Zhelou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zhelou?

Zhelou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,524 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2020, reaching 43.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zhelou?

The coldest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1968, at -6.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zhelou?

Yes. Zhelou gets on average 2.0 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Zhelou warmed?

Yes: Zhelou warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zhelou?

The wettest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1970, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zhelou?

The windiest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1946, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zhelou?

The warmest month in Zhelou is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zhelou?

Zhelou receives on average 1,524 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zhelou?

Zhelou gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zhelou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,524 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Zhelou averages 1 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 193 rainy days per year.

Zhelou 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 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 8 May 2020) and the coldest -6.9 °C (on 14 February 1968).

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

ZhelouGuizhou

coords: 24.97°, 105.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

23.0°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,524mm

Sunshine / day

7.1h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

10.9km/h

Seasonal range

15.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

193 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

114 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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

43.6 °C

8 May 2020

Coldest day

-6.9 °C

14 February 1968

Wettest day

113 mm

6 August 1970

Windiest day

29.9 km/h

6 June 1946

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

4 July 1946

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

2 July 1961

Coldest feels-like

-11.0 °C

14 February 1968

Snowiest day

13.7 cm

28 December 1983

Sunniest day

13.6 h

24 June 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.1 °C4 May 2025	0.2 °C12 January 2025	19.6 °C	1,739 mm	105	0
2024	39.0 °C2 April 2024	1.4 °C24 January 2024	20.3 °C	1,634 mm	121	0
2023	42.7 °C5 May 2023	1.9 °C7 January 2023	20.7 °C	1,092 mm	135	0
2022	37.6 °C19 August 2022	-0.2 °C23 February 2022	19.1 °C	1,451 mm	90	1
2021	37.5 °C15 May 2021	1.2 °C8 January 2021	19.4 °C	1,502 mm	114	0
2020	43.6 °C8 May 2020	3.1 °C17 December 2020	19.4 °C	1,474 mm	100	0
2019	38.7 °C24 April 2019	2.0 °C8 December 2019	19.5 °C	1,462 mm	98	0
2018	38.5 °C13 April 2018	0.8 °C31 December 2018	19.4 °C	1,364 mm	89	0
2017	39.8 °C3 May 2017	1.4 °C20 December 2017	19.3 °C	1,618 mm	80	0
2016	35.8 °C15 April 2016	-0.2 °C24 January 2016	19.5 °C	1,200 mm	91	1
2015	40.2 °C18 April 2015	3.1 °C13 January 2015	19.8 °C	1,666 mm	88	0
2014	39.3 °C13 May 2014	0.0 °C22 January 2014	19.3 °C	1,288 mm	90	0
2013	37.5 °C19 April 2013	1.1 °C5 January 2013	19.6 °C	1,067 mm	117	0
2012	40.4 °C30 April 2012	1.9 °C24 December 2012	18.7 °C	1,316 mm	77	0
2011	39.3 °C10 May 2011	0.2 °C21 January 2011	18.6 °C	856 mm	104	0
2010	38.1 °C11 April 2010	0.9 °C17 December 2010	19.6 °C	1,348 mm	91	0
2009	37.0 °C8 September 2009	2.9 °C22 November 2009	19.8 °C	945 mm	108	0
2008	38.7 °C8 April 2008	0.7 °C1 February 2008	18.4 °C	1,492 mm	77	0
2007	37.4 °C23 May 2007	1.8 °C29 January 2007	19.2 °C	1,395 mm	96	0
2006	38.9 °C21 April 2006	1.8 °C9 January 2006	19.3 °C	1,325 mm	99	0
2005	40.4 °C16 May 2005	2.0 °C12 January 2005	19.0 °C	1,308 mm	88	0
2004	39.5 °C2 May 2004	1.3 °C9 February 2004	19.0 °C	1,117 mm	90	0
2003	40.2 °C6 May 2003	-0.1 °C6 January 2003	19.7 °C	1,224 mm	104	1
2002	38.5 °C7 April 2002	1.2 °C27 December 2002	19.5 °C	1,616 mm	84	0
2001	37.4 °C20 April 2001	-0.3 °C23 December 2001	18.8 °C	1,552 mm	67	1
2000	34.3 °C29 July 2000	0.2 °C31 January 2000	18.2 °C	1,429 mm	58	0
