Xinzhou climate — normals and trends
Xinzhou (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 579 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Xinzhou averages 156 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Xinzhou has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 21 July 1945) and the coldest -34.2 °C (on 5 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
XinzhouShanxi
- coords
- 38.41°, 112.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
579mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
30.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
37.8 °C
21 July 1945
Coldest day
-34.2 °C
5 January 1955
Wettest day
184 mm
23 July 1946
Windiest day
39.6 km/h
2 May 1981
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
2 May 1982
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-38.9 °C
5 January 1955
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
9 April 1957
Sunniest day
14.6 h
22 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 21 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 113 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 140 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 43 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 140 mm | +103 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xinzhou?
Xinzhou has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 579 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 21 July 1945, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xinzhou?
The coldest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1955, at -34.2 °C.
Does it snow in Xinzhou?
Yes. Xinzhou gets on average 26.4 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Xinzhou warmed?
Yes: Xinzhou warmed by +2.1 °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 23 July 1946, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xinzhou?
The windiest day measured in Xinzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 1981, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xinzhou?
The warmest month in Xinzhou is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Xinzhou?
Xinzhou receives on average 579 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xinzhou?
Xinzhou gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 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 9 April 1957, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xinzhou?
Yes: Xinzhou has on average 10 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 40.1 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -38.9 °C on 5 January 1955.
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