Xiema climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xiema?

Xiema has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xiema?

The coldest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xiema?

Yes. Xiema gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Xiema warmed?

Yes: Xiema warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Xiema?

The wettest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2013, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xiema?

The windiest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 58.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xiema?

The warmest month in Xiema is August (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xiema?

Xiema receives on average 1,262 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xiema?

Xiema gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xiema (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,262 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Xiema averages 1 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.

Xiema 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 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 17 August 2011) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 11 February 1945).

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

XiemaChongqing Municipality

coords: 29.77°, 106.37°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

21.7°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,262mm

Sunshine / day

6.1h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

10.1km/h

Seasonal range

20.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

162 d/yr

Annual snowfall

1.5 cm

Average feels-like high

23.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

22.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

121 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

43.7 °C

17 August 2011

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

11 February 1945

Wettest day

131 mm

9 June 2013

Windiest day

58.4 km/h

24 May 1946

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

22 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

16 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.7 °C

14 January 1951

Snowiest day

5.5 cm

27 December 1991

Sunniest day

13.9 h

27 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.5 °C5 August 2025	1.0 °C12 January 2025	19.9 °C	1,308 mm	111	0
2024	43.4 °C24 August 2024	0.6 °C16 December 2024	20.3 °C	1,059 mm	104	0
2023	37.7 °C9 August 2023	0.6 °C19 January 2023	19.3 °C	1,454 mm	87	0
2022	43.5 °C18 August 2022	1.1 °C23 February 2022	19.9 °C	993 mm	100	0
2021	40.4 °C3 August 2021	-1.7 °C12 January 2021	18.8 °C	1,220 mm	77	2
2020	39.9 °C29 August 2020	1.6 °C20 December 2020	18.7 °C	1,246 mm	78	0
2019	38.8 °C25 August 2019	3.7 °C22 January 2019	18.7 °C	1,076 mm	77	0
2018	39.5 °C20 July 2018	1.2 °C9 January 2018	18.8 °C	1,164 mm	87	0
2017	41.8 °C28 July 2017	2.4 °C21 December 2017	19.0 °C	1,053 mm	77	0
2016	41.1 °C25 August 2016	-1.5 °C25 January 2016	19.1 °C	1,159 mm	91	2
2015	37.5 °C2 August 2015	2.6 °C17 December 2015	19.3 °C	998 mm	76	0
2014	41.8 °C6 August 2014	1.4 °C13 February 2014	18.5 °C	1,350 mm	56	0
2013	42.2 °C31 July 2013	0.6 °C1 January 2013	19.9 °C	1,120 mm	109	0
2012	38.1 °C12 August 2012	-0.3 °C31 December 2012	18.1 °C	1,029 mm	63	1
2011	43.7 °C17 August 2011	-0.8 °C2 February 2011	19.0 °C	889 mm	101	2
2010	41.6 °C11 August 2010	0.3 °C17 December 2010	18.6 °C	1,091 mm	68	0
2009	38.7 °C19 July 2009	1.7 °C27 January 2009	18.9 °C	1,105 mm	82	0
2008	39.0 °C27 July 2008	-1.2 °C29 January 2008	18.5 °C	1,071 mm	78	1
2007	36.1 °C19 August 2007	1.4 °C19 January 2007	19.0 °C	1,245 mm	88	0
2006	43.0 °C15 August 2006	1.7 °C9 January 2006	19.6 °C	963 mm	91	0
2005	37.2 °C1 July 2005	0.2 °C2 January 2005	18.5 °C	1,155 mm	83	0
2004	38.2 °C11 August 2004	0.3 °C31 December 2004	18.3 °C	1,674 mm	68	0
2003	38.4 °C25 August 2003	1.6 °C6 January 2003	18.8 °C	1,086 mm	69	0
2002	37.6 °C13 July 2002	1.9 °C28 December 2002	18.8 °C	1,290 mm	77	0
2001	40.5 °C6 August 2001	1.5 °C23 December 2001	18.9 °C	1,139 mm	64	0
2000	37.2 °C27 July 2000	1.3 °C1 January 2000	18.3 °C	1,442 mm	73	0
1999	36.1 °C8 August 1999	0.2 °C26 December 1999	18.7 °C	1,529 mm	69	0
