Xinghua climate — normals and trends
Xinghua (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,187 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 (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xinghua averages 58 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Xinghua 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 69 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 8 August 1946) and the coldest -17.2 °C (on 6 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
XinghuaJiangsu
- coords
- 32.94°, 119.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,187mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
90 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.5 °C
8 August 1946
Coldest day
-17.2 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
187 mm
28 July 1954
Windiest day
47.8 km/h
2 August 1956
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
48.0 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-22.4 °C
6 January 1955
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
4 March 1952
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 5 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 16.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 40 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 16 mm | -66 mm |
| May | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 95 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 267 mm | +83 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 154 mm | -104 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 330 mm | +174 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 315 mm | +191 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinghua?
Xinghua has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,187 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xinghua?
The hottest day measured in Xinghua between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1946, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinghua?
The coldest day measured in Xinghua between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -17.2 °C.
Does it snow in Xinghua?
Yes. Xinghua gets on average 10.9 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinghua warmed?
Yes: Xinghua warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xinghua?
The wettest day measured in Xinghua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1954, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinghua?
The windiest day measured in Xinghua between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1956, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinghua?
The warmest month in Xinghua is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinghua?
Xinghua receives on average 1,187 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinghua?
Xinghua gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xinghua?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xinghua between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1952, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinghua?
Yes: Xinghua has on average 90 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xinghua?
In Xinghua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 1 August 2003, and the lowest was -22.4 °C on 6 January 1955.
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