Zhaojia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zhaojia?

Zhaojia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,521 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhaojia?

The hottest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2025, reaching 42.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zhaojia?

The coldest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1965, at -6.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zhaojia?

Yes. Zhaojia gets on average 3.1 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Zhaojia warmed?

Yes: Zhaojia warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zhaojia?

The wettest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1991, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zhaojia?

The windiest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zhaojia?

The warmest month in Zhaojia is August (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zhaojia?

Zhaojia receives on average 1,521 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zhaojia?

Zhaojia gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zhaojia (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,521 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 August (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Zhaojia averages 3 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.

Zhaojia has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 3 August 2025) and the coldest -6.3 °C (on 20 December 1965).

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

ZhaojiaChongqing Municipality

coords: 31.08°, 108.41°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.2°C

Average daily high

21.7°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,521mm

Sunshine / day

6.9h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

7.2km/h

Seasonal range

21.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

152 d/yr

Annual snowfall

3.1 cm

Average feels-like high

22.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

22.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

118 d/yr

Solar radiation

12.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

3 August 2025

Coldest day

-6.3 °C

20 December 1965

Wettest day

167 mm

30 June 1991

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

28 May 1946

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

24 June 1946

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

24 July 1961

Coldest feels-like

-9.5 °C

20 December 1965

Snowiest day

6.1 cm

23 February 1989

Sunniest day

13.8 h

8 July 2011

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.2 °C3 August 2025	0.5 °C27 January 2025	19.8 °C	1,213 mm	115	0
2024	39.5 °C23 August 2024	0.0 °C16 December 2024	19.7 °C	1,321 mm	102	0
2023	38.1 °C18 August 2023	-1.5 °C29 January 2023	18.9 °C	1,723 mm	91	4
2022	41.5 °C18 August 2022	-2.1 °C19 December 2022	19.2 °C	1,126 mm	100	2
2021	39.2 °C2 August 2021	-2.4 °C12 January 2021	18.7 °C	1,612 mm	85	6
2020	37.4 °C28 August 2020	-0.3 °C22 December 2020	18.6 °C	1,530 mm	79	1
2019	38.3 °C28 July 2019	1.2 °C23 January 2019	18.6 °C	1,068 mm	81	0
2018	39.2 °C14 August 2018	-1.1 °C6 February 2018	18.7 °C	1,215 mm	90	4
2017	38.8 °C27 July 2017	1.1 °C21 December 2017	18.6 °C	1,366 mm	79	0
2016	41.4 °C24 August 2016	-4.3 °C25 January 2016	19.1 °C	1,130 mm	101	4
2015	37.2 °C3 August 2015	0.4 °C17 December 2015	18.9 °C	1,195 mm	76	0
2014	37.5 °C31 July 2014	-0.6 °C22 January 2014	18.2 °C	1,559 mm	58	3
2013	39.2 °C19 June 2013	-2.3 °C1 January 2013	19.1 °C	1,171 mm	106	5
2012	38.1 °C12 August 2012	-2.4 °C31 December 2012	18.0 °C	1,101 mm	73	2
2011	39.0 °C18 August 2011	-2.6 °C2 February 2011	18.2 °C	1,231 mm	87	6
2010	40.5 °C11 August 2010	-3.1 °C17 December 2010	18.3 °C	1,111 mm	85	2
2009	37.9 °C19 July 2009	-0.9 °C11 January 2009	18.5 °C	1,240 mm	82	4
2008	36.4 °C31 July 2008	-1.8 °C29 January 2008	18.2 °C	1,336 mm	76	4
2007	36.9 °C30 August 2007	-1.0 °C10 January 2007	18.6 °C	1,347 mm	86	2
2006	40.2 °C21 July 2006	-0.2 °C10 January 2006	19.1 °C	1,095 mm	93	1
2005	36.6 °C1 July 2005	-1.2 °C2 January 2005	18.0 °C	1,428 mm	83	5
2004	39.6 °C10 August 2004	-0.8 °C24 January 2004	18.2 °C	1,397 mm	74	3
2003	37.9 °C30 July 2003	0.9 °C7 January 2003	18.4 °C	1,707 mm	74	0
2002	39.5 °C5 August 2002	0.4 °C2 February 2002	18.8 °C	1,341 mm	90	0
