Xianyang climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xianyang?

Xianyang has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,070 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2002, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xianyang?

The coldest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -19.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xianyang?

Yes. Xianyang gets on average 24.9 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Xianyang warmed?

Yes: Xianyang warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Xianyang?

The wettest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1957, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xianyang?

The windiest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1958, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xianyang?

The warmest month in Xianyang is July (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xianyang?

Xianyang receives on average 1,070 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xianyang?

Xianyang gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xianyang (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,070 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Xianyang averages 74 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.

Xianyang has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 86 to 62 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 12 July 2002) and the coldest -19.3 °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

XianyangShaanxi

coords: 34.34°, 108.70°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

14.4°C

Average daily high

19.5°C

Average daily low

9.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,070mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

26.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

74 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

105 d/yr

Annual snowfall

24.9 cm

Average feels-like high

19.3 °C

Average feels-like low

9.1 °C

Average peak gust

24.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

68 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

41.9 °C

12 July 2002

Coldest day

-19.3 °C

10 January 1955

Wettest day

224 mm

25 July 1957

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

23 April 1958

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

23 April 1958

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

4 August 1994

Coldest feels-like

-23.8 °C

10 January 1955

Snowiest day

18.7 cm

14 November 1994

Sunniest day

14.0 h

29 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.6 °C15 July 2025	-11.3 °C27 January 2025	16.0 °C	1,062 mm	94	62
2024	36.9 °C12 June 2024	-8.5 °C22 January 2024	16.0 °C	1,161 mm	100	71
2023	37.0 °C10 July 2023	-9.0 °C22 December 2023	15.0 °C	1,134 mm	72	52
2022	40.3 °C24 June 2022	-6.5 °C1 December 2022	15.7 °C	802 mm	88	70
2021	36.8 °C31 July 2021	-9.3 °C9 January 2021	15.1 °C	1,126 mm	69	58
2020	37.5 °C5 June 2020	-8.5 °C31 December 2020	14.7 °C	880 mm	65	62
2019	36.6 °C28 July 2019	-6.4 °C1 January 2019	14.8 °C	906 mm	60	62
2018	37.4 °C18 July 2018	-16.5 °C29 January 2018	14.8 °C	722 mm	76	67
2017	40.1 °C23 July 2017	-5.8 °C17 December 2017	15.1 °C	772 mm	75	67
2016	39.3 °C13 August 2016	-11.8 °C25 January 2016	15.7 °C	718 mm	90	61
2015	38.1 °C31 July 2015	-6.6 °C30 January 2015	15.2 °C	775 mm	73	53
2014	37.6 °C31 July 2014	-7.5 °C11 February 2014	15.1 °C	837 mm	66	65
2013	37.6 °C28 June 2013	-7.5 °C5 January 2013	15.9 °C	708 mm	91	65
2012	36.6 °C29 July 2012	-12.7 °C25 January 2012	14.3 °C	780 mm	66	81
2011	38.5 °C30 June 2011	-7.9 °C6 January 2011	14.4 °C	989 mm	66	69
2010	37.8 °C6 July 2010	-7.3 °C18 February 2010	14.9 °C	862 mm	66	68
2009	36.5 °C25 June 2009	-9.7 °C24 January 2009	14.7 °C	930 mm	56	67
2008	37.0 °C7 August 2008	-16.1 °C31 January 2008	14.1 °C	634 mm	69	83
2007	36.5 °C29 May 2007	-7.3 °C7 January 2007	15.0 °C	1,124 mm	70	54
2006	39.5 °C19 July 2006	-9.4 °C22 January 2006	15.7 °C	826 mm	89	69
2005	38.7 °C23 June 2005	-10.9 °C2 January 2005	15.2 °C	896 mm	86	83
2004	39.2 °C5 July 2004	-8.6 °C31 December 2004	15.5 °C	855 mm	80	51
2003	39.0 °C19 June 2003	-6.9 °C8 January 2003	14.9 °C	1,089 mm	71	61
2002	41.9 °C12 July 2002	-8.6 °C26 December 2002	16.1 °C	670 mm	87	42
2001	39.0 °C16 July 2001	-6.6 °C14 December 2001	15.7 °C	730 mm	88	62
