Xianlong climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xianlong?

Xianlong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,247 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xianlong?

The coldest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -3.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xianlong?

Yes. Xianlong gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Xianlong warmed?

Yes: Xianlong warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Xianlong?

The wettest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1946, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xianlong?

The windiest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 58.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xianlong?

The warmest month in Xianlong is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xianlong?

Xianlong receives on average 1,247 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xianlong?

Xianlong gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xianlong (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,247 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Xianlong averages 1 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.

Xianlong has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 17 August 2011) and the coldest -3.2 °C (on 14 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

XianlongChongqing Municipality

coords: 29.15°, 105.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

21.6°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,247mm

Sunshine / day

6.2h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

20.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

176 d/yr

Annual snowfall

1.5 cm

Average feels-like high

23.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

21.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

121 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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

43.2 °C

17 August 2011

Coldest day

-3.2 °C

14 December 1975

Wettest day

105 mm

25 July 1946

Windiest day

58.3 km/h

23 May 1946

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

28 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

16 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.4 °C

14 December 1975

Snowiest day

6.4 cm

27 December 1991

Sunniest day

13.9 h

18 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.0 °C3 August 2025	2.8 °C12 January 2025	19.7 °C	1,275 mm	109	0
2024	41.5 °C4 September 2024	2.7 °C24 January 2024	20.0 °C	1,132 mm	99	0
2023	37.5 °C11 July 2023	0.5 °C19 January 2023	19.3 °C	1,302 mm	87	0
2022	43.1 °C24 August 2022	2.6 °C23 February 2022	19.8 °C	928 mm	95	0
2021	40.5 °C3 August 2021	-0.8 °C12 January 2021	18.8 °C	1,066 mm	81	1
2020	38.1 °C30 August 2020	2.2 °C21 December 2020	18.6 °C	1,231 mm	73	0
2019	38.1 °C16 August 2019	4.2 °C29 December 2019	18.7 °C	1,004 mm	73	0
2018	39.6 °C20 July 2018	0.6 °C10 January 2018	18.8 °C	1,107 mm	88	0
2017	39.7 °C26 July 2017	3.2 °C22 December 2017	19.0 °C	1,020 mm	77	0
2016	39.5 °C25 August 2016	-1.2 °C25 January 2016	19.0 °C	1,274 mm	86	1
2015	37.2 °C2 August 2015	3.3 °C17 December 2015	19.3 °C	1,169 mm	74	0
2014	38.2 °C6 August 2014	3.0 °C19 December 2014	18.4 °C	1,304 mm	58	0
2013	41.3 °C6 August 2013	0.9 °C1 January 2013	19.8 °C	1,018 mm	108	0
2012	37.8 °C12 August 2012	0.2 °C31 December 2012	18.0 °C	1,102 mm	60	0
2011	43.2 °C17 August 2011	0.7 °C12 January 2011	19.0 °C	877 mm	109	0
2010	40.2 °C11 August 2010	1.5 °C17 December 2010	18.6 °C	1,116 mm	72	0
2009	40.9 °C8 September 2009	2.4 °C27 January 2009	19.2 °C	938 mm	93	0
2008	39.2 °C27 July 2008	-0.6 °C29 January 2008	18.7 °C	1,034 mm	83	1
2007	36.1 °C15 July 2007	2.5 °C19 January 2007	19.1 °C	1,185 mm	89	0
2006	42.3 °C14 August 2006	-0.2 °C9 January 2006	19.6 °C	1,023 mm	92	1
2005	37.2 °C1 July 2005	0.0 °C2 January 2005	18.5 °C	1,205 mm	80	0
2004	37.0 °C11 August 2004	0.8 °C31 December 2004	18.3 °C	1,505 mm	66	0
2003	37.8 °C25 August 2003	2.3 °C6 January 2003	18.8 °C	1,204 mm	62	0
2002	38.3 °C16 July 2002	1.6 °C28 December 2002	18.9 °C	1,222 mm	70	0
2001	38.2 °C6 August 2001	1.9 °C23 December 2001	18.8 °C	1,097 mm	62	0
2000	37.0 °C25 July 2000	1.7 °C1 February 2000	18.2 °C	1,420 mm	71	0
