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Weather extremes

How extreme does Quanzhou's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Quanzhou has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Xiamen station 70 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Quanzhou has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jul 20, 2007

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Quanzhou (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 20, 2007
2 102°F Aug 5, 2005
3 102°F Jul 24, 2024
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Jan 25, 2016

About 18°F colder than a normal January night in Quanzhou (typical low near 50°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jan 25, 2016
2 35°F Dec 29, 1991
3 35°F Dec 23, 1999
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.43 in Jun 18, 2000

More rain in a single day than Quanzhou usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 8.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.43 in Jun 18, 2000
2 9.44 in Apr 23, 1973
3 8.35 in May 18, 2006

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Quanzhou's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 12°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Quanzhou's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 12 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 22 years of daily observations at Xiamen, a weather station, about 70 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →