Xihe climate — normals and trends
Xihe (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 1,236 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xihe averages 44 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Xihe 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 55 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 12 August 1953) and the coldest -17.7 °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
XiheHubei
- coords
- 31.69°, 113.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,236mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
65 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.2 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
39.4 °C
12 August 1953
Coldest day
-17.7 °C
10 January 1955
Wettest day
218 mm
28 August 1989
Windiest day
42.6 km/h
5 June 1946
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
25 June 1960
Hottest feels-like
46.1 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-21.9 °C
10 January 1955
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
1 February 1943
Sunniest day
13.4 h
19 June 1940
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 | 10.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 53 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 10.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 67 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 27.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 205 mm | +59 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 286 mm | +104 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 62 mm | -187 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 191 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 244 mm | +140 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 122 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 30 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xihe?
Xihe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 1,236 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xihe?
The hottest day measured in Xihe between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1953, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xihe?
The coldest day measured in Xihe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -17.7 °C.
Does it snow in Xihe?
Yes. Xihe gets on average 19.2 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Xihe warmed?
Yes: Xihe warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xihe?
The wettest day measured in Xihe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 218 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xihe?
The windiest day measured in Xihe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1946, with winds reaching 42.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xihe?
The warmest month in Xihe is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xihe?
Xihe receives on average 1,236 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xihe?
Xihe gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xihe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xihe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1943, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xihe?
Yes: Xihe has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xihe?
In Xihe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 15 July 2002, and the lowest was -21.9 °C on 10 January 1955.
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