Xingfeng climate — normals and trends
Xingfeng (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 749 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xingfeng averages 119 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Xingfeng has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 31 July 2021) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 25 January 1954).
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
XingfengGansu
- coords
- 34.86°, 105.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
749mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
35.3 °C
31 July 2021
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
25 January 1954
Wettest day
124 mm
22 July 1946
Windiest day
42.4 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
31 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
4 August 2002
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
25 January 1954
Snowiest day
11.7 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 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 | 4.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 20 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 17 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 12 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 34 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 80 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 94 mm | -42 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 109 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 169 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 179 mm | +110 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 16 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 14 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xingfeng?
Xingfeng has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 749 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xingfeng?
The hottest day measured in Xingfeng between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2021, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xingfeng?
The coldest day measured in Xingfeng between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1954, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Xingfeng?
Yes. Xingfeng gets on average 35.8 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Xingfeng warmed?
Yes: Xingfeng warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xingfeng?
The wettest day measured in Xingfeng between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1946, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xingfeng?
The windiest day measured in Xingfeng between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xingfeng?
The warmest month in Xingfeng is July (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xingfeng?
Xingfeng receives on average 749 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xingfeng?
Xingfeng gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xingfeng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xingfeng between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 11.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xingfeng?
Yes: Xingfeng has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xingfeng?
In Xingfeng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 4 August 2002, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 25 January 1954.
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