Xiaoshi climate — normals and trends
Xiaoshi (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 1,009 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Xiaoshi averages 163 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Xiaoshi has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 172 to 154 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -35.7 °C (on 12 January 2001).
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
XiaoshiLiaoning
- coords
- 41.30°, 124.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
0.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,009mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
35.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
36.5 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-35.7 °C
12 January 2001
Wettest day
179 mm
17 July 1959
Windiest day
39.7 km/h
3 September 1969
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
20 August 1985
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
30 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-40.0 °C
12 January 2001
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
14.2 h
17 June 1972
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -3.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 6 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 100 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 94 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 120 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 251 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 302 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 104 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 38 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | -3.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiaoshi?
Xiaoshi has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 1,009 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiaoshi?
The hottest day measured in Xiaoshi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiaoshi?
The coldest day measured in Xiaoshi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2001, at -35.7 °C.
Does it snow in Xiaoshi?
Yes. Xiaoshi gets on average 67.9 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiaoshi warmed?
Yes: Xiaoshi warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiaoshi?
The wettest day measured in Xiaoshi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1959, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiaoshi?
The windiest day measured in Xiaoshi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1969, with winds reaching 39.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiaoshi?
The warmest month in Xiaoshi is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiaoshi?
Xiaoshi receives on average 1,009 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiaoshi?
Xiaoshi gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiaoshi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiaoshi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiaoshi?
Yes: Xiaoshi has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiaoshi?
In Xiaoshi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 30 July 2018, and the lowest was -40.0 °C on 12 January 2001.
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