Xinglongshan climate — normals and trends
Xinglongshan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 748 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xinglongshan averages 169 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Xinglongshan has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 174 to 164 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 26 June 2010) and the coldest -40.1 °C (on 13 January 2001).
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
XinglongshanJilin
- coords
- 43.96°, 125.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
748mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
39.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.1 °C
26 June 2010
Coldest day
-40.1 °C
13 January 2001
Wettest day
133 mm
9 July 2008
Windiest day
54.9 km/h
5 May 1954
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
30 March 1999
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
30 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-45.6 °C
13 January 2001
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
12 March 1961
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 June 1943
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 | -6.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -3.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 5.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 11 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 90 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 57 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 149 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 165 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 123 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 34 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 7 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 4.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | -6.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinglongshan?
Xinglongshan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 748 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xinglongshan?
The hottest day measured in Xinglongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 2010, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinglongshan?
The coldest day measured in Xinglongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2001, at -40.1 °C.
Does it snow in Xinglongshan?
Yes. Xinglongshan gets on average 41.1 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinglongshan warmed?
Yes: Xinglongshan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xinglongshan?
The wettest day measured in Xinglongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2008, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinglongshan?
The windiest day measured in Xinglongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1954, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinglongshan?
The warmest month in Xinglongshan is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinglongshan?
Xinglongshan receives on average 748 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinglongshan?
Xinglongshan gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xinglongshan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xinglongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1961, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinglongshan?
Yes: Xinglongshan has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xinglongshan?
In Xinglongshan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 30 July 2018, and the lowest was -45.6 °C on 13 January 2001.
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