Xianshuigu climate — normals and trends
Xianshuigu (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 692 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xianshuigu averages 108 frost days, 47 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Xianshuigu has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 22 June 2023) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 6 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
XianshuiguTianjin Municipality
- coords
- 38.98°, 117.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
692mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
30.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
47 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
40.4 °C
22 June 2023
Coldest day
-24.5 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
206 mm
16 August 1981
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
26 June 1971
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
20 August 1997
Hottest feels-like
45.2 °C
8 August 1967
Coldest feels-like
-29.7 °C
6 January 1955
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
7 November 2021
Sunniest day
14.1 h
7 July 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 3 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 59 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 31.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 48 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 155 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 299 mm | +121 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 18 mm | -47 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | -2.3 °C | 109 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xianshuigu?
Xianshuigu has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 692 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xianshuigu?
The hottest day measured in Xianshuigu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2023, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xianshuigu?
The coldest day measured in Xianshuigu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -24.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xianshuigu?
Yes. Xianshuigu gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Xianshuigu warmed?
Yes: Xianshuigu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xianshuigu?
The wettest day measured in Xianshuigu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1981, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xianshuigu?
The windiest day measured in Xianshuigu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1971, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xianshuigu?
The warmest month in Xianshuigu is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xianshuigu?
Xianshuigu receives on average 692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xianshuigu?
Xianshuigu gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xianshuigu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xianshuigu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 2021, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xianshuigu?
Yes: Xianshuigu has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xianshuigu?
In Xianshuigu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 8 August 1967, and the lowest was -29.7 °C on 6 January 1955.
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