Geography and Climate
Nantong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with four distinct seasons. Winters are chilly and damp, and cold northwesterly winds caused by the Siberian high can force temperatures to fall below freezing at night; however, snowfall is otherwise uncommon. Summers are hot and humid, and downpours or freak thunderstorms can be expected. Monthly daily average temperatures range from 3.1 °C (37.6 °F) in January to 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 15.3 °C (59.5 °F). With the plum rains in June and early July comes the rainiest part of the year.
| Climate data for Nantong(1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 43.5 (1.713) |
48.9 (1.925) |
81.3 (3.201) |
72.8 (2.866) |
92.7 (3.65) |
197.2 (7.764) |
164.5 (6.476) |
129.5 (5.098) |
102.8 (4.047) |
55.7 (2.193) |
47.7 (1.878) |
28.3 (1.114) |
1,064.9 (41.925) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.5 | 9.1 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 118.6 |
| Source: Weather.com.cn | |||||||||||||
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