Yanzhou climate — normals and trends
Yanzhou (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 864 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yanzhou averages 85 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Yanzhou 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 96 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 11 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
YanzhouShandong
- coords
- 35.55°, 116.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
864mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
65 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.1 cm
Average feels-like high
18.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
42.2 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
134 mm
1 July 1965
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
17 April 1946
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
25 June 1971
Hottest feels-like
45.6 °C
27 June 1958
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
1 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 54 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 25 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 62 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 66 mm | -190 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 101 mm | -85 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 206 mm | +118 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | -2.2 °C | 137 mm | +98 mm |
| Nov | 16.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 8 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yanzhou?
Yanzhou has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 864 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yanzhou?
The hottest day measured in Yanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yanzhou?
The coldest day measured in Yanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Yanzhou?
Yes. Yanzhou gets on average 12.1 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Yanzhou warmed?
Yes: Yanzhou warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yanzhou?
The wettest day measured in Yanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1965, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yanzhou?
The windiest day measured in Yanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1946, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yanzhou?
The warmest month in Yanzhou is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yanzhou?
Yanzhou receives on average 864 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yanzhou?
Yanzhou gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yanzhou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1971, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yanzhou?
Yes: Yanzhou has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yanzhou?
In Yanzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 27 June 1958, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 11 January 1955.
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