Xiaolingwei climate — normals and trends
Xiaolingwei (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,278 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xiaolingwei averages 43 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Xiaolingwei has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 11 August 1946) and the coldest -22.9 °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
XiaolingweiJiangsu
- coords
- 32.03°, 118.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
20.1°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,278mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
102 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
39.7 °C
11 August 1946
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
207 mm
12 July 1954
Windiest day
44.7 km/h
17 August 2018
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
17 August 2018
Hottest feels-like
47.8 °C
2 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
4 January 2018
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 10.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -46 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 44 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | +5.6 °C | 50 mm | -55 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 163 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 267 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 92 mm | -135 mm |
| Aug | 33.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 150 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 250 mm | +139 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 18 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 6 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiaolingwei?
Xiaolingwei has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,278 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiaolingwei?
The hottest day measured in Xiaolingwei between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1946, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiaolingwei?
The coldest day measured in Xiaolingwei between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Xiaolingwei?
Yes. Xiaolingwei gets on average 15.4 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiaolingwei warmed?
Yes: Xiaolingwei warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiaolingwei?
The wettest day measured in Xiaolingwei between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, with 207 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiaolingwei?
The windiest day measured in Xiaolingwei between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2018, with winds reaching 44.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiaolingwei?
The warmest month in Xiaolingwei is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiaolingwei?
Xiaolingwei receives on average 1,278 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiaolingwei?
Xiaolingwei gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiaolingwei?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiaolingwei between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2018, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiaolingwei?
Yes: Xiaolingwei has on average 102 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiaolingwei?
In Xiaolingwei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 2 August 2003, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 11 January 1955.
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