Zhaoyuan climate — normals and trends
Zhaoyuan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 785 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhaoyuan averages 112 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Zhaoyuan has warmed by +2.0 °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 124 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 5 July 2025) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 2 February 1979).
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
ZhaoyuanShandong
- coords
- 37.36°, 120.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.9°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
785mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
52 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
37.9 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
2 February 1979
Wettest day
178 mm
6 July 1947
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
2 August 1940
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
9 August 1967
Coldest feels-like
-26.6 °C
2 February 1979
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
29 January 1979
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 45 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 20.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 38 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 77 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 94 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 96 mm | -120 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 244 mm | +68 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 143 mm | +61 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 127 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhaoyuan?
Zhaoyuan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 785 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhaoyuan?
The hottest day measured in Zhaoyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhaoyuan?
The coldest day measured in Zhaoyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1979, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zhaoyuan?
Yes. Zhaoyuan gets on average 19.2 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhaoyuan warmed?
Yes: Zhaoyuan warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhaoyuan?
The wettest day measured in Zhaoyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1947, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhaoyuan?
The windiest day measured in Zhaoyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1940, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhaoyuan?
The warmest month in Zhaoyuan is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhaoyuan?
Zhaoyuan receives on average 785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhaoyuan?
Zhaoyuan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhaoyuan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhaoyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1979, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhaoyuan?
Yes: Zhaoyuan has on average 52 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhaoyuan?
In Zhaoyuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 9 August 1967, and the lowest was -26.6 °C on 2 February 1979.
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