Fongshan District climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fongshan District?

Fongshan District has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,783 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fongshan District?

The hottest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1996, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fongshan District?

The coldest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 7.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fongshan District?

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

Q: Has the climate of Fongshan District warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Fongshan District?

The wettest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 439 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fongshan District?

The windiest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2016, with winds reaching 76.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fongshan District?

The warmest month in Fongshan District is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fongshan District?

Fongshan District receives on average 1,783 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fongshan District?

Fongshan District gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fongshan District (Taiwan) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,783 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Fongshan District averages 0 frost days, 127 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.

Fongshan District 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 36.8 °C (on 21 July 1996) and the coldest 7.1 °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

Fongshan DistrictTakao

coords: 22.63°, 120.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.4°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,783mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

15.0km/h

Seasonal range

10.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

127 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

157 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.6 °C

Average feels-like low

24.5 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

243 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

36.8 °C

21 July 1996

Coldest day

7.1 °C

24 January 2016

Wettest day

439 mm

8 August 2009

Windiest day

76.2 km/h

27 September 2016

Strongest gust

139.7 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

15 June 1990

Coldest feels-like

0.5 °C

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.4 h

20 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C26 June 2025	12.4 °C13 January 2025	25.4 °C	1,891 mm	172
2024	35.7 °C14 July 2024	11.4 °C23 January 2024	25.7 °C	2,553 mm	175
2023	34.2 °C13 July 2023	11.8 °C28 January 2023	25.4 °C	1,937 mm	145
2022	34.1 °C27 July 2022	11.5 °C25 December 2022	25.2 °C	1,344 mm	163
2021	34.1 °C14 May 2021	10.1 °C13 January 2021	25.2 °C	1,788 mm	150
2020	34.0 °C17 May 2020	10.9 °C31 January 2020	25.6 °C	1,425 mm	170
2019	33.5 °C28 August 2019	13.8 °C23 January 2019	25.5 °C	2,026 mm	136
2018	34.4 °C5 June 2018	10.1 °C13 January 2018	25.2 °C	2,150 mm	141
2017	34.2 °C24 September 2017	13.5 °C10 February 2017	25.4 °C	1,467 mm	153
2016	34.5 °C27 June 2016	7.1 °C24 January 2016	25.0 °C	2,807 mm	156
2015	33.9 °C21 June 2015	11.8 °C10 February 2015	25.2 °C	1,762 mm	149
2014	34.8 °C15 September 2014	11.3 °C21 February 2014	25.0 °C	1,476 mm	149
2013	34.7 °C1 July 2013	11.8 °C28 December 2013	25.0 °C	1,901 mm	131
2012	33.7 °C5 July 2012	12.3 °C31 December 2012	25.0 °C	2,466 mm	134
2011	34.9 °C19 June 2011	12.1 °C16 January 2011	24.8 °C	1,558 mm	134
2010	34.6 °C14 July 2010	12.0 °C18 December 2010	25.3 °C	1,998 mm	156
2009	34.3 °C2 August 2009	10.5 °C14 January 2009	25.3 °C	1,835 mm	145
2008	33.4 °C24 September 2008	12.4 °C10 February 2008	25.0 °C	1,984 mm	164
2007	34.4 °C4 August 2007	10.6 °C29 January 2007	25.2 °C	2,083 mm	137
2006	34.2 °C30 June 2006	12.6 °C7 January 2006	25.3 °C	1,771 mm	135
2005	34.1 °C5 May 2005	10.1 °C6 March 2005	24.9 °C	2,592 mm	155
2004	34.0 °C15 May 2004	11.2 °C25 January 2004	24.9 °C	1,656 mm	143
2003	35.6 °C19 July 2003	13.0 °C6 January 2003	25.0 °C	1,186 mm	151
