Xinyang climate — normals and trends
Xinyang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,267 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xinyang averages 50 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Xinyang has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 39 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 23 August 1959) and the coldest -20.2 °C (on 13 January 1951).
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
XinyangHenan
- coords
- 32.12°, 114.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,267mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
50 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.8 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
93 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
39.6 °C
23 August 1959
Coldest day
-20.2 °C
13 January 1951
Wettest day
199 mm
17 July 1980
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
16 October 1957
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
25 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
45.3 °C
26 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-25.2 °C
13 January 1951
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
1 February 1943
Sunniest day
13.5 h
20 June 1943
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 | +4.0 °C | 56 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 9.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 16.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 71 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 24.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 61 mm | -44 mm |
| May | 27.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 201 mm | +59 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 259 mm | +77 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 74 mm | -181 mm |
| Aug | 32.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 172 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 239 mm | +132 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | -2.0 °C | 120 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 24 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 30 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinyang?
Xinyang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,267 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xinyang?
The hottest day measured in Xinyang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1959, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinyang?
The coldest day measured in Xinyang between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -20.2 °C.
Does it snow in Xinyang?
Yes. Xinyang gets on average 28.8 cm of snow per year and has around 50 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinyang warmed?
Yes: Xinyang warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xinyang?
The wettest day measured in Xinyang between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1980, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinyang?
The windiest day measured in Xinyang between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1957, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinyang?
The warmest month in Xinyang is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinyang?
Xinyang receives on average 1,267 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinyang?
Xinyang gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xinyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xinyang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1943, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinyang?
Yes: Xinyang has on average 93 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xinyang?
In Xinyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 26 July 1971, and the lowest was -25.2 °C on 13 January 1951.
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