1999	36.0 °C14 June 1999	0.8 °C27 December 1999	18.6 °C	1,425 mm	62	0
1998	37.2 °C16 September 1998	2.6 °C23 January 1998	19.2 °C	1,572 mm	81	0
1997	38.7 °C29 August 1997	3.5 °C28 January 1997	18.5 °C	1,099 mm	78	0
1996	37.2 °C4 August 1996	1.8 °C23 February 1996	17.7 °C	1,338 mm	70	0
1995	39.4 °C6 September 1995	3.1 °C6 January 1995	18.3 °C	1,164 mm	78	0
1994	39.6 °C5 August 1994	1.6 °C17 January 1994	18.6 °C	1,204 mm	86	0
1993	36.7 °C13 July 1993	1.1 °C24 January 1993	17.9 °C	1,086 mm	53	0
1992	39.4 °C11 August 1992	1.9 °C24 December 1992	18.0 °C	1,013 mm	72	0
1991	37.1 °C25 July 1991	-1.3 °C28 December 1991	18.1 °C	1,212 mm	72	1
1990	37.8 °C11 August 1990	1.7 °C31 January 1990	18.6 °C	1,082 mm	88	0
1989	36.8 °C22 July 1989	0.7 °C14 January 1989	17.6 °C	1,240 mm	61	0
1988	37.7 °C2 May 1988	2.5 °C18 January 1988	17.9 °C	1,263 mm	68	0
1987	35.8 °C23 May 1987	3.2 °C27 January 1987	18.4 °C	1,305 mm	55	0
1986	37.2 °C7 August 1986	1.3 °C2 March 1986	17.7 °C	1,330 mm	66	0
1985	36.9 °C5 August 1985	1.5 °C15 December 1985	17.7 °C	1,477 mm	66	0
1984	36.6 °C5 June 1984	1.2 °C19 December 1984	17.7 °C	1,333 mm	65	0
1983	36.0 °C27 July 1983	1.5 °C24 January 1983	18.0 °C	1,463 mm	48	0
1982	37.2 °C3 August 1982	-0.2 °C26 December 1982	17.6 °C	1,378 mm	60	1
1981	37.6 °C19 August 1981	2.3 °C23 December 1981	18.1 °C	1,066 mm	75	0
1980	38.0 °C27 July 1980	-1.5 °C9 February 1980	18.1 °C	1,123 mm	54	6
1979	36.6 °C9 August 1979	-0.3 °C19 November 1979	18.3 °C	1,482 mm	57	2
1978	38.5 °C11 July 1978	1.4 °C21 January 1978	18.7 °C	1,011 mm	90	0
1977	37.5 °C7 August 1977	-2.2 °C30 January 1977	18.1 °C	1,236 mm	71	3
1976	38.9 °C7 August 1976	0.9 °C27 December 1976	17.6 °C	1,020 mm	58	0
1975	37.2 °C17 July 1975	-3.2 °C14 December 1975	18.3 °C	1,300 mm	71	3
1974	38.0 °C30 July 1974	2.0 °C25 February 1974	18.0 °C	1,342 mm	52	0
1973	37.2 °C26 August 1973	2.6 °C31 December 1973	18.9 °C	1,216 mm	73	0
1972	40.6 °C26 August 1972	1.2 °C7 February 1972	18.4 °C	1,186 mm	82	0
1971	37.8 °C1 September 1971	3.3 °C3 January 1971	18.5 °C	1,114 mm	71	0
1970	37.7 °C16 August 1970	-0.2 °C7 January 1970	18.0 °C	1,207 mm	70	1
1969	37.1 °C26 July 1969	0.8 °C30 January 1969	18.4 °C	1,188 mm	83	0
1968	36.2 °C31 July 1968	1.2 °C14 February 1968	17.6 °C	1,562 mm	52	0
1967	37.7 °C17 July 1967	-0.9 °C12 January 1967	17.7 °C	1,456 mm	72	2
1966	35.7 °C3 August 1966	-0.5 °C29 January 1966	18.0 °C	1,242 mm	61	1
1965	33.8 °C12 July 1965	0.9 °C20 December 1965	17.6 °C	1,378 mm	42	0
1964	38.7 °C12 July 1964	0.9 °C25 February 1964	18.3 °C	1,285 mm	68	0
1963	38.4 °C26 July 1963	0.1 °C14 January 1963	19.2 °C	1,149 mm	91	0
1962	38.1 °C18 July 1962	0.1 °C30 December 1962	18.2 °C	1,326 mm	73	0
1961	38.5 °C22 August 1961	1.2 °C16 January 1961	18.7 °C	1,368 mm	96	0
1960	36.7 °C4 August 1960	0.8 °C26 January 1960	18.5 °C	1,230 mm	81	0
1959	39.0 °C28 August 1959	2.0 °C10 January 1959	18.9 °C	922 mm	94	0
1958	37.0 °C25 July 1958	0.6 °C15 January 1958	18.6 °C	1,090 mm	82	0
1957	37.9 °C31 August 1957	0.6 °C13 February 1957	18.0 °C	1,191 mm	54	0
1956	35.2 °C8 June 1956	-1.8 °C12 January 1956	18.0 °C	1,393 mm	76	5
1955	34.0 °C7 July 1955	-2.5 °C6 January 1955	18.0 °C	1,297 mm	64	5
1954	34.6 °C16 July 1954	0.3 °C31 December 1954	18.1 °C	1,758 mm	63	0
1953	35.6 °C29 July 1953	1.9 °C19 January 1953	18.9 °C	1,349 mm	82	0
1952	35.7 °C4 July 1952	1.0 °C7 January 1952	18.5 °C	1,340 mm	67	0
1951	35.2 °C8 September 1951	-1.8 °C14 January 1951	18.1 °C	1,355 mm	78	1
1950	33.6 °C23 July 1950	0.2 °C17 December 1950	17.8 °C	1,576 mm	42	0
1949	34.6 °C23 August 1949	-1.0 °C8 January 1949	18.3 °C	1,231 mm	72	1
1948	33.5 °C24 September 1948	-0.3 °C29 January 1948	18.3 °C	1,302 mm	67	1
1947	33.9 °C25 July 1947	-1.7 °C20 December 1947	18.4 °C	1,503 mm	75	3
1946	38.0 °C19 July 1946	-0.4 °C7 January 1946	18.8 °C	1,147 mm	100	1
1945	33.8 °C25 July 1945	-3.1 °C11 February 1945	17.2 °C	1,337 mm	47	9
1944	35.6 °C4 August 1944	-2.8 °C18 December 1944	17.4 °C	1,253 mm	75	7
1943	32.7 °C4 August 1943	-2.1 °C8 February 1943	17.9 °C	2,054 mm	41	1
1942	32.4 °C4 July 1942	0.8 °C8 January 1942	18.4 °C	1,579 mm	52	0
1941	34.8 °C11 July 1941	1.5 °C30 January 1941	18.0 °C	1,226 mm	51	0
1940	34.8 °C15 July 1940	-1.1 °C24 January 1940	17.9 °C	1,063 mm	69	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.3 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1275 mm

