Zhicheng climate — normals and trends
Zhicheng (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,465 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zhicheng averages 18 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Zhicheng has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 24 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 3 August 2024) and the coldest -13.1 °C (on 31 January 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
ZhichengZhejiang
- coords
- 31.01°, 119.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,465mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
18 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.5 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
14.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
125 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
39.7 °C
3 August 2024
Coldest day
-13.1 °C
31 January 1977
Wettest day
192 mm
25 August 2001
Windiest day
63.7 km/h
8 August 2012
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
49.0 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-17.4 °C
31 January 1977
Snowiest day
29.2 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 June 1941
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 | 9.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 10 mm | -47 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 31 mm | -45 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 89 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 61 mm | -70 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 135 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 371 mm | +86 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 225 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 34.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 89 mm | -64 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 178 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 48 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 29 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhicheng?
Zhicheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,465 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhicheng?
The hottest day measured in Zhicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2024, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhicheng?
The coldest day measured in Zhicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1977, at -13.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zhicheng?
Yes. Zhicheng gets on average 12.5 cm of snow per year and has around 18 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhicheng warmed?
Yes: Zhicheng warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhicheng?
The wettest day measured in Zhicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2001, with 192 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhicheng?
The windiest day measured in Zhicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2012, with winds reaching 63.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhicheng?
The warmest month in Zhicheng is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhicheng?
Zhicheng receives on average 1,465 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhicheng?
Zhicheng gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhicheng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhicheng between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 29.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhicheng?
Yes: Zhicheng has on average 125 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhicheng?
In Zhicheng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 1 August 2003, and the lowest was -17.4 °C on 31 January 1977.
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