Baoding Climate

Baoding City has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate, characterized by distinct four seasons: dry and windy springs, hot and rainy summers (with both rain and heat occurring simultaneously), clear and crisp autumns, and cold and dry winters. The average annual temperature is 13.4°C, with January averaging -4.3°C and July averaging 26.4°C. The growing season averages 280 days, and the frost-free period averages 211 days, with the longest period being 231 days in 1982 and the shortest being 168 days in 1991. The average annual sunshine duration is 2,511 hours. The average annual precipitation is 498.9 mm, with an average of 68 rainy days per year. Precipitation is concentrated between June and August, with the highest rainfall occurring in July. The average annual wind speed is 1.8 m/s. The average annual evaporation is 1,430.5 mm.