Xianning climate — normals and trends
Xianning (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,642 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xianning averages 27 frost days, 79 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Xianning 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 35 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 10 August 1953) and the coldest -21.6 °C (on 11 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
XianningHubei
- coords
- 29.84°, 114.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,642mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
79 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.5 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.7 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
115 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · 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
42.0 °C
10 August 1953
Coldest day
-21.6 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
197 mm
1 July 1995
Windiest day
35.0 km/h
12 March 1955
Strongest gust
78.5 km/h
15 March 1956
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
26 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-26.3 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
22 January 1998
Sunniest day
13.3 h
10 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 40 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 10.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 32 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 74 mm | -73 mm |
| Apr | 26.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 87 mm | -106 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 240 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 333 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 28 mm | -169 mm |
| Aug | 36.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 90 mm | -54 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 157 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 45 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 47 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 14.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xianning?
Xianning has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,642 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xianning?
The hottest day measured in Xianning between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xianning?
The coldest day measured in Xianning between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -21.6 °C.
Does it snow in Xianning?
Yes. Xianning gets on average 16.5 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Xianning warmed?
Yes: Xianning warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xianning?
The wettest day measured in Xianning between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1995, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xianning?
The windiest day measured in Xianning between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1955, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xianning?
The warmest month in Xianning is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Xianning?
Xianning receives on average 1,642 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xianning?
Xianning gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xianning?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xianning between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1998, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xianning?
Yes: Xianning has on average 115 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xianning?
In Xianning, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 26 July 2017, and the lowest was -26.3 °C on 11 January 1955.
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