Zhoucun climate — normals and trends
Zhoucun (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 743 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhoucun averages 106 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Zhoucun has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 19 June 1942) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 16 January 1958).
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
ZhoucunShandong
- coords
- 36.82°, 117.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
18.1°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
743mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
55 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.7 cm
Average feels-like high
16.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
67 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
40.8 °C
19 June 1942
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
16 January 1958
Wettest day
215 mm
11 August 2019
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
28 March 1946
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
23 April 1974
Hottest feels-like
45.6 °C
28 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
16 January 1958
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
2 March 1989
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 51 mm | +30 mm |
| Apr | 23.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 27 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 49 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 130 mm | -62 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 142 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 114 mm | +41 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | -2.6 °C | 182 mm | +142 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhoucun?
Zhoucun has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 743 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhoucun?
The hottest day measured in Zhoucun between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1942, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhoucun?
The coldest day measured in Zhoucun between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1958, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zhoucun?
Yes. Zhoucun gets on average 20.7 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhoucun warmed?
Yes: Zhoucun warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhoucun?
The wettest day measured in Zhoucun between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2019, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhoucun?
The windiest day measured in Zhoucun between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1946, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhoucun?
The warmest month in Zhoucun is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhoucun?
Zhoucun receives on average 743 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhoucun?
Zhoucun gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhoucun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhoucun between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1989, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhoucun?
Yes: Zhoucun has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhoucun?
In Zhoucun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 28 July 1958, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 16 January 1958.
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