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Weather extremes

How extreme does Taiyuan's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Taiyuan 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 Taiyuan station 10 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 Taiyuan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jul 29, 2010

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Taiyuan (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 29, 2010
2 103°F Jul 30, 2010
3 102°F Jun 16, 2006
❄️ Coldest night
-10°F Dec 27, 2002

About 27°F colder than a normal December night in Taiyuan (typical low near 17°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -10°F Dec 27, 2002
2 -9°F Jan 26, 1972
3 -9°F Jan 27, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.69 in Jul 11, 2022

More rain in a single day than Taiyuan usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 4.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.69 in Jul 11, 2022recent
2 3.68 in Jul 8, 2009
3 3.65 in Jul 10, 1996

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.

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

Taiyuan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 16°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, Taiyuan's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −10°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 24 years of daily observations at Taiyuan, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →