Danshui climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Danshui?

Danshui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,444 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Danshui?

The hottest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2020, reaching 35.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Danshui?

The coldest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Danshui?

Almost never: Danshui sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Danshui warmed?

Yes: Danshui warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Danshui?

The wettest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2002, with 234 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Danshui?

The windiest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 92.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Danshui?

The warmest month in Danshui is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Danshui?

Danshui receives on average 1,444 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Danshui?

Danshui gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Danshui (Taiwan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,444 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 (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Danshui averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.

Danshui has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 24 July 2020) and the coldest 4.2 °C (on 24 January 2016).

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

DanshuiTaipei

coords: 25.17°, 121.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

24.1°C

Average daily low

20.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,444mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

21.7km/h

Seasonal range

13.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

162 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.1 °C

Average feels-like low

20.8 °C

Average peak gust

42.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

202 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.8 °C

24 July 2020

Coldest day

4.2 °C

24 January 2016

Wettest day

234 mm

10 July 2002

Windiest day

92.6 km/h

8 August 2015

Strongest gust

205.9 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

3 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.3 °C

16 January 1967

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.6 h

27 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C4 October 2025	9.1 °C8 February 2025	23.3 °C	1,703 mm	121
2024	34.8 °C2 September 2024	7.5 °C23 January 2024	23.4 °C	1,726 mm	97
2023	34.7 °C7 July 2023	7.8 °C24 January 2023	23.1 °C	1,087 mm	96
2022	34.1 °C24 July 2022	8.2 °C18 December 2022	22.8 °C	1,942 mm	88
2021	33.9 °C27 May 2021	7.0 °C8 January 2021	23.3 °C	1,531 mm	122
2020	35.8 °C24 July 2020	7.1 °C31 December 2020	23.4 °C	1,116 mm	106
2019	33.8 °C10 August 2019	12.2 °C7 March 2019	23.2 °C	1,291 mm	87
2018	33.2 °C6 July 2018	8.4 °C5 February 2018	23.0 °C	1,187 mm	99
2017	33.3 °C7 August 2017	9.2 °C10 February 2017	23.0 °C	1,579 mm	99
2016	33.6 °C28 July 2016	4.2 °C24 January 2016	23.0 °C	1,506 mm	92
2015	34.0 °C2 July 2015	10.3 °C9 February 2015	22.9 °C	1,450 mm	82
2014	33.7 °C9 July 2014	8.2 °C11 February 2014	22.6 °C	1,156 mm	89
2013	33.4 °C5 August 2013	9.7 °C27 December 2013	22.6 °C	1,746 mm	79
2012	33.1 °C10 July 2012	8.3 °C30 December 2012	22.5 °C	1,832 mm	75
2011	32.9 °C18 August 2011	8.5 °C16 January 2011	22.2 °C	1,430 mm	93
2010	34.0 °C3 July 2010	8.0 °C10 March 2010	22.6 °C	1,284 mm	90
2009	33.7 °C30 July 2009	8.0 °C24 January 2009	22.7 °C	1,380 mm	91
2008	32.6 °C21 August 2008	9.1 °C13 February 2008	22.6 °C	1,648 mm	90
2007	33.5 °C21 July 2007	9.3 °C28 January 2007	22.9 °C	1,824 mm	71
2006	32.8 °C1 September 2006	8.8 °C6 January 2006	22.9 °C	1,821 mm	66
2005	32.7 °C6 August 2005	6.3 °C6 March 2005	22.4 °C	1,867 mm	66
2004	33.6 °C1 August 2004	6.9 °C24 January 2004	22.5 °C	1,839 mm	74
2003	34.5 °C15 July 2003	8.9 °C28 January 2003	22.6 °C	909 mm	82
2002	33.3 °C24 June 2002	11.2 °C3 January 2002	22.9 °C	1,285 mm	64
2001	32.4 °C2 July 2001	9.8 °C25 December 2001	22.5 °C	1,691 mm	71