2002	33.2 °C1 July 2002	13.0 °C3 January 2002	25.1 °C	1,528 mm	144
2001	34.3 °C30 June 2001	12.1 °C25 December 2001	24.7 °C	2,594 mm	130
2000	33.2 °C11 July 2000	11.7 °C28 January 2000	24.6 °C	1,947 mm	122
1999	32.9 °C23 July 1999	9.6 °C22 December 1999	24.7 °C	1,923 mm	128
1998	33.5 °C27 June 1998	12.4 °C5 February 1998	25.3 °C	2,184 mm	157
1997	33.7 °C14 May 1997	11.6 °C12 January 1997	24.6 °C	1,883 mm	112
1996	36.8 °C21 July 1996	11.7 °C3 January 1996	24.6 °C	1,449 mm	123
1995	33.4 °C2 June 1995	11.2 °C6 February 1995	24.4 °C	1,475 mm	143
1994	33.6 °C26 May 1994	13.2 °C22 January 1994	24.9 °C	1,875 mm	140
1993	34.0 °C17 September 1993	10.4 °C31 January 1993	24.7 °C	1,146 mm	146
1992	33.5 °C21 July 1992	11.1 °C15 January 1992	24.0 °C	2,313 mm	105
1991	35.7 °C9 June 1991	9.3 °C29 December 1991	24.7 °C	1,581 mm	139
1990	34.2 °C15 June 1990	12.4 °C1 February 1990	24.5 °C	1,762 mm	108
1989	36.4 °C21 July 1989	11.6 °C29 January 1989	24.3 °C	1,669 mm	118
1988	33.5 °C28 June 1988	12.5 °C30 November 1988	24.3 °C	2,248 mm	135
1987	33.3 °C12 July 1987	11.0 °C14 January 1987	24.6 °C	1,722 mm	131
1986	33.6 °C10 August 1986	8.8 °C2 March 1986	24.0 °C	2,011 mm	110
1985	33.6 °C20 May 1985	10.0 °C17 December 1985	24.0 °C	1,808 mm	115
1984	32.4 °C10 July 1984	11.0 °C7 February 1984	24.0 °C	1,282 mm	123
1983	34.5 °C16 July 1983	12.0 °C22 January 1983	24.3 °C	2,093 mm	137
1982	33.7 °C20 July 1982	12.1 °C19 January 1982	24.2 °C	2,058 mm	114
1981	34.5 °C2 July 1981	11.0 °C13 January 1981	24.3 °C	2,308 mm	124
1980	36.5 °C25 June 1980	10.5 °C31 January 1980	24.8 °C	864 mm	159
1979	33.8 °C24 June 1979	10.7 °C1 February 1979	24.3 °C	1,790 mm	119
1978	33.5 °C24 August 1978	9.3 °C18 February 1978	24.2 °C	2,170 mm	136
1977	34.4 °C9 May 1977	10.4 °C18 February 1977	24.4 °C	2,164 mm	146
1976	34.2 °C25 June 1976	11.9 °C6 February 1976	24.0 °C	1,635 mm	131
1975	33.5 °C19 June 1975	10.3 °C30 December 1975	24.3 °C	2,348 mm	157
1974	33.8 °C21 July 1974	9.2 °C26 February 1974	24.2 °C	2,172 mm	136
1973	34.3 °C31 May 1973	8.6 °C25 December 1973	24.6 °C	2,049 mm	160
1972	34.0 °C7 July 1972	9.7 °C4 March 1972	23.9 °C	2,680 mm	108
1971	35.4 °C27 June 1971	9.9 °C5 January 1971	23.9 °C	1,477 mm	125
1970	34.4 °C28 June 1970	7.3 °C1 February 1970	24.2 °C	1,587 mm	143
1969	34.5 °C22 July 1969	9.6 °C5 February 1969	24.1 °C	1,660 mm	124
1968	32.9 °C15 July 1968	10.9 °C2 March 1968	23.6 °C	2,279 mm	107
1967	33.3 °C16 August 1967	8.5 °C16 January 1967	23.7 °C	1,356 mm	127
1966	33.0 °C15 August 1966	13.5 °C2 January 1966	24.4 °C	2,348 mm	75
1965	32.0 °C13 July 1965	10.5 °C9 January 1965	24.0 °C	1,544 mm	78
1964	33.8 °C17 April 1964	12.2 °C2 February 1964	24.3 °C	1,077 mm	151
1963	34.5 °C27 May 1963	9.2 °C16 January 1963	24.2 °C	956 mm	144
1962	36.6 °C11 July 1962	10.9 °C21 January 1962	24.1 °C	1,117 mm	140
1961	32.9 °C18 May 1961	11.1 °C18 January 1961	24.1 °C	1,750 mm	108
1960	34.1 °C13 May 1960	10.8 °C31 December 1960	24.5 °C	2,097 mm	140
1959	32.7 °C25 July 1959	8.6 °C18 January 1959	24.4 °C	1,796 mm	120
1958	33.2 °C2 May 1958	7.7 °C14 February 1958	24.1 °C	1,627 mm	148
1957	33.7 °C16 August 1957	9.8 °C11 February 1957	24.0 °C	1,357 mm	132
1956	36.3 °C7 July 1956	10.4 °C9 January 1956	24.2 °C	1,958 mm	153
1955	33.2 °C29 June 1955	9.1 °C11 January 1955	24.0 °C	1,487 mm	122
1954	33.7 °C24 May 1954	12.5 °C17 December 1954	24.5 °C	1,001 mm	149
1953	34.6 °C10 August 1953	10.6 °C8 January 1953	24.3 °C	1,300 mm	127
1952	33.4 °C4 July 1952	11.4 °C20 January 1952	24.4 °C	1,529 mm	120
1951	33.0 °C31 July 1951	11.7 °C16 December 1951	24.0 °C	1,879 mm	90
1950	32.2 °C17 July 1950	10.5 °C10 December 1950	23.5 °C	2,254 mm	78
1949	33.2 °C26 May 1949	10.6 °C17 January 1949	24.3 °C	1,612 mm	112
1948	32.2 °C13 August 1948	10.3 °C17 January 1948	23.8 °C	1,567 mm	76
1947	33.0 °C12 August 1947	12.3 °C23 February 1947	23.6 °C	1,359 mm	95
1946	34.6 °C17 June 1946	10.7 °C9 February 1946	24.2 °C	877 mm	128
1945	31.8 °C6 July 1945	11.8 °C18 January 1945	23.2 °C	1,987 mm	62
1944	31.3 °C26 July 1944	12.4 °C12 January 1944	23.6 °C	1,560 mm	41
1943	32.4 °C6 June 1943	11.0 °C14 January 1943	23.3 °C	1,016 mm	53
1942	31.2 °C8 July 1942	11.2 °C7 December 1942	23.5 °C	1,732 mm	47
1941	31.2 °C5 August 1941	10.7 °C5 February 1941	23.6 °C	1,944 mm	44
1940	31.0 °C20 August 1940	10.3 °C25 January 1940	23.1 °C	1,828 mm	33

