Zhongxiang climate — normals and trends
Zhongxiang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 1,209 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhongxiang averages 31 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Zhongxiang has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 22 June 1961) and the coldest -17.9 °C (on 11 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
ZhongxiangHubei
- coords
- 31.17°, 112.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
13.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,209mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
31 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
75 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
108 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
39.8 °C
22 June 1961
Coldest day
-17.9 °C
11 January 1955
Wettest day
185 mm
18 June 2011
Windiest day
45.8 km/h
12 April 1979
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
12 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
5 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-23.5 °C
11 January 1955
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
1 February 1943
Sunniest day
13.3 h
22 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 50 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 17.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 46 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 26.9 °C | +5.6 °C | 60 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 29.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 117 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 277 mm | +93 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 65 mm | -157 mm |
| Aug | 33.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 208 mm | +44 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 167 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 118 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 36 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhongxiang?
Zhongxiang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 1,209 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhongxiang?
The hottest day measured in Zhongxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1961, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhongxiang?
The coldest day measured in Zhongxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zhongxiang?
Yes. Zhongxiang gets on average 16.7 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhongxiang warmed?
Yes: Zhongxiang warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhongxiang?
The wettest day measured in Zhongxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2011, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhongxiang?
The windiest day measured in Zhongxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1979, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhongxiang?
The warmest month in Zhongxiang is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhongxiang?
Zhongxiang receives on average 1,209 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhongxiang?
Zhongxiang 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 Zhongxiang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhongxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1943, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhongxiang?
Yes: Zhongxiang has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhongxiang?
In Zhongxiang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 5 August 2023, and the lowest was -23.5 °C on 11 January 1955.
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