2000	38.5 °C22 July 2000	-5.2 °C30 January 2000	15.3 °C	955 mm	77	71
1999	37.0 °C26 July 1999	-9.0 °C22 December 1999	15.7 °C	945 mm	71	70
1998	38.1 °C21 June 1998	-8.2 °C19 January 1998	15.6 °C	1,169 mm	74	61
1997	38.4 °C26 June 1997	-7.3 °C24 January 1997	15.6 °C	575 mm	100	71
1996	37.0 °C1 July 1996	-7.1 °C18 February 1996	14.4 °C	1,002 mm	71	92
1995	40.2 °C12 July 1995	-6.4 °C5 February 1995	15.4 °C	698 mm	94	85
1994	39.4 °C4 August 1994	-8.4 °C21 January 1994	15.0 °C	976 mm	95	66
1993	36.3 °C15 June 1993	-8.2 °C16 January 1993	13.8 °C	1,043 mm	56	79
1992	38.4 °C9 June 1992	-9.6 °C3 January 1992	14.1 °C	1,121 mm	68	90
1991	38.6 °C20 July 1991	-13.3 °C28 December 1991	14.8 °C	812 mm	79	47
1990	38.1 °C6 August 1990	-12.6 °C1 February 1990	14.7 °C	1,036 mm	78	66
1989	38.0 °C21 July 1989	-10.2 °C14 January 1989	14.3 °C	1,150 mm	50	59
1988	39.1 °C30 June 1988	-14.1 °C17 February 1988	14.2 °C	1,079 mm	60	73
1987	36.8 °C31 July 1987	-6.2 °C26 January 1987	14.9 °C	1,061 mm	85	66
1986	38.6 °C11 August 1986	-5.6 °C5 January 1986	14.4 °C	800 mm	73	89
1985	38.9 °C5 August 1985	-7.1 °C15 December 1985	14.1 °C	853 mm	67	79
1984	37.8 °C4 June 1984	-9.8 °C18 December 1984	13.6 °C	1,230 mm	52	78
1983	35.2 °C27 July 1983	-9.2 °C20 January 1983	13.9 °C	1,320 mm	44	72
1982	39.9 °C17 June 1982	-6.7 °C12 December 1982	14.6 °C	1,010 mm	63	68
1981	39.5 °C14 June 1981	-11.6 °C18 December 1981	14.4 °C	1,276 mm	65	76
1980	36.2 °C23 July 1980	-14.7 °C5 February 1980	14.2 °C	1,038 mm	50	73
1979	38.5 °C10 August 1979	-13.2 °C18 November 1979	14.6 °C	847 mm	68	78
1978	38.4 °C6 August 1978	-9.6 °C17 February 1978	14.8 °C	777 mm	87	76
1977	39.7 °C30 June 1977	-14.6 °C30 January 1977	14.9 °C	724 mm	85	77
1976	39.0 °C24 July 1976	-9.8 °C29 December 1976	13.8 °C	862 mm	58	88
1975	37.7 °C16 July 1975	-13.7 °C12 December 1975	14.2 °C	1,193 mm	72	79
1974	38.2 °C16 July 1974	-9.6 °C17 January 1974	14.0 °C	1,197 mm	69	81
1973	38.5 °C11 August 1973	-9.2 °C22 December 1973	15.1 °C	871 mm	76	63
1972	38.9 °C11 June 1972	-10.1 °C6 February 1972	14.4 °C	864 mm	81	80
1971	40.8 °C4 July 1971	-11.1 °C30 January 1971	14.5 °C	892 mm	78	80
1970	38.2 °C19 July 1970	-8.4 °C23 November 1970	14.3 °C	976 mm	80	87
1969	39.0 °C29 June 1969	-14.1 °C5 February 1969	14.3 °C	840 mm	99	99
1968	38.7 °C17 August 1968	-11.5 °C24 January 1968	14.1 °C	1,240 mm	66	76
1967	39.2 °C31 July 1967	-10.8 °C16 January 1967	13.9 °C	1,032 mm	75	94
1966	37.1 °C21 June 1966	-10.6 °C28 January 1966	13.9 °C	1,113 mm	47	86
1965	32.8 °C4 July 1965	-9.5 °C19 December 1965	13.4 °C	1,372 mm	24	82
1964	38.3 °C8 August 1964	-7.5 °C26 February 1964	14.1 °C	1,434 mm	60	73
1963	36.3 °C28 June 1963	-10.8 °C12 January 1963	14.1 °C	1,474 mm	58	78
1962	39.3 °C21 June 1962	-9.2 °C19 January 1962	14.5 °C	1,124 mm	78	77
1961	39.4 °C13 June 1961	-8.0 °C2 February 1961	14.8 °C	1,391 mm	67	69
1960	40.7 °C23 June 1960	-8.2 °C30 December 1960	14.8 °C	789 mm	80	73
1959	40.2 °C11 July 1959	-9.0 °C5 January 1959	14.7 °C	836 mm	88	67
1958	36.0 °C28 June 1958	-14.4 °C15 January 1958	14.1 °C	1,505 mm	48	81
1957	37.3 °C28 August 1957	-12.9 °C10 February 1957	13.9 °C	1,263 mm	65	74
1956	33.1 °C25 July 1956	-19.0 °C9 January 1956	12.6 °C	1,574 mm	25	97
1955	32.8 °C20 June 1955	-19.3 °C10 January 1955	12.9 °C	1,516 mm	31	83
1954	31.1 °C23 July 1954	-18.8 °C25 January 1954	12.3 °C	2,098 mm	9	89
1953	34.1 °C13 August 1953	-11.2 °C9 December 1953	13.7 °C	1,642 mm	50	79
1952	34.4 °C29 July 1952	-15.6 °C19 February 1952	13.2 °C	1,734 mm	30	87
1951	32.9 °C5 August 1951	-18.3 °C2 March 1951	13.4 °C	1,412 mm	35	94
1950	33.7 °C22 July 1950	-15.6 °C17 February 1950	13.4 °C	1,234 mm	31	79
1949	33.0 °C24 July 1949	-16.5 °C9 January 1949	13.5 °C	1,417 mm	36	78
1948	34.7 °C29 July 1948	-17.2 °C26 January 1948	13.5 °C	1,257 mm	62	84
1947	36.2 °C20 July 1947	-18.7 °C19 December 1947	14.3 °C	861 mm	72	77
1946	33.0 °C12 July 1946	-10.0 °C3 January 1946	14.3 °C	4,184 mm	25	78
1945	38.2 °C21 July 1945	-18.0 °C8 February 1945	13.7 °C	606 mm	85	100
1944	36.2 °C26 July 1944	-15.3 °C16 December 1944	13.9 °C	1,127 mm	65	88
1943	34.2 °C15 June 1943	-10.6 °C6 February 1943	14.0 °C	1,278 mm	33	82
1942	38.8 °C18 July 1942	-6.1 °C16 January 1942	15.7 °C	613 mm	98	79
1941	41.0 °C1 July 1941	-13.7 °C14 February 1941	15.1 °C	667 mm	83	82
1940	38.8 °C30 June 1940	-15.7 °C23 January 1940	14.1 °C	1,082 mm	71	81

