Xiaochangshan climate — normals and trends
Xiaochangshan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 780 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 August (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xiaochangshan averages 79 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Xiaochangshan 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 89 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 27 July 1997) and the coldest -17.1 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
XiaochangshanLiaoning
- coords
- 39.24°, 122.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
780mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
29.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.6 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
78 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
29.6 °C
27 July 1997
Coldest day
-17.1 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
194 mm
1 September 1992
Windiest day
82.7 km/h
29 July 1960
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
29 July 1960
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-27.9 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
2 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 5.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 9.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 43 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 40 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 71 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 179 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 292 mm | +118 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 95 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 63 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiaochangshan?
Xiaochangshan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 780 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiaochangshan?
The hottest day measured in Xiaochangshan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1997, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiaochangshan?
The coldest day measured in Xiaochangshan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -17.1 °C.
Does it snow in Xiaochangshan?
Yes. Xiaochangshan gets on average 16.6 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiaochangshan warmed?
Yes: Xiaochangshan warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiaochangshan?
The wettest day measured in Xiaochangshan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1992, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiaochangshan?
The windiest day measured in Xiaochangshan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1960, with winds reaching 82.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiaochangshan?
The warmest month in Xiaochangshan is August (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiaochangshan?
Xiaochangshan receives on average 780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiaochangshan?
Xiaochangshan gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiaochangshan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiaochangshan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1971, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiaochangshan?
Yes: Xiaochangshan has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiaochangshan?
In Xiaochangshan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -27.9 °C on 4 January 1970.
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