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1891 mm

+108 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.5 °C	-0.9 °C	24 mm	-9 mm
Feb	22.4 °C	-0.9 °C	65 mm	+29 mm
Mar	25.7 °C	-0.1 °C	52 mm	+7 mm
Apr	29.0 °C	+0.6 °C	32 mm	-54 mm
May	31.4 °C	+1.4 °C	210 mm	-37 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	331 mm	-22 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	-0.6 °C	659 mm	+383 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+0.7 °C	322 mm	-28 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.4 °C	73 mm	-129 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+2.7 °C	24 mm	-56 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+0.9 °C	87 mm	+44 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+2.0 °C	14 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

26 Jun 2025

Coldest day

12.4 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

102.2 mm

13 Jun 2025

Windiest day

50.9 km/h

6 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

11 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fongshan District?

Fongshan District has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,783 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fongshan District?

The hottest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1996, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fongshan District?

The coldest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 7.1 °C.

Does it snow in Fongshan District?

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

Has the climate of Fongshan District warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Fongshan District?

The wettest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 439 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fongshan District?

The windiest day measured in Fongshan District between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2016, with winds reaching 76.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fongshan District?

The warmest month in Fongshan District is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Fongshan District?

Fongshan District receives on average 1,783 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fongshan District?

Fongshan District gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Fongshan District?

Yes: Fongshan District has on average 243 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fongshan District?

In Fongshan District, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 15 June 1990, and the lowest was 0.5 °C on 24 January 2016.

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