Yixing climate — normals and trends
Yixing has a humid subtropical climate, averaging 16.3 °C annually with 1,538 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
YixingJiangsu
- coords
- 31.36°, 119.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
13.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,538mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
31 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
12.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
111 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
40.1 °C
6 August 2013
Coldest day
-15.1 °C
12 February 1957
Wettest day
206 mm
3 August 1960
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
8 August 2012
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
48.2 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
12 February 1957
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 27 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 100 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 50 mm | -88 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 138 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 361 mm | +69 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 226 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 33.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 85 mm | -76 mm |
| Sep | 30.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 178 mm | +43 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 65 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | -32 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Yixing (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,538 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Yixing averages 31 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Yixing 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 40 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 6 August 2013) and the coldest -15.1 °C (on 12 February 1957).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yixing?
Yixing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,538 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yixing?
The hottest day measured in Yixing between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2013, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yixing?
The coldest day measured in Yixing between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1957, at -15.1 °C.
Does it snow in Yixing?
Yes. Yixing gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.
Has the climate of Yixing warmed?
Yes: Yixing warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yixing?
The wettest day measured in Yixing between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1960, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yixing?
The windiest day measured in Yixing between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2012, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yixing?
The warmest month in Yixing is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Yixing?
Yixing receives on average 1,538 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yixing?
Yixing gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yixing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yixing between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yixing?
Yes: Yixing has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yixing?
In Yixing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 1 August 2003, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 12 February 1957.
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