1998	36.6 °C16 September 1998	1.7 °C20 January 1998	19.2 °C	1,604 mm	84	0
1997	42.1 °C31 August 1997	1.0 °C24 January 1997	18.7 °C	1,149 mm	80	0
1996	37.5 °C23 August 1996	0.4 °C22 February 1996	17.8 °C	1,383 mm	73	0
1995	42.4 °C6 September 1995	2.3 °C29 December 1995	18.5 °C	1,216 mm	82	0
1994	41.6 °C5 August 1994	0.6 °C25 January 1994	18.8 °C	1,245 mm	88	0
1993	36.3 °C13 July 1993	-0.2 °C27 January 1993	17.9 °C	1,244 mm	54	1
1992	43.0 °C10 August 1992	0.9 °C16 January 1992	18.1 °C	1,080 mm	72	0
1991	37.6 °C25 July 1991	-2.6 °C28 December 1991	18.1 °C	1,088 mm	71	1
1990	39.6 °C27 August 1990	1.0 °C1 February 1990	18.8 °C	1,059 mm	91	0
1989	37.5 °C22 July 1989	-0.3 °C16 January 1989	17.7 °C	1,309 mm	62	1
1988	37.2 °C2 May 1988	2.6 °C17 January 1988	18.0 °C	1,277 mm	72	0
1987	35.8 °C23 May 1987	1.6 °C5 December 1987	18.4 °C	1,376 mm	59	0
1986	37.2 °C11 August 1986	-0.1 °C2 March 1986	17.7 °C	1,289 mm	68	1
1985	37.1 °C4 August 1985	1.9 °C18 January 1985	17.8 °C	1,328 mm	67	0
1984	37.2 °C1 August 1984	1.2 °C9 January 1984	17.8 °C	1,445 mm	68	0
1983	36.1 °C27 July 1983	1.6 °C31 December 1983	18.1 °C	1,381 mm	52	0
1982	37.1 °C3 August 1982	-2.6 °C27 December 1982	17.6 °C	1,448 mm	54	3
1981	37.5 °C19 August 1981	0.5 °C23 December 1981	18.1 °C	1,032 mm	78	0
1980	38.4 °C27 July 1980	-0.7 °C7 February 1980	18.2 °C	1,131 mm	54	3
1979	36.3 °C9 August 1979	-0.7 °C24 November 1979	18.4 °C	1,460 mm	65	1
1978	40.8 °C4 September 1978	0.4 °C19 January 1978	18.9 °C	943 mm	91	0
1977	38.0 °C9 September 1977	-2.4 °C30 January 1977	18.2 °C	1,110 mm	72	4
1976	40.2 °C7 August 1976	0.9 °C2 January 1976	17.8 °C	1,079 mm	61	0
1975	40.0 °C9 September 1975	-2.9 °C15 December 1975	18.5 °C	1,234 mm	77	5
1974	38.1 °C30 July 1974	1.6 °C18 January 1974	18.1 °C	1,461 mm	54	0
1973	37.3 °C25 August 1973	1.3 °C31 December 1973	19.0 °C	1,326 mm	79	0
1972	41.4 °C26 August 1972	-0.1 °C8 February 1972	18.3 °C	1,269 mm	84	1
1971	40.9 °C2 September 1971	1.9 °C3 January 1971	18.5 °C	1,054 mm	74	0
1970	38.6 °C18 August 1970	-0.1 °C7 January 1970	18.0 °C	1,341 mm	74	1
1969	37.3 °C2 August 1969	-0.2 °C4 February 1969	18.6 °C	1,127 mm	84	1
1968	36.8 °C31 July 1968	0.3 °C7 February 1968	17.7 °C	1,520 mm	57	0
1967	37.8 °C10 August 1967	-0.6 °C6 January 1967	17.9 °C	1,470 mm	71	3
1966	35.3 °C3 August 1966	-1.3 °C29 January 1966	18.0 °C	1,228 mm	64	1
1965	33.5 °C29 July 1965	-0.5 °C20 December 1965	17.6 °C	1,453 mm	44	1
1964	40.4 °C20 July 1964	0.5 °C26 February 1964	18.5 °C	1,420 mm	72	0
1963	37.7 °C26 July 1963	-1.5 °C14 January 1963	19.1 °C	1,245 mm	87	2
1962	37.9 °C18 July 1962	-0.3 °C30 December 1962	18.4 °C	1,362 mm	77	1
1961	38.4 °C27 June 1961	0.8 °C17 January 1961	18.9 °C	1,330 mm	97	0
1960	37.2 °C4 August 1960	-0.3 °C3 January 1960	18.5 °C	1,350 mm	77	1
1959	42.0 °C28 August 1959	0.9 °C13 January 1959	19.2 °C	931 mm	98	0
1958	37.3 °C26 July 1958	0.4 °C15 January 1958	18.7 °C	1,163 mm	84	0
1957	38.4 °C31 August 1957	0.7 °C7 February 1957	18.2 °C	1,270 mm	57	0
1956	34.2 °C3 July 1956	-4.0 °C11 January 1956	17.9 °C	1,472 mm	71	6
1955	33.5 °C8 August 1955	-2.5 °C6 January 1955	18.0 °C	1,262 mm	66	4
1954	34.3 °C16 July 1954	-0.2 °C23 January 1954	18.1 °C	1,736 mm	66	1
1953	36.4 °C2 August 1953	1.3 °C19 January 1953	18.9 °C	1,499 mm	80	0
1952	35.7 °C4 July 1952	-0.4 °C7 January 1952	18.5 °C	1,511 mm	65	2
1951	34.7 °C8 September 1951	-3.8 °C14 January 1951	18.2 °C	1,219 mm	77	2
1950	33.5 °C23 July 1950	0.0 °C17 December 1950	17.8 °C	1,687 mm	38	0
1949	34.9 °C14 September 1949	-2.2 °C12 January 1949	18.3 °C	1,307 mm	77	3
1948	33.9 °C28 July 1948	-2.8 °C28 January 1948	18.3 °C	1,323 mm	74	4
1947	33.4 °C18 August 1947	-2.6 °C20 December 1947	18.5 °C	1,478 mm	77	4
1946	39.5 °C19 August 1946	0.2 °C3 February 1946	19.1 °C	857 mm	102	0
1945	33.5 °C21 July 1945	-4.2 °C11 February 1945	17.3 °C	1,356 mm	56	12
1944	35.2 °C4 August 1944	-3.3 °C18 December 1944	17.7 °C	1,096 mm	81	9
1943	32.1 °C1 July 1943	-1.9 °C8 February 1943	18.0 °C	1,820 mm	42	1
1942	32.2 °C4 July 1942	0.3 °C15 February 1942	18.4 °C	1,376 mm	58	0
1941	34.5 °C11 July 1941	1.1 °C2 February 1941	18.1 °C	1,352 mm	52	0
1940	35.1 °C19 August 1940	-2.2 °C3 February 1940	18.0 °C	1,047 mm	75	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.5 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

