Geography
Situated on the north bank of the Yuan River above its junction with the Lake Dongting system, Changde is a natural center of the northwest Hunan plain. It has a monsoon-influenced, four-season humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with cool, often chilly, winters, and hot, humid summers. Monthly mean temperatures range from 4.7 °C (40.5 °F) in January to 28.6 °C (83.5 °F) in July.
| Climate data for Changde (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 60.1 (2.366) |
67.1 (2.642) |
114.6 (4.512) |
169.6 (6.677) |
162.8 (6.409) |
208.9 (8.224) |
152.4 (6) |
129.9 (5.114) |
73.1 (2.878) |
81.4 (3.205) |
64.7 (2.547) |
38.9 (1.531) |
1,323.5 (52.106) |
| % humidity | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 77 | 80.0 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 11.8 | 11.6 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 146.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.1 | 68.5 | 80.8 | 116.7 | 149.9 | 150.0 | 224.0 | 213.2 | 155.0 | 135.3 | 118.7 | 106.8 | 1,602.0 |
| Source: 中国气象局 | |||||||||||||
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