Xiongzhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,491 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiongzhou?

The hottest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2003, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xiongzhou?

The coldest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -10.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xiongzhou?

Almost never: Xiongzhou sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Xiongzhou warmed?

Yes: Xiongzhou warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Xiongzhou?

The wettest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1983, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xiongzhou?

The windiest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1953, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xiongzhou?

The warmest month in Xiongzhou is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou receives on average 1,491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xiongzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,491 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Xiongzhou averages 6 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Xiongzhou has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 3 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 23 July 2003) and the coldest -10.1 °C (on 16 December 1975).

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

XiongzhouGuangdong

coords: 25.12°, 114.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.1°C

Average daily high

23.4°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,491mm

Sunshine / day

7.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

10.9km/h

Seasonal range

19.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

6 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.7 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

144 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.4 °C

23 July 2003

Coldest day

-10.1 °C

16 December 1975

Wettest day

176 mm

16 June 1983

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

2 September 1953

Strongest gust

104.4 km/h

2 September 1953

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-14.7 °C

16 December 1975

Snowiest day

8.8 cm

29 December 1983

Sunniest day

13.0 h

3 June 1988

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.2 °C7 July 2025	-0.9 °C9 February 2025	20.3 °C	1,467 mm	126	2
2024	39.9 °C24 July 2024	-2.7 °C23 January 2024	20.3 °C	1,873 mm	111	3
2023	37.9 °C15 July 2023	-2.3 °C24 December 2023	20.1 °C	1,400 mm	104	5
2022	39.9 °C24 August 2022	-0.3 °C19 December 2022	19.8 °C	1,663 mm	115	1
2021	37.7 °C27 July 2021	-2.6 °C12 January 2021	20.8 °C	1,048 mm	141	6
2020	39.1 °C14 July 2020	-0.7 °C31 December 2020	20.3 °C	1,146 mm	115	1
2019	36.9 °C24 August 2019	1.4 °C1 January 2019	19.9 °C	1,471 mm	119	0
2018	36.9 °C29 July 2018	-1.9 °C6 February 2018	19.8 °C	1,261 mm	106	3
2017	38.0 °C21 August 2017	0.6 °C20 December 2017	19.8 °C	1,184 mm	117	0
2016	37.6 °C29 July 2016	-2.9 °C25 January 2016	19.8 °C	1,964 mm	97	3
2015	37.9 °C6 August 2015	0.3 °C18 December 2015	20.1 °C	1,580 mm	111	0
2014	38.6 °C31 July 2014	-1.4 °C22 January 2014	20.1 °C	1,118 mm	126	5
2013	38.6 °C10 August 2013	-1.5 °C28 December 2013	19.6 °C	1,399 mm	107	5
2012	35.9 °C21 July 2012	-2.5 °C31 December 2012	19.0 °C	1,689 mm	104	5
2011	37.2 °C28 July 2011	-1.5 °C25 December 2011	18.9 °C	1,171 mm	116	1
2010	37.4 °C4 August 2010	-1.6 °C17 December 2010	19.4 °C	1,907 mm	90	5
2009	38.0 °C1 August 2009	-2.0 °C11 January 2009	19.8 °C	1,136 mm	108	6
2008	38.2 °C21 August 2008	-1.1 °C27 January 2008	19.2 °C	1,435 mm	98	9
2007	38.5 °C3 August 2007	0.5 °C29 January 2007	19.9 °C	1,208 mm	106	0
2006	37.8 °C13 July 2006	-1.3 °C7 January 2006	19.8 °C	1,687 mm	103	1
2005	39.5 °C18 July 2005	-2.7 °C1 January 2005	19.4 °C	1,427 mm	117	3
2004	37.6 °C10 August 2004	-2.1 °C22 January 2004	19.5 °C	1,231 mm	111	3
2003	40.4 °C23 July 2003	-0.6 °C6 January 2003	19.9 °C	1,108 mm	109	3
2002	35.4 °C13 July 2002	-2.0 °C27 December 2002	19.6 °C	1,675 mm	86	2
2001	35.3 °C11 July 2001	-0.7 °C22 December 2001	19.3 °C	1,650 mm	83	1
2000	37.8 °C15 July 2000	-1.1 °C2 February 2000	19.2 °C	1,590 mm	99	6
1999	36.9 °C8 August 1999	-3.9 °C23 December 1999	19.6 °C	1,469 mm	88	6