111 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1308 mm

+46 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.1 °C	+1.6 °C	54 mm	+25 mm
Feb	12.4 °C	-0.2 °C	33 mm	+1 mm
Mar	17.3 °C	-0.4 °C	62 mm	-5 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+3.1 °C	85 mm	-28 mm
May	28.4 °C	+2.3 °C	83 mm	-73 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+2.5 °C	127 mm	-37 mm
Jul	35.2 °C	+3.2 °C	291 mm	+99 mm
Aug	35.8 °C	+3.3 °C	183 mm	+16 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+1.7 °C	182 mm	+47 mm
Oct	23.9 °C	+2.4 °C	132 mm	+30 mm
Nov	16.7 °C	0.0 °C	45 mm	-22 mm
Dec	13.4 °C	+1.7 °C	32 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.5 °C

5 Aug 2025

Coldest day

1.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

103.0 mm

23 Jul 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xiema?

Xiema has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiema?

The hottest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xiema?

The coldest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Xiema?

Yes. Xiema gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Xiema warmed?

Yes: Xiema warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Xiema?

The wettest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2013, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xiema?

The windiest day measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 58.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xiema?

The warmest month in Xiema is August (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Xiema?

Xiema receives on average 1,262 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xiema?

Xiema gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiema?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiema between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1991, with 5.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xiema?

Yes: Xiema has on average 121 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiema?

In Xiema, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -7.7 °C on 14 January 1951.

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