Xinzhai climate — normals and trends
Xinzhai (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 796 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xinzhai averages 107 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Xinzhai has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 5 July 2025) and the coldest -23.5 °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
XinzhaiShandong
- coords
- 36.40°, 118.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
796mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
58 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
39.0 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
158 mm
18 August 1954
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
3 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-28.7 °C
16 January 1958
Snowiest day
23.4 cm
19 November 1962
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 6.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 65 mm | +41 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 30.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 54 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 84 mm | -118 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 139 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 177 mm | +94 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | -2.0 °C | 167 mm | +124 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinzhai?
Xinzhai has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 796 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xinzhai?
The hottest day measured in Xinzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinzhai?
The coldest day measured in Xinzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xinzhai?
Yes. Xinzhai gets on average 25.7 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinzhai warmed?
Yes: Xinzhai warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xinzhai?
The wettest day measured in Xinzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1954, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinzhai?
The windiest day measured in Xinzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinzhai?
The warmest month in Xinzhai is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinzhai?
Xinzhai receives on average 796 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinzhai?
Xinzhai gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xinzhai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xinzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1962, with 23.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinzhai?
Yes: Xinzhai has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xinzhai?
In Xinzhai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 3 July 1941, and the lowest was -28.7 °C on 16 January 1958.
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