Xuancheng climate — normals and trends
Xuancheng (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,492 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 (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xuancheng averages 37 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Xuancheng has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 47 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 10 August 2024) and the coldest -17.9 °C (on 14 January 1951).
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
XuanchengAnhui
- coords
- 30.95°, 118.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,492mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
75 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.8 cm
Average feels-like high
21.4 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
107 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
41.0 °C
10 August 2024
Coldest day
-17.9 °C
14 January 1951
Wettest day
167 mm
11 September 2024
Windiest day
44.2 km/h
8 August 2012
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
8 August 2012
Hottest feels-like
47.9 °C
9 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-22.4 °C
4 February 1940
Snowiest day
30.5 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.9 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 15 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 10.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 26 mm | -51 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 97 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 25.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 48 mm | -94 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 179 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 361 mm | +66 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 118 mm | -87 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 89 mm | -52 mm |
| Sep | 30.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 136 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 40 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xuancheng?
Xuancheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,492 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xuancheng?
The hottest day measured in Xuancheng between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2024, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xuancheng?
The coldest day measured in Xuancheng between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1951, at -17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Xuancheng?
Yes. Xuancheng gets on average 18.8 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Xuancheng warmed?
Yes: Xuancheng warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xuancheng?
The wettest day measured in Xuancheng between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2024, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xuancheng?
The windiest day measured in Xuancheng between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2012, with winds reaching 44.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xuancheng?
The warmest month in Xuancheng is July (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xuancheng?
Xuancheng receives on average 1,492 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xuancheng?
Xuancheng 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 Xuancheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xuancheng between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 30.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xuancheng?
Yes: Xuancheng has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xuancheng?
In Xuancheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 9 July 1988, and the lowest was -22.4 °C on 4 February 1940.
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