Geography and Climate
Anyang has a total administrative area of 7,413 square kilometres (2,862 sq mi), with elevation in this area tending to increase from east to west. The city actually lies on the border between steppe and the North China Plain, and as such, it has a four-season, monsoon-influenced climate, classified as a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Winters are cold and very dry, with a January 24-hour average of −0.9 °C (30.4 °F). Summers are hot and humid, with July averaging 27.0 °C (80.6 °F). A majority of the annual precipitation of 560 millimetres (22.0 in) falls in July and August alone, and the annual mean is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F).
| Climate data for Anyang (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−3 (27) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.189) |
7.7 (0.303) |
17.8 (0.701) |
23.1 (0.909) |
39.7 (1.563) |
60.7 (2.39) |
178.7 (7.035) |
123.3 (4.854) |
44.8 (1.764) |
34.2 (1.346) |
16.3 (0.642) |
5.8 (0.228) |
556.9 (21.925) |
| % humidity | 60 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 77 | 80 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 65.1 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 69.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 142.0 | 148.9 | 180.2 | 219.4 | 251.6 | 232.5 | 190.2 | 200.1 | 187.1 | 180.2 | 152.8 | 140.3 | 2,225.3 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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