Xiantao climate — normals and trends
Xiantao (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 1,578 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 (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xiantao averages 26 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Xiantao 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 33 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 13 August 1953) and the coldest -23.5 °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
XiantaoHubei
- coords
- 30.37°, 113.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.3°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,578mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
84 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.8 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
118 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 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
41.7 °C
13 August 1953
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
238 mm
16 July 1969
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
12 April 1979
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
25 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
47.7 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-28.2 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.2 h
12 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 11.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 19 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 48 mm | -80 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 81 mm | -97 mm |
| May | 29.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 197 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 416 mm | +139 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -184 mm |
| Aug | 35.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 109 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 155 mm | +54 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 71 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 19.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 38 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 14.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 32 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiantao?
Xiantao has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 1,578 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiantao?
The hottest day measured in Xiantao between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiantao?
The coldest day measured in Xiantao between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xiantao?
Yes. Xiantao gets on average 13.8 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiantao warmed?
Yes: Xiantao warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiantao?
The wettest day measured in Xiantao between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1969, with 238 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiantao?
The windiest day measured in Xiantao between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1979, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiantao?
The warmest month in Xiantao is July (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiantao?
Xiantao receives on average 1,578 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiantao?
Xiantao gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiantao?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiantao between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiantao?
Yes: Xiantao has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiantao?
In Xiantao, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -28.2 °C on 11 January 1955.
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