2001	37.3 °C7 August 2001	-0.6 °C23 December 2001	18.9 °C	1,226 mm	85	2
2000	36.8 °C25 July 2000	-0.3 °C1 February 2000	18.1 °C	1,743 mm	72	1
1999	39.5 °C11 September 1999	-1.6 °C23 December 1999	18.7 °C	1,546 mm	87	6
1998	36.2 °C23 August 1998	0.7 °C20 January 1998	19.0 °C	1,982 mm	91	0
1997	39.9 °C31 August 1997	0.2 °C26 January 1997	18.5 °C	1,334 mm	88	0
1996	37.4 °C22 August 1996	-0.5 °C3 January 1996	17.6 °C	1,657 mm	75	2
1995	39.0 °C7 September 1995	-0.3 °C6 January 1995	18.0 °C	1,411 mm	77	1
1994	41.4 °C5 August 1994	-0.1 °C18 January 1994	18.6 °C	1,531 mm	89	1
1993	36.7 °C13 July 1993	-1.7 °C24 January 1993	17.5 °C	2,188 mm	55	2
1992	40.7 °C11 August 1992	-0.4 °C16 January 1992	17.7 °C	1,421 mm	76	1
1991	37.7 °C25 July 1991	-2.3 °C29 December 1991	18.0 °C	1,838 mm	75	3
1990	39.7 °C28 August 1990	1.9 °C24 January 1990	18.9 °C	1,372 mm	98	0
1989	37.3 °C22 July 1989	-0.5 °C25 February 1989	17.6 °C	1,879 mm	58	1
1988	38.8 °C19 July 1988	2.0 °C28 January 1988	18.3 °C	1,282 mm	80	0
1987	35.5 °C23 May 1987	1.0 °C27 January 1987	18.2 °C	1,836 mm	61	0
1986	36.9 °C11 August 1986	0.5 °C2 March 1986	17.7 °C	1,688 mm	68	0
1985	37.2 °C6 August 1985	-0.6 °C16 December 1985	17.9 °C	1,552 mm	80	1
1984	37.0 °C1 August 1984	-0.7 °C9 January 1984	17.8 °C	1,463 mm	78	3
1983	35.4 °C28 July 1983	-0.4 °C25 January 1983	18.0 °C	1,963 mm	55	2
1982	35.6 °C3 August 1982	-0.9 °C27 December 1982	17.7 °C	2,101 mm	60	3
1981	37.8 °C2 August 1981	-1.2 °C23 December 1981	18.1 °C	1,320 mm	80	3
1980	36.7 °C28 July 1980	0.6 °C7 January 1980	18.0 °C	1,785 mm	55	0
1979	38.0 °C9 August 1979	-3.3 °C26 December 1979	18.3 °C	1,728 mm	71	3
1978	38.3 °C5 August 1978	-1.4 °C19 January 1978	18.5 °C	1,139 mm	95	2
1977	38.7 °C8 August 1977	-3.4 °C29 January 1977	18.0 °C	1,404 mm	78	7
1976	39.8 °C20 August 1976	-4.2 °C29 December 1976	17.8 °C	1,214 mm	67	5
1975	40.2 °C10 September 1975	-1.9 °C15 December 1975	18.7 °C	1,259 mm	81	5
1974	37.0 °C30 July 1974	-1.1 °C3 January 1974	17.8 °C	1,710 mm	61	3
1973	38.4 °C22 August 1973	1.4 °C22 December 1973	18.6 °C	1,612 mm	75	0
1972	41.1 °C26 August 1972	-0.4 °C6 February 1972	18.4 °C	1,386 mm	83	1
1971	40.1 °C20 August 1971	0.2 °C31 January 1971	18.3 °C	1,495 mm	76	0
1970	40.6 °C10 August 1970	-0.7 °C8 January 1970	18.3 °C	1,352 mm	86	3
1969	38.5 °C28 July 1969	-4.3 °C31 January 1969	18.4 °C	1,387 mm	91	4
1968	36.1 °C11 July 1968	-0.4 °C1 January 1968	17.9 °C	1,632 mm	65	1
1967	41.0 °C31 August 1967	-1.8 °C12 January 1967	18.1 °C	1,721 mm	85	8
1966	35.0 °C5 August 1966	-2.0 °C29 December 1966	17.4 °C	1,496 mm	56	5
1965	33.5 °C24 July 1965	-6.3 °C20 December 1965	17.1 °C	1,586 mm	45	7
1964	38.3 °C22 July 1964	-1.5 °C28 January 1964	18.3 °C	2,018 mm	73	1
1963	37.2 °C28 August 1963	-2.0 °C15 January 1963	18.7 °C	2,015 mm	83	8
1962	38.2 °C18 July 1962	-1.6 °C27 January 1962	18.3 °C	1,432 mm	87	4
1961	41.1 °C23 August 1961	-2.0 °C16 January 1961	19.1 °C	1,444 mm	102	4
1960	39.6 °C18 August 1960	-0.7 °C26 January 1960	18.6 °C	1,690 mm	84	1
1959	41.8 °C24 August 1959	-1.4 °C13 January 1959	18.9 °C	1,095 mm	94	3
1958	36.7 °C31 May 1958	-1.4 °C20 January 1958	18.4 °C	1,582 mm	77	2
1957	38.4 °C30 August 1957	0.2 °C10 February 1957	18.3 °C	1,401 mm	67	0
1956	34.2 °C3 July 1956	-4.3 °C10 January 1956	17.3 °C	1,736 mm	63	13
1955	33.3 °C7 September 1955	-4.3 °C12 January 1955	17.5 °C	1,516 mm	62	18
1954	34.1 °C3 September 1954	-3.7 °C27 January 1954	17.4 °C	2,357 mm	54	8
1953	36.6 °C19 August 1953	-1.5 °C20 January 1953	18.2 °C	1,824 mm	70	1
1952	34.6 °C4 July 1952	-0.7 °C18 February 1952	17.9 °C	2,168 mm	63	1
1951	34.4 °C5 September 1951	-3.1 °C13 January 1951	17.7 °C	1,865 mm	69	4
1950	33.2 °C23 July 1950	-1.0 °C17 December 1950	17.7 °C	2,084 mm	45	1
1949	33.7 °C24 August 1949	-0.8 °C9 January 1949	18.1 °C	1,654 mm	77	3
1948	33.4 °C28 July 1948	-2.6 °C27 January 1948	18.0 °C	1,590 mm	83	8
1947	33.4 °C20 May 1947	-3.0 °C19 December 1947	18.0 °C	1,495 mm	77	5
1946	35.9 °C20 July 1946	-2.0 °C21 January 1946	18.0 °C	1,479 mm	73	1
1945	32.8 °C22 July 1945	-5.2 °C12 February 1945	16.8 °C	1,340 mm	58	16
1944	36.1 °C6 August 1944	-4.0 °C19 December 1944	17.8 °C	1,193 mm	104	11
1943	31.8 °C26 June 1943	0.2 °C4 February 1943	17.6 °C	2,310 mm	29	0
1942	33.5 °C9 August 1942	-1.1 °C8 January 1942	18.3 °C	1,147 mm	69	3
1941	35.5 °C11 July 1941	-1.4 °C11 January 1941	18.0 °C	1,183 mm	74	1
1940	34.9 °C19 August 1940	-3.0 °C25 January 1940	17.6 °C	1,345 mm	71	6

