Zhengding climate — normals and trends
Zhengding (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 689 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhengding averages 115 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Zhengding has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 5 July 1942) and the coldest -26.7 °C (on 6 January 1955).
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
ZhengdingHebei
- coords
- 38.15°, 114.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.1°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
689mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
30.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
115 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
43.7 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
6 January 1955
Wettest day
193 mm
27 July 1947
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
20 March 2010
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
20 March 2010
Hottest feels-like
47.0 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
6 January 1955
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
9 April 1957
Sunniest day
14.3 h
3 July 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 16.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 15 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 8 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 27.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 56 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 107 mm | -93 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 205 mm | +19 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 24 mm | -47 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | -3.2 °C | 120 mm | +86 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 16 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | 0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhengding?
Zhengding has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 689 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhengding?
The hottest day measured in Zhengding between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1942, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhengding?
The coldest day measured in Zhengding between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1955, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zhengding?
Yes. Zhengding gets on average 16.0 cm of snow per year and has around 115 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhengding warmed?
Yes: Zhengding warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhengding?
The wettest day measured in Zhengding between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1947, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhengding?
The windiest day measured in Zhengding between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2010, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhengding?
The warmest month in Zhengding is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhengding?
Zhengding receives on average 689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhengding?
Zhengding 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 Zhengding?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhengding between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1957, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhengding?
Yes: Zhengding has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhengding?
In Zhengding, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 6 January 1955.
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