Chinatown climate — normals and trends
Chinatown (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 532 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 September (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Chinatown averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.
Chinatown has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 1 September 2017) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 22 December 1990).
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
ChinatownCalifornia
- coords
- 37.80°, -122.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
10.6°C
Annual rainfall
532mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
6.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
57 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · 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
35.2 °C
1 September 2017
Coldest day
-2.6 °C
22 December 1990
Wettest day
89 mm
24 October 2021
Windiest day
63.6 km/h
3 December 1983
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
23 December 1955
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
1 September 2017
Coldest feels-like
-7.5 °C
9 December 1972
Snowiest day
0.6 cm
13 March 1975
Sunniest day
14.3 h
28 June 1958
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 | 13.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -89 mm |
| Feb | 14.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 137 mm | +39 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 78 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 16.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 29 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 76 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 81 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chinatown?
Chinatown has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 532 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinatown?
The hottest day measured in Chinatown between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2017, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chinatown?
The coldest day measured in Chinatown between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1990, at -2.6 °C.
Does it snow in Chinatown?
Almost never: Chinatown sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Chinatown warmed?
Yes: Chinatown warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chinatown?
The wettest day measured in Chinatown between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chinatown?
The windiest day measured in Chinatown between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1983, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chinatown?
The warmest month in Chinatown is September (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Chinatown?
Chinatown receives on average 532 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chinatown?
Chinatown gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chinatown?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chinatown between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1975, with 0.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chinatown?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chinatown.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinatown?
In Chinatown, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 1 September 2017, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 9 December 1972.
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