Yicheng climate — normals and trends
Yicheng (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,067 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yicheng averages 36 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Yicheng has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 47 to 25 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 16 July 2025) and the coldest -17.9 °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
YichengHubei
- coords
- 31.70°, 112.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,067mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
75 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
104 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
42.6 °C
16 July 2025
Coldest day
-17.9 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
193 mm
13 July 2007
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
5 June 1946
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
12 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
49.5 °C
16 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-23.1 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
19 January 1956
Sunniest day
13.4 h
22 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 53 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 11.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 17.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 41 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 26.9 °C | +5.5 °C | 60 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 29.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 113 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 116 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 35.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 124 mm | -79 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 166 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 225 mm | +117 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | -2.5 °C | 118 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 12.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 33 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yicheng?
Yicheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,067 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yicheng?
The hottest day measured in Yicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2025, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yicheng?
The coldest day measured in Yicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yicheng?
Yes. Yicheng gets on average 20.1 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Yicheng warmed?
Yes: Yicheng warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yicheng?
The wettest day measured in Yicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2007, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yicheng?
The windiest day measured in Yicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1946, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yicheng?
The warmest month in Yicheng is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Yicheng?
Yicheng receives on average 1,067 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yicheng?
Yicheng gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yicheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1956, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yicheng?
Yes: Yicheng has on average 104 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yicheng?
In Yicheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.5 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -23.1 °C on 11 January 1955.
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