Xiulin climate — normals and trends
Xiulin (Taiwan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 3,056 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Xiulin averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 257 rainy days per year.
Xiulin has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.8 °C (on 17 August 1954) and the coldest 8.5 °C (on 25 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
XiulinTaiwan
- coords
- 24.12°, 121.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.5°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
21.6°C
Annual rainfall
3,056mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.0km/h
Seasonal range
9.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
257 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
25.7 °C
Average feels-like low
22.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
241 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
31.8 °C
17 August 1954
Coldest day
8.5 °C
25 January 2016
Wettest day
314 mm
31 October 2024
Windiest day
93.8 km/h
8 August 2015
Strongest gust
177.5 km/h
8 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
9 July 2014
Coldest feels-like
0.7 °C
25 January 2016
Snowiest day
1.1 cm
25 January 2016
Sunniest day
13.5 h
30 June 1944
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 | 17.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 254 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 18.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 361 mm | +111 mm |
| Mar | 21.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 207 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 23.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 149 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 259 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 229 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 479 mm | +284 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 172 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 430 mm | +89 mm |
| Oct | 26.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 286 mm | -44 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 398 mm | +111 mm |
| Dec | 21.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 322 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiulin?
Xiulin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 3,056 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiulin?
The hottest day measured in Xiulin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1954, reaching 31.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiulin?
The coldest day measured in Xiulin between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2016, at 8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xiulin?
Almost never: Xiulin sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Xiulin warmed?
Yes: Xiulin warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiulin?
The wettest day measured in Xiulin between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2024, with 314 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiulin?
The windiest day measured in Xiulin between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 93.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiulin?
The warmest month in Xiulin is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiulin?
Xiulin receives on average 3,056 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 257 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiulin?
Xiulin gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiulin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiulin between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2016, with 1.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiulin?
Yes: Xiulin has on average 241 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiulin?
In Xiulin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 9 July 2014, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 25 January 2016.
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