Yishan climate — normals and trends
Yishan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 780 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yishan averages 108 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Yishan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -25.2 °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
YishanShandong
- coords
- 36.22°, 118.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
780mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
28.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.5 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
144 mm
9 July 1965
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
29 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
22.2 cm
19 November 1962
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 68 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 42 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 71 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 51 mm | -152 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 145 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 189 mm | +106 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 142 mm | +103 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 17 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yishan?
Yishan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 780 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yishan?
The hottest day measured in Yishan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yishan?
The coldest day measured in Yishan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yishan?
Yes. Yishan gets on average 22.5 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Yishan warmed?
Yes: Yishan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yishan?
The wettest day measured in Yishan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1965, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yishan?
The windiest day measured in Yishan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yishan?
The warmest month in Yishan is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yishan?
Yishan receives on average 780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yishan?
Yishan 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 Yishan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yishan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1962, with 22.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yishan?
Yes: Yishan has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yishan?
In Yishan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 29 July 1958, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 11 January 1955.
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