Zhuangyuan climate — normals and trends
Zhuangyuan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 786 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 (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhuangyuan averages 114 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Zhuangyuan 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 125 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 5 July 2025) and the coldest -21.2 °C (on 2 February 1979).
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
ZhuangyuanShandong
- coords
- 37.31°, 120.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
786mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
50 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
37.1 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest day
-21.2 °C
2 February 1979
Wettest day
173 mm
25 July 1991
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
28 July 1960
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
2 August 1940
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
9 August 1967
Coldest feels-like
-26.5 °C
2 February 1979
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
29 January 1979
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 May 1940
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 | 4.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 37 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 78 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 92 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 97 mm | -114 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 253 mm | +77 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 162 mm | +77 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 122 mm | +86 mm |
| Nov | 14.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhuangyuan?
Zhuangyuan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 786 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhuangyuan?
The hottest day measured in Zhuangyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhuangyuan?
The coldest day measured in Zhuangyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1979, at -21.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zhuangyuan?
Yes. Zhuangyuan gets on average 20.5 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhuangyuan warmed?
Yes: Zhuangyuan warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhuangyuan?
The wettest day measured in Zhuangyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1991, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhuangyuan?
The windiest day measured in Zhuangyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1960, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhuangyuan?
The warmest month in Zhuangyuan is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhuangyuan?
Zhuangyuan receives on average 786 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhuangyuan?
Zhuangyuan 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 Zhuangyuan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhuangyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1979, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhuangyuan?
Yes: Zhuangyuan has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhuangyuan?
In Zhuangyuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 9 August 1967, and the lowest was -26.5 °C on 2 February 1979.
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