Yunnan, China · population 109,400 · 16 weather stations within 200 km · records 1880 to 2025
Zhaotong has an average annual daytime high of 18.2°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is July, when highs typically reach 24.7°C, and its coldest is January, with overnight lows near -2.3°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Zhaotong's average temperature has risen by +2.3°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1880, warming totals +2.3°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Zhaotong's average annual daytime high is 18.2°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is July, with highs averaging 24.7°C, and the coldest is January, with lows averaging -2.3°C.
July is the warmest month in Zhaotong, with typical daytime highs of 24.7°C.
2023 is the hottest year on record for Zhaotong, running +2.2°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Zhaotong has warmed by roughly +2.3°C.
March to October typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.