+28 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.1 °C	+1.6 °C	51 mm	+19 mm
Feb	12.1 °C	-0.6 °C	39 mm	+5 mm
Mar	17.3 °C	-0.5 °C	53 mm	-6 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+2.8 °C	66 mm	-34 mm
May	28.1 °C	+1.9 °C	119 mm	-23 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+2.5 °C	129 mm	-36 mm
Jul	34.7 °C	+2.9 °C	257 mm	+59 mm
Aug	34.9 °C	+2.9 °C	154 mm	-26 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.7 °C	202 mm	+68 mm
Oct	23.8 °C	+2.4 °C	120 mm	+22 mm
Nov	16.6 °C	-0.1 °C	55 mm	-10 mm
Dec	13.3 °C	+1.6 °C	31 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

2.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

56.3 mm

30 Jun 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.6 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xianlong?

Xianlong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,247 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xianlong?

The hottest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xianlong?

The coldest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -3.2 °C.

Does it snow in Xianlong?

Yes. Xianlong gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Xianlong warmed?

Yes: Xianlong warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Xianlong?

The wettest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1946, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xianlong?

The windiest day measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 58.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xianlong?

The warmest month in Xianlong is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Xianlong?

Xianlong receives on average 1,247 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xianlong?

Xianlong gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xianlong?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xianlong between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1991, with 6.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xianlong?

Yes: Xianlong has on average 121 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xianlong?

In Xianlong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -7.4 °C on 14 December 1975.

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