Zhuanghe climate — normals and trends
Zhuanghe (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 784 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 August (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhuanghe averages 129 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Zhuanghe has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 13 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
ZhuangheLiaoning
- coords
- 39.70°, 122.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
784mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
31.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.3 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
13 December 1947
Wettest day
189 mm
1 September 1992
Windiest day
56.7 km/h
29 July 1960
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
19 August 1985
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
13 December 1947
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
2 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 June 1969
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 57 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 41 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 76 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 162 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 342 mm | +158 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 105 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 67 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 13 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhuanghe?
Zhuanghe has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 784 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhuanghe?
The hottest day measured in Zhuanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhuanghe?
The coldest day measured in Zhuanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1947, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zhuanghe?
Yes. Zhuanghe gets on average 21.3 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhuanghe warmed?
Yes: Zhuanghe warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhuanghe?
The wettest day measured in Zhuanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1992, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhuanghe?
The windiest day measured in Zhuanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1960, with winds reaching 56.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhuanghe?
The warmest month in Zhuanghe is August (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhuanghe?
Zhuanghe receives on average 784 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhuanghe?
Zhuanghe 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 Zhuanghe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhuanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1971, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhuanghe?
Yes: Zhuanghe has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhuanghe?
In Zhuanghe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 13 December 1947.
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