Zhongduo climate — normals and trends
Zhongduo (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,087 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zhongduo averages 30 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 210 rainy days per year.
Zhongduo has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 43 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 20 August 2022) and the coldest -15.5 °C (on 20 December 1947).
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
ZhongduoChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 28.85°, 108.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,087mm
Sunshine / day
5.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
30 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
210 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
11.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °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
36.7 °C
20 August 2022
Coldest day
-15.5 °C
20 December 1947
Wettest day
256 mm
29 July 1982
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
5 June 1946
Strongest gust
88.9 km/h
25 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
20 December 1947
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
24 January 2001
Sunniest day
13.7 h
10 July 1944
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 | 9.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 65 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 106 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 118 mm | -63 mm |
| Apr | 22.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 159 mm | -67 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 283 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 306 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 170 mm | -84 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 188 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 218 mm | +67 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 154 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 92 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 11.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 61 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhongduo?
Zhongduo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,087 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhongduo?
The hottest day measured in Zhongduo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2022, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhongduo?
The coldest day measured in Zhongduo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1947, at -15.5 °C.
Does it snow in Zhongduo?
Yes. Zhongduo gets on average 58.9 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhongduo warmed?
Yes: Zhongduo warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhongduo?
The wettest day measured in Zhongduo between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1982, with 256 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhongduo?
The windiest day measured in Zhongduo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1946, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhongduo?
The warmest month in Zhongduo is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhongduo?
Zhongduo receives on average 2,087 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 210 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhongduo?
Zhongduo gets on average 5.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 1,935 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhongduo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhongduo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2001, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhongduo?
Yes: Zhongduo has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhongduo?
In Zhongduo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 20 December 1947.
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