangxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1946, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiangxiang?
The warmest month in Xiangxiang is July (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiangxiang?
Xiangxiang receives on average 1,754 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiangxiang?
Xiangxiang gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiangxiang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiangxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1970, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiangxiang?
Yes: Xiangxiang has on average 126 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiangxiang?
In Xiangxiang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -20.2 °C on 9 January 1949.
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