1998	38.3 °C19 August 1998	-0.5 °C19 January 1998	20.1 °C	1,690 mm	106	1
1997	34.2 °C29 August 1997	-1.6 °C10 January 1997	19.0 °C	2,026 mm	76	2
1996	36.4 °C25 July 1996	-2.0 °C19 February 1996	18.6 °C	1,842 mm	92	6
1995	36.4 °C9 September 1995	-1.7 °C7 January 1995	18.8 °C	1,520 mm	81	5
1994	36.0 °C2 July 1994	-1.5 °C21 January 1994	19.1 °C	1,962 mm	76	3
1993	36.0 °C26 August 1993	-2.5 °C16 January 1993	18.7 °C	1,618 mm	87	10
1992	36.9 °C30 July 1992	-2.0 °C15 January 1992	18.6 °C	1,789 mm	88	1
1991	36.3 °C17 July 1991	-3.4 °C29 December 1991	19.1 °C	1,168 mm	94	3
1990	38.1 °C16 August 1990	-1.9 °C1 February 1990	19.5 °C	1,840 mm	89	2
1989	39.5 °C15 August 1989	-0.1 °C13 January 1989	19.3 °C	1,273 mm	104	2
1988	38.0 °C18 July 1988	1.3 °C18 February 1988	18.6 °C	1,592 mm	96	0
1987	37.0 °C12 July 1987	-1.5 °C7 December 1987	19.5 °C	1,949 mm	91	2
1986	35.9 °C31 July 1986	-1.2 °C8 February 1986	19.1 °C	1,514 mm	103	7
1985	35.2 °C22 June 1985	-1.7 °C16 December 1985	18.4 °C	1,480 mm	97	10
1984	38.0 °C29 July 1984	-2.7 °C25 December 1984	18.0 °C	1,621 mm	88	12
1983	38.2 °C5 August 1983	-2.4 °C30 December 1983	19.1 °C	2,139 mm	116	6
1982	36.8 °C28 July 1982	-1.2 °C14 December 1982	19.1 °C	1,788 mm	99	6
1981	36.0 °C17 July 1981	-1.3 °C12 January 1981	18.9 °C	1,973 mm	84	3
1980	37.8 °C10 July 1980	-1.4 °C31 January 1980	19.3 °C	1,662 mm	102	4
1979	36.7 °C24 July 1979	-2.3 °C1 February 1979	19.0 °C	1,442 mm	85	3
1978	36.7 °C15 July 1978	-2.1 °C21 January 1978	18.9 °C	1,713 mm	94	6
1977	34.8 °C25 July 1977	-2.9 °C30 January 1977	19.2 °C	1,300 mm	89	15
1976	37.6 °C22 July 1976	-2.6 °C28 December 1976	18.3 °C	1,735 mm	85	6
1975	34.6 °C6 September 1975	-10.1 °C16 December 1975	18.7 °C	2,228 mm	85	15
1974	36.3 °C14 September 1974	-1.5 °C9 February 1974	18.9 °C	1,580 mm	99	12
1973	34.0 °C14 July 1973	-2.8 °C26 December 1973	18.9 °C	2,501 mm	74	6
1972	37.8 °C21 July 1972	-1.5 °C9 February 1972	18.9 °C	1,681 mm	96	4
1971	36.2 °C20 July 1971	-0.9 °C8 January 1971	18.6 °C	1,360 mm	82	5
1970	36.1 °C1 August 1970	-3.1 °C5 January 1970	18.4 °C	1,755 mm	86	8
1969	36.9 °C27 July 1969	-2.7 °C1 February 1969	18.7 °C	1,328 mm	100	10
1968	36.7 °C28 July 1968	-0.3 °C7 February 1968	19.3 °C	1,434 mm	85	2
1967	37.3 °C29 August 1967	-5.1 °C16 January 1967	18.6 °C	1,200 mm	101	22
1966	33.9 °C16 August 1966	-3.5 °C28 December 1966	18.5 °C	1,363 mm	56	5
1965	33.1 °C3 September 1965	-3.7 °C31 December 1965	18.0 °C	1,577 mm	39	6
1964	37.8 °C7 August 1964	-0.8 °C20 December 1964	19.0 °C	1,487 mm	102	7
1963	38.5 °C2 September 1963	-2.7 °C27 January 1963	19.8 °C	880 mm	138	12
1962	37.3 °C29 July 1962	-1.7 °C27 January 1962	19.0 °C	1,750 mm	101	6
1961	35.9 °C23 August 1961	-3.5 °C17 January 1961	19.2 °C	1,938 mm	86	5
1960	36.0 °C19 July 1960	-2.1 °C25 January 1960	19.2 °C	1,399 mm	81	6
1959	35.6 °C29 August 1959	-2.8 °C11 January 1959	18.9 °C	1,638 mm	74	3
1958	35.4 °C22 July 1958	-1.3 °C16 January 1958	18.8 °C	988 mm	85	9
1957	37.3 °C15 August 1957	-4.0 °C11 February 1957	18.6 °C	1,788 mm	86	8
1956	36.8 °C3 September 1956	-3.4 °C9 January 1956	18.7 °C	885 mm	96	7
1955	32.3 °C11 August 1955	-4.5 °C11 January 1955	18.8 °C	1,015 mm	49	10
1954	34.2 °C16 August 1954	-1.1 °C15 December 1954	19.2 °C	774 mm	88	7
1953	37.2 °C17 August 1953	-2.2 °C11 December 1953	19.2 °C	1,080 mm	69	2
1952	32.4 °C12 September 1952	-2.5 °C19 February 1952	18.9 °C	1,592 mm	47	11
1951	33.4 °C31 July 1951	-4.6 °C14 January 1951	18.3 °C	1,773 mm	37	8
1950	33.6 °C18 July 1950	-1.2 °C10 December 1950	18.7 °C	1,365 mm	38	3
1949	32.2 °C28 August 1949	-3.1 °C9 January 1949	19.3 °C	1,086 mm	52	4
1948	33.1 °C17 August 1948	-2.6 °C27 January 1948	19.3 °C	1,610 mm	60	3
1947	32.6 °C27 August 1947	-1.5 °C30 December 1947	18.2 °C	1,403 mm	28	8
1946	37.3 °C17 July 1946	-2.2 °C6 January 1946	19.8 °C	728 mm	123	7
1945	33.3 °C31 July 1945	-2.8 °C4 February 1945	17.2 °C	1,053 mm	38	18
1944	32.2 °C9 August 1944	-3.1 °C21 December 1944	18.2 °C	1,104 mm	31	14
1943	34.3 °C27 May 1943	-3.0 °C12 January 1943	19.2 °C	841 mm	70	7
1942	33.0 °C4 August 1942	-1.9 °C14 February 1942	18.5 °C	1,383 mm	58	8
1941	31.3 °C29 June 1941	-1.6 °C25 January 1941	18.1 °C	1,714 mm	20	4
1940	33.9 °C30 August 1940	-3.8 °C24 January 1940	18.3 °C	1,367 mm	68	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