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

62 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

1062 mm

-8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.7 °C	+1.9 °C	35 mm	+19 mm
Feb	9.2 °C	+0.2 °C	9 mm	-12 mm
Mar	16.1 °C	+0.9 °C	37 mm	-4 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+5.2 °C	2 mm	-63 mm
May	30.3 °C	+4.2 °C	38 mm	-62 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+1.3 °C	64 mm	-50 mm
Jul	34.6 °C	+3.1 °C	105 mm	-102 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+1.2 °C	134 mm	-50 mm
Sep	23.7 °C	-1.1 °C	376 mm	+208 mm
Oct	17.3 °C	-2.0 °C	221 mm	+127 mm
Nov	15.1 °C	+2.1 °C	20 mm	-26 mm
Dec	10.2 °C	+3.0 °C	21 mm	+7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.6 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-11.3 °C

27 Jan 2025

Wettest day

73.8 mm

11 Sep 2025

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

9 May 2025

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

18 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-15.5 °C

27 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

8.1 cm

24 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

13 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xianyang?

Xianyang has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,070 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xianyang?

The hottest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2002, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xianyang?

The coldest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -19.3 °C.

Does it snow in Xianyang?

Yes. Xianyang gets on average 24.9 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Has the climate of Xianyang warmed?

Yes: Xianyang warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Xianyang?

The wettest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1957, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xianyang?

The windiest day measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1958, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xianyang?

The warmest month in Xianyang is July (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Xianyang?

Xianyang receives on average 1,070 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xianyang?

Xianyang gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xianyang?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xianyang between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1994, with 18.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xianyang?

Yes: Xianyang has on average 68 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xianyang?

In Xianyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 4 August 1994, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 10 January 1955.

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