Xiangyang climate — normals and trends
Xiangyang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,050 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xiangyang averages 39 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Xiangyang has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 16 July 2025) and the coldest -20.2 °C (on 10 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
XiangyangHubei
- coords
- 32.04°, 112.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,050mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
104 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
43.2 °C
16 July 2025
Coldest day
-20.2 °C
10 January 1955
Wettest day
215 mm
13 July 2007
Windiest day
48.4 km/h
5 June 1946
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
12 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
50.0 °C
16 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-25.0 °C
10 January 1955
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
19 January 1956
Sunniest day
13.4 h
1 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 54 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 17.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 52 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 114 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 87 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 36.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 124 mm | -78 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 187 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 262 mm | +151 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | -2.7 °C | 124 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 24 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 12.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 28 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiangyang?
Xiangyang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,050 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiangyang?
The hottest day measured in Xiangyang between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2025, reaching 43.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiangyang?
The coldest day measured in Xiangyang between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -20.2 °C.
Does it snow in Xiangyang?
Yes. Xiangyang gets on average 19.9 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiangyang warmed?
Yes: Xiangyang warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiangyang?
The wettest day measured in Xiangyang between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2007, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiangyang?
The windiest day measured in Xiangyang between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1946, with winds reaching 48.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiangyang?
The warmest month in Xiangyang is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiangyang?
Xiangyang receives on average 1,050 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiangyang?
Xiangyang gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiangyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiangyang between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1956, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiangyang?
Yes: Xiangyang has on average 104 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiangyang?
In Xiangyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.0 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -25.0 °C on 10 January 1955.
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