1999	35.7 °C24 April 1999	-1.7 °C25 December 1999	19.1 °C	1,469 mm	78	5
1998	36.8 °C21 May 1998	2.0 °C19 January 1998	19.6 °C	1,339 mm	86	0
1997	33.9 °C11 May 1997	2.9 °C28 January 1997	18.6 °C	1,557 mm	65	0
1996	36.1 °C16 March 1996	1.6 °C22 February 1996	18.1 °C	1,570 mm	60	0
1995	36.4 °C22 April 1995	0.7 °C29 December 1995	18.2 °C	1,534 mm	55	0
1994	40.0 °C2 May 1994	0.3 °C23 January 1994	18.7 °C	1,732 mm	61	0
1993	38.2 °C3 April 1993	0.5 °C30 January 1993	18.4 °C	1,959 mm	65	0
1992	36.5 °C5 May 1992	-0.4 °C14 January 1992	18.3 °C	1,439 mm	83	1
1991	40.4 °C24 May 1991	1.3 °C28 December 1991	18.7 °C	1,307 mm	81	0
1990	39.5 °C2 May 1990	1.7 °C2 February 1990	19.1 °C	1,488 mm	84	0
1989	37.7 °C10 May 1989	1.6 °C29 January 1989	18.4 °C	1,226 mm	68	0
1988	39.6 °C9 June 1988	1.7 °C19 February 1988	18.7 °C	1,291 mm	83	0
1987	39.9 °C25 April 1987	2.0 °C16 December 1987	19.6 °C	1,369 mm	90	0
1986	35.5 °C2 July 1986	0.4 °C1 January 1986	18.4 °C	1,665 mm	66	0
1985	36.4 °C5 May 1985	1.5 °C24 December 1985	18.2 °C	1,527 mm	64	0
1984	36.0 °C14 June 1984	0.7 °C23 December 1984	17.8 °C	1,353 mm	68	0
1983	37.1 °C14 May 1983	-4.3 °C29 December 1983	18.3 °C	1,667 mm	87	1
1982	35.1 °C12 May 1982	-1.8 °C28 December 1982	18.6 °C	1,718 mm	71	2
1981	36.5 °C5 April 1981	1.5 °C23 December 1981	18.9 °C	1,381 mm	93	0
1980	36.4 °C13 May 1980	-0.1 °C7 February 1980	18.7 °C	1,337 mm	68	1
1979	34.2 °C14 July 1979	1.8 °C16 January 1979	18.6 °C	1,681 mm	46	0
1978	35.3 °C29 March 1978	0.3 °C21 January 1978	18.6 °C	1,609 mm	75	0
1977	38.1 °C26 April 1977	-2.8 °C10 February 1977	18.3 °C	1,656 mm	65	5
1976	37.5 °C17 April 1976	-0.5 °C28 December 1976	18.0 °C	1,742 mm	62	2
1975	35.3 °C9 April 1975	-2.2 °C29 December 1975	18.7 °C	1,511 mm	78	6
1974	35.2 °C6 April 1974	-1.9 °C1 January 1974	18.3 °C	1,662 mm	49	2
1973	35.3 °C23 June 1973	-0.6 °C31 December 1973	19.0 °C	1,737 mm	59	1
1972	37.8 °C4 May 1972	1.5 °C8 February 1972	18.7 °C	1,642 mm	83	0
1971	35.5 °C22 July 1971	-0.2 °C10 January 1971	18.2 °C	1,956 mm	44	1
1970	37.2 °C8 May 1970	0.5 °C6 January 1970	18.4 °C	1,495 mm	62	0
1969	38.9 °C4 May 1969	2.4 °C31 January 1969	18.9 °C	1,554 mm	81	0
1968	33.5 °C28 July 1968	-6.9 °C14 February 1968	18.2 °C	1,908 mm	61	2
1967	38.3 °C6 May 1967	-1.4 °C16 January 1967	18.3 °C	1,731 mm	85	5
1966	34.4 °C11 May 1966	-1.8 °C27 December 1966	17.4 °C	1,600 mm	20	1
1965	33.3 °C20 July 1965	-1.5 °C31 December 1965	17.3 °C	1,684 mm	16	4
1964	35.4 °C19 May 1964	0.1 °C25 February 1964	18.2 °C	1,995 mm	69	0
1963	39.4 °C13 May 1963	-0.3 °C5 January 1963	19.3 °C	1,629 mm	103	1
1962	36.0 °C3 May 1962	0.9 °C4 January 1962	18.5 °C	1,368 mm	59	0
1961	37.1 °C2 July 1961	-0.4 °C18 January 1961	18.8 °C	1,743 mm	69	1
1960	39.5 °C6 May 1960	0.1 °C3 January 1960	19.3 °C	1,265 mm	89	0
1959	37.5 °C10 April 1959	0.8 °C11 January 1959	18.5 °C	1,561 mm	72	0
1958	39.9 °C22 April 1958	0.8 °C16 January 1958	18.9 °C	1,487 mm	80	0
1957	36.5 °C23 April 1957	-2.2 °C11 February 1957	18.6 °C	1,480 mm	59	4
1956	33.8 °C18 April 1956	-1.6 °C9 January 1956	17.6 °C	1,499 mm	30	3
1955	33.4 °C16 April 1955	-0.7 °C12 January 1955	17.6 °C	1,446 mm	13	3
1954	34.2 °C16 June 1954	-0.6 °C16 December 1954	18.3 °C	1,480 mm	30	1
1953	33.5 °C17 August 1953	3.5 °C27 January 1953	18.7 °C	1,219 mm	49	0
1952	35.5 °C3 May 1952	0.1 °C19 February 1952	18.8 °C	1,329 mm	34	0
1951	31.3 °C20 April 1951	-0.4 °C13 January 1951	17.8 °C	1,780 mm	11	1
1950	33.3 °C1 May 1950	1.5 °C17 February 1950	17.7 °C	1,982 mm	18	0
1949	33.8 °C6 June 1949	0.3 °C10 January 1949	18.3 °C	1,658 mm	25	0
1948	33.3 °C14 March 1948	-0.1 °C26 January 1948	17.8 °C	1,699 mm	18	1
1947	31.9 °C14 June 1947	-0.5 °C20 December 1947	17.3 °C	1,828 mm	14	3
1946	34.4 °C28 July 1946	0.5 °C13 January 1946	18.2 °C	1,133 mm	69	0
1945	31.5 °C20 May 1945	-2.5 °C13 February 1945	16.4 °C	1,605 mm	5	10
1944	31.3 °C5 August 1944	-1.7 °C21 December 1944	16.8 °C	1,939 mm	9	6
1943	32.1 °C26 April 1943	1.0 °C8 February 1943	17.3 °C	2,000 mm	10	0
1942	30.3 °C17 May 1942	0.3 °C13 February 1942	17.3 °C	2,104 mm	4	0
1941	32.1 °C26 March 1941	1.0 °C4 February 1941	17.4 °C	1,818 mm	10	0
1940	32.1 °C14 May 1940	0.1 °C3 February 1940	17.3 °C	1,450 mm	8	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1739 mm

