Xuanhua climate — normals and trends
Xuanhua (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 520 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 (-9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xuanhua averages 163 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Xuanhua has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 176 to 150 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 23 February 1952).
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
XuanhuaHebei
- coords
- 40.61°, 115.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
520mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
32.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °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
39.3 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
23 February 1952
Wettest day
98 mm
1 August 1943
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
12 April 2025
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
12 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.4 °C
29 December 1954
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
6 April 1954
Sunniest day
14.5 h
8 July 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 22 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 117 mm | +70 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 75 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 156 mm | +38 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 146 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 86 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | -0.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xuanhua?
Xuanhua has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 520 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xuanhua?
The hottest day measured in Xuanhua between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xuanhua?
The coldest day measured in Xuanhua between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1952, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Xuanhua?
Yes. Xuanhua gets on average 25.1 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Xuanhua warmed?
Yes: Xuanhua warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xuanhua?
The wettest day measured in Xuanhua between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1943, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xuanhua?
The windiest day measured in Xuanhua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2025, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xuanhua?
The warmest month in Xuanhua is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xuanhua?
Xuanhua receives on average 520 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xuanhua?
Xuanhua gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xuanhua?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xuanhua between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1954, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xuanhua?
Yes: Xuanhua has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xuanhua?
In Xuanhua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -34.4 °C on 29 December 1954.
Compare Xuanhua with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Xuanhua