2000	32.5 °C10 August 2000	8.6 °C26 January 2000	22.5 °C	2,108 mm	53
1999	33.2 °C18 July 1999	6.7 °C22 December 1999	22.5 °C	923 mm	72
1998	33.0 °C19 July 1998	9.0 °C24 January 1998	23.1 °C	1,780 mm	70
1997	31.3 °C1 August 1997	9.7 °C24 January 1997	22.2 °C	1,618 mm	42
1996	33.6 °C20 July 1996	8.5 °C10 February 1996	22.0 °C	1,636 mm	71
1995	32.7 °C21 July 1995	8.3 °C6 January 1995	21.8 °C	1,262 mm	62
1994	32.6 °C8 July 1994	8.6 °C21 January 1994	22.7 °C	1,731 mm	69
1993	34.1 °C16 September 1993	8.2 °C28 January 1993	22.4 °C	1,205 mm	88
1992	32.6 °C21 July 1992	8.3 °C1 February 1992	21.7 °C	1,575 mm	50
1991	32.5 °C4 September 1991	6.1 °C28 December 1991	22.3 °C	1,337 mm	88
1990	33.1 °C9 August 1990	8.6 °C1 February 1990	22.3 °C	1,878 mm	57
1989	32.8 °C13 July 1989	8.8 °C28 January 1989	22.0 °C	1,526 mm	63
1988	33.7 °C26 July 1988	9.7 °C18 February 1988	22.0 °C	1,637 mm	81
1987	32.3 °C5 August 1987	6.7 °C4 February 1987	22.1 °C	1,380 mm	58
1986	33.1 °C10 August 1986	6.0 °C5 January 1986	21.7 °C	1,898 mm	64
1985	31.4 °C13 September 1985	7.1 °C16 December 1985	21.7 °C	1,688 mm	36
1984	32.9 °C13 July 1984	7.2 °C7 February 1984	21.6 °C	1,409 mm	51
1983	32.9 °C16 July 1983	9.5 °C22 January 1983	22.2 °C	1,523 mm	77
1982	31.7 °C17 June 1982	9.0 °C17 January 1982	21.9 °C	1,551 mm	46
1981	32.9 °C23 August 1981	7.6 °C12 January 1981	21.9 °C	1,928 mm	58
1980	33.4 °C26 July 1980	6.5 °C31 January 1980	22.0 °C	1,160 mm	80
1979	32.9 °C19 July 1979	7.3 °C1 February 1979	21.9 °C	1,647 mm	62
1978	33.0 °C10 August 1978	6.2 °C18 February 1978	21.9 °C	1,759 mm	82
1977	32.7 °C9 July 1977	6.8 °C18 February 1977	22.1 °C	1,470 mm	54
1976	32.3 °C22 August 1976	9.0 °C11 January 1976	21.4 °C	1,410 mm	55
1975	32.0 °C28 July 1975	8.4 °C29 December 1975	21.9 °C	1,781 mm	67
1974	32.4 °C21 July 1974	6.3 °C26 February 1974	21.8 °C	1,834 mm	40
1973	32.1 °C26 June 1973	7.1 °C24 December 1973	22.0 °C	1,471 mm	54
1972	32.3 °C8 July 1972	5.9 °C2 March 1972	21.5 °C	1,770 mm	17
1971	33.3 °C11 July 1971	7.7 °C30 January 1971	21.6 °C	1,217 mm	80
1970	33.2 °C14 July 1970	6.8 °C16 January 1970	21.6 °C	1,549 mm	72
1969	32.1 °C22 July 1969	6.3 °C5 February 1969	21.4 °C	1,997 mm	52
1968	31.5 °C1 August 1968	7.6 °C15 January 1968	21.3 °C	1,515 mm	39
1967	32.6 °C29 June 1967	4.3 °C16 January 1967	21.4 °C	1,408 mm	73
1966	31.2 °C24 July 1966	9.8 °C23 February 1966	21.7 °C	1,677 mm	13
1965	30.7 °C27 July 1965	7.5 °C8 January 1965	21.3 °C	1,132 mm	7
1964	32.5 °C1 July 1964	8.5 °C2 February 1964	21.9 °C	1,028 mm	63
1963	31.7 °C3 June 1963	6.5 °C27 January 1963	21.5 °C	1,058 mm	29
1962	32.4 °C22 July 1962	7.2 °C2 January 1962	21.4 °C	1,266 mm	43
1961	32.4 °C2 August 1961	7.1 °C1 February 1961	22.0 °C	1,224 mm	48
1960	31.6 °C27 June 1960	6.7 °C30 December 1960	22.0 °C	1,757 mm	45
1959	31.9 °C1 July 1959	6.1 °C17 January 1959	22.1 °C	1,549 mm	68
1958	31.8 °C13 July 1958	5.8 °C13 February 1958	21.8 °C	1,321 mm	54
1957	32.2 °C31 July 1957	6.9 °C11 February 1957	21.6 °C	1,228 mm	53
1956	33.6 °C21 July 1956	6.5 °C9 January 1956	21.9 °C	1,438 mm	81
1955	31.6 °C29 July 1955	6.8 °C10 January 1955	21.6 °C	1,146 mm	53
1954	33.5 °C17 August 1954	9.4 °C5 February 1954	22.4 °C	713 mm	99
1953	33.5 °C14 August 1953	7.1 °C6 January 1953	22.1 °C	1,366 mm	72
1952	33.1 °C8 July 1952	7.1 °C19 February 1952	22.3 °C	955 mm	59
1951	32.5 °C3 September 1951	8.4 °C21 January 1951	21.7 °C	1,148 mm	49
1950	32.3 °C21 July 1950	8.0 °C10 December 1950	21.6 °C	1,285 mm	22
1949	31.0 °C16 September 1949	6.8 °C9 January 1949	21.9 °C	829 mm	35
1948	31.7 °C6 August 1948	6.4 °C26 January 1948	21.6 °C	806 mm	39
1947	31.3 °C12 August 1947	8.3 °C9 March 1947	21.2 °C	1,731 mm	32
1946	32.9 °C7 July 1946	8.1 °C2 February 1946	21.8 °C	714 mm	53
1945	30.5 °C30 July 1945	7.5 °C18 December 1945	20.9 °C	1,423 mm	6
1944	30.4 °C21 July 1944	9.2 °C6 January 1944	21.2 °C	878 mm	1
1943	30.7 °C27 May 1943	5.2 °C12 January 1943	21.2 °C	677 mm	12
1942	31.1 °C10 August 1942	8.0 °C13 February 1942	21.1 °C	1,668 mm	5
1941	30.6 °C31 August 1941	8.6 °C1 February 1941	21.2 °C	1,608 mm	5
1940	30.3 °C3 July 1940	6.3 °C25 January 1940	20.5 °C	1,178 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

