Xingcheng climate — normals and trends
Xingcheng (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 642 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xingcheng averages 108 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.
Xingcheng has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -19.0 °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
XingchengLiaoning
- coords
- 40.62°, 120.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
642mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
25.8km/h
Seasonal range
29.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
66 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
75 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
32.3 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-19.0 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
194 mm
30 July 1975
Windiest day
64.8 km/h
4 March 2007
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
17 September 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-28.1 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
33.7 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 6.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 28 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 41 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 57 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 117 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 204 mm | +49 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xingcheng?
Xingcheng has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 642 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xingcheng?
The hottest day measured in Xingcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xingcheng?
The coldest day measured in Xingcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -19.0 °C.
Does it snow in Xingcheng?
Yes. Xingcheng gets on average 20.2 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Xingcheng warmed?
Yes: Xingcheng warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xingcheng?
The wettest day measured in Xingcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1975, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xingcheng?
The windiest day measured in Xingcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with winds reaching 64.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xingcheng?
The warmest month in Xingcheng is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Xingcheng?
Xingcheng receives on average 642 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xingcheng?
Xingcheng gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xingcheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xingcheng between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 33.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xingcheng?
Yes: Xingcheng has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xingcheng?
In Xingcheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 2 August 2018, and the lowest was -28.1 °C on 4 January 1970.
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