+215 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.0 °C	+1.4 °C	27 mm	-13 mm
Feb	13.0 °C	-3.0 °C	44 mm	+2 mm
Mar	21.6 °C	+0.4 °C	34 mm	-34 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	+3.0 °C	42 mm	-65 mm
May	29.6 °C	+1.7 °C	208 mm	+11 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	366 mm	+75 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+1.8 °C	238 mm	-10 mm
Aug	30.5 °C	+1.1 °C	204 mm	+3 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.7 °C	321 mm	+185 mm
Oct	24.6 °C	+1.4 °C	136 mm	+36 mm
Nov	19.0 °C	-0.2 °C	82 mm	+27 mm
Dec	16.6 °C	+1.7 °C	37 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.1 °C

4 May 2025

Coldest day

0.2 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

97.6 mm

20 Jun 2025

Windiest day

27.2 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.7 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

12 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zhelou?

Zhelou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,524 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhelou?

The hottest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2020, reaching 43.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zhelou?

The coldest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1968, at -6.9 °C.

Does it snow in Zhelou?

Yes. Zhelou gets on average 2.0 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Zhelou warmed?

Yes: Zhelou warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zhelou?

The wettest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1970, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zhelou?

The windiest day measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1946, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zhelou?

The warmest month in Zhelou is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Zhelou?

Zhelou receives on average 1,524 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zhelou?

Zhelou gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhelou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhelou between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 13.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Zhelou?

Yes: Zhelou has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhelou?

In Zhelou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 2 July 1961, and the lowest was -11.0 °C on 14 February 1968.

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