Xintai climate — normals and trends
Xintai (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 759 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xintai averages 107 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Xintai has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -23.5 °C (on 16 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
XintaiShandong
- coords
- 35.90°, 117.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
759mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
39.5 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
196 mm
16 July 1954
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
11 July 1954
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
27 June 1960
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
27 June 1958
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
25 February 2021
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 6.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 66 mm | +42 mm |
| Apr | 21.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 30 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 25.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 54 mm | -160 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 115 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 176 mm | +100 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 137 mm | +100 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 4 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xintai?
Xintai has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 759 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xintai?
The hottest day measured in Xintai between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xintai?
The coldest day measured in Xintai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xintai?
Yes. Xintai gets on average 17.2 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Xintai warmed?
Yes: Xintai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xintai?
The wettest day measured in Xintai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1954, with 196 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xintai?
The windiest day measured in Xintai between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1954, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xintai?
The warmest month in Xintai is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xintai?
Xintai receives on average 759 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xintai?
Xintai gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xintai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xintai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2021, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xintai?
Yes: Xintai has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xintai?
In Xintai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 27 June 1958, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 16 January 1955.
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