Zhaotong Climate

Influenced by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Zhaotong has a temperate subtropical highland climate (KöppenCwb), with cool, dry winters, and warm, humid summers. Temperatures frequently drop below freezing at night in winter, though the days warm up to around 10 °C (50 °F). Conversely, in summer, average highs rise to 25 °C (77 °F). A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from May to September.

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Zhaotong city belongs to the zone of the continental monsoon climate. The temperature of winter is quite low, but comfortable in summer. The annual average temperature is 11.6℃, the average precipitation is 735 mm  and the annual sunshine reaches 1902 hours.

Climate data for Zhaotong (1971−2000)

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

Record high, °C (°F)

23.6
(74.5)

25.7
(78.3)

28.2
(82.8)

31.2
(88.2)

33.4
(92.1)

32.5
(90.5)

31.8
(89.2)

31.1
(88)

29.7
(85.5)

28.0
(82.4)

25.1
(77.2)

23.2
(73.8)

33.4
(92.1)

Average high, °C (°F)

9.4
(48.9)

11.8
(53.2)

16.8
(62.2)

20.5
(68.9)

22.4
(72.3)

23.4
(74.1)

24.9
(76.8)

24.7
(76.5)

21.3
(70.3)

17.4
(63.3)

13.9
(57)

10.6
(51.1)

18.1
(64.6)

Daily mean, °C (°F)

3.7
(38.7)

5.8
(42.4)

10.0
(50)

14.0
(57.2)

16.9
(62.4)

18.8
(65.8)

20.3
(68.5)

19.8
(67.6)

16.9
(62.4)

13.0
(55.4)

8.9
(48)

5.1
(41.2)

12.8
(55)

Average low, °C (°F)

−1.9
(28.6)

−0.1
(31.8)

3.3
(37.9)

7.6
(45.7)

11.5
(52.7)

14.3
(57.7)

15.7
(60.3)

15.0
(59)

12.5
(54.5)

8.7
(47.7)

3.9
(39)

−0.4
(31.3)

7.5
(45.5)

Record low, °C (°F)

−9.8
(14.4)

−10.6
(12.9)

−6.9
(19.6)

−2.7
(27.1)

−0.1
(31.8)

7.4
(45.3)

7.5
(45.5)

7.0
(44.6)

4.4
(39.9)

−0.8
(30.6)

−5.2
(22.6)

−10.4
(13.3)

−10.6
(12.9)

Averageprecipitation, mm (inches)

8.6
(0.339)

7.2
(0.283)

13.2
(0.52)

32.1
(1.264)

73.7
(2.902)

125.1
(4.925)

158.4
(6.236)

121.8
(4.795)

91.2
(3.591)

50.6
(1.992)

18.5
(0.728)

4.6
(0.181)

705.0
(27.756)

Average precipitation(≥ 0.1 mm)days

5.5

6.5

6.5

9.9

14.6

17.6

16.7

17.0

16.6

14.5

8.1

4.6

 

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