Xinzhou climate — normals and trends
Xinzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,594 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 (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xinzhou averages 28 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Xinzhou has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 16 August 1953) and the coldest -18.9 °C (on 11 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
XinzhouHubei
- coords
- 30.87°, 114.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
13.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,594mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
80 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.6 cm
Average feels-like high
22.0 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
118 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
41.3 °C
16 August 1953
Coldest day
-18.9 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
227 mm
14 August 1975
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
22 November 1975
Strongest gust
82.8 km/h
26 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
48.1 °C
10 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-23.5 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.4 h
17 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 84 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 26.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 65 mm | -106 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 213 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 426 mm | +132 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 26 mm | -214 mm |
| Aug | 34.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 151 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 163 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 90 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 19.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 41 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 31 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinzhou?
Xinzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xinzhou?
The hottest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1953, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinzhou?
The coldest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -18.9 °C.
Does it snow in Xinzhou?
Yes. Xinzhou gets on average 10.6 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinzhou warmed?
Yes: Xinzhou warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xinzhou?
The wettest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1975, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinzhou?
The windiest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1975, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinzhou?
The warmest month in Xinzhou is July (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinzhou?
Xinzhou receives on average 1,594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinzhou?
Xinzhou gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xinzhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinzhou?
Yes: Xinzhou has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xinzhou?
In Xinzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 10 July 1988, and the lowest was -23.5 °C on 11 January 1955.
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