Xiuyan climate — normals and trends
Xiuyan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 904 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xiuyan averages 150 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Xiuyan has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 160 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -31.7 °C (on 14 January 1985).
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
XiuyanLiaoning
- coords
- 40.29°, 123.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
904mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
33.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
36.4 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
14 January 1985
Wettest day
183 mm
19 July 1973
Windiest day
46.7 km/h
5 March 2007
Strongest gust
117.7 km/h
20 August 1985
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-36.7 °C
14 January 1985
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
2 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.1 h
14 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 10 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 0.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 79 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 54 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 176 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 437 mm | +221 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 103 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 57 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 4 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 0.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiuyan?
Xiuyan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 904 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiuyan?
The hottest day measured in Xiuyan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiuyan?
The coldest day measured in Xiuyan between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1985, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Xiuyan?
Yes. Xiuyan gets on average 35.2 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiuyan warmed?
Yes: Xiuyan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiuyan?
The wettest day measured in Xiuyan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1973, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiuyan?
The windiest day measured in Xiuyan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2007, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiuyan?
The warmest month in Xiuyan is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiuyan?
Xiuyan receives on average 904 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiuyan?
Xiuyan gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiuyan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiuyan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1971, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiuyan?
Yes: Xiuyan has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiuyan?
In Xiuyan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 2 August 2018, and the lowest was -36.7 °C on 14 January 1985.
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