Zhaoxing climate — normals and trends
Zhaoxing (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 2,081 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zhaoxing averages 13 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.
Zhaoxing has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 17 August 1989) and the coldest -8.0 °C (on 10 February 1977).
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
ZhaoxingGuizhou
- coords
- 25.91°, 109.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,081mm
Sunshine / day
6.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
44 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
207 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
13.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
114 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °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
37.6 °C
17 August 1989
Coldest day
-8.0 °C
10 February 1977
Wettest day
194 mm
20 July 2004
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
17 April 2007
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
6 July 1946
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-13.5 °C
25 January 1948
Snowiest day
18.5 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.3 h
7 July 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 39 mm | -40 mm |
| Feb | 8.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 94 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 127 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 24.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 176 mm | -87 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 333 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 431 mm | +80 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 161 mm | -73 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 210 mm | +20 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 135 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 34 mm | -69 mm |
| Nov | 17.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 118 mm | +35 mm |
| Dec | 14.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 45 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhaoxing?
Zhaoxing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 2,081 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhaoxing?
The hottest day measured in Zhaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1989, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhaoxing?
The coldest day measured in Zhaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1977, at -8.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zhaoxing?
Yes. Zhaoxing gets on average 6.1 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhaoxing warmed?
Yes: Zhaoxing warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhaoxing?
The wettest day measured in Zhaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2004, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhaoxing?
The windiest day measured in Zhaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2007, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhaoxing?
The warmest month in Zhaoxing is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhaoxing?
Zhaoxing receives on average 2,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhaoxing?
Zhaoxing gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhaoxing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhaoxing between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 18.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhaoxing?
Yes: Zhaoxing has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhaoxing?
In Zhaoxing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 15 July 2002, and the lowest was -13.5 °C on 25 January 1948.
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