126 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1467 mm

-24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.5 °C	+4.3 °C	6 mm	-42 mm
Feb	14.9 °C	+0.4 °C	19 mm	-57 mm
Mar	20.9 °C	+2.3 °C	83 mm	-52 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+2.6 °C	162 mm	-42 mm
May	27.4 °C	+0.3 °C	236 mm	-17 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+1.4 °C	202 mm	-45 mm
Jul	32.6 °C	+0.5 °C	257 mm	+135 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	-0.1 °C	253 mm	+104 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+2.5 °C	160 mm	+54 mm
Oct	28.2 °C	+2.6 °C	28 mm	-31 mm
Nov	20.3 °C	0.0 °C	34 mm	-18 mm
Dec	19.0 °C	+3.9 °C	28 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-0.9 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

72.8 mm

14 Aug 2025

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.0 °C

9 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,491 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiongzhou?

The hottest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2003, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xiongzhou?

The coldest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -10.1 °C.

Does it snow in Xiongzhou?

Almost never: Xiongzhou sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Xiongzhou warmed?

Yes: Xiongzhou warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Xiongzhou?

The wettest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1983, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xiongzhou?

The windiest day measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1953, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xiongzhou?

The warmest month in Xiongzhou is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou receives on average 1,491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xiongzhou?

Xiongzhou gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiongzhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiongzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1983, with 8.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xiongzhou?

Yes: Xiongzhou has on average 144 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiongzhou?

In Xiongzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 16 December 1975.

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