+59

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1703 mm

+259 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.3 °C	+0.3 °C	34 mm	-41 mm
Feb	17.7 °C	+0.2 °C	106 mm	+10 mm
Mar	20.5 °C	+0.7 °C	162 mm	+59 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	+1.2 °C	122 mm	+18 mm
May	27.4 °C	+1.0 °C	234 mm	+78 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+1.8 °C	76 mm	-88 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	0.0 °C	313 mm	+202 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.2 °C	46 mm	-125 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+3.2 °C	35 mm	-127 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+3.9 °C	326 mm	+199 mm
Nov	23.3 °C	+1.0 °C	176 mm	+76 mm
Dec	20.6 °C	+1.7 °C	75 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

4 Oct 2025

Coldest day

9.1 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

105.4 mm

20 Oct 2025

Windiest day

49.7 km/h

20 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

96.5 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.2 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

1 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Danshui?

Danshui has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,444 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Danshui?

The hottest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2020, reaching 35.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Danshui?

The coldest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Danshui?

Almost never: Danshui sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Danshui warmed?

Yes: Danshui warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Danshui?

The wettest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2002, with 234 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Danshui?

The windiest day measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 92.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Danshui?

The warmest month in Danshui is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Danshui?

Danshui receives on average 1,444 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Danshui?

Danshui gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Danshui?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Danshui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Danshui?

Yes: Danshui has on average 202 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Danshui?

In Danshui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 3 August 2024, and the lowest was -2.3 °C on 16 January 1967.

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