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.9 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

1213 mm

-308 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.3 °C	+2.1 °C	46 mm	+7 mm
Feb	12.1 °C	-0.2 °C	26 mm	-23 mm
Mar	17.4 °C	+0.2 °C	118 mm	+18 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	+3.2 °C	84 mm	-55 mm
May	29.3 °C	+3.2 °C	73 mm	-105 mm
Jun	30.5 °C	+1.4 °C	162 mm	-21 mm
Jul	37.7 °C	+5.7 °C	32 mm	-198 mm
Aug	35.7 °C	+3.0 °C	123 mm	-37 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+2.0 °C	196 mm	+16 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+1.8 °C	244 mm	+114 mm
Nov	17.4 °C	+0.7 °C	59 mm	-27 mm
Dec	14.0 °C	+2.4 °C	50 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.2 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.5 °C

27 Jan 2025

Wettest day

58.7 mm

13 Oct 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.3 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zhaojia?

Zhaojia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,521 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhaojia?

The hottest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2025, reaching 42.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zhaojia?

The coldest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1965, at -6.3 °C.

Does it snow in Zhaojia?

Yes. Zhaojia gets on average 3.1 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Has the climate of Zhaojia warmed?

Yes: Zhaojia warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zhaojia?

The wettest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1991, with 167 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zhaojia?

The windiest day measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zhaojia?

The warmest month in Zhaojia is August (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Zhaojia?

Zhaojia receives on average 1,521 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zhaojia?

Zhaojia gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhaojia?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhaojia between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1989, with 6.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Zhaojia?

Yes: Zhaojia has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhaojia?

In Zhaojia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 24 July 1961, and the lowest was -9.5 °C on 20 December 1965.

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