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Weather extremes

How extreme does Tangshan's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Tangshan station 7 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 Tangshan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jul 14, 2002

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Tangshan (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jul 14, 2002
2 104°F Jun 22, 2023
3 104°F Jun 23, 2023
❄️ Coldest night
-13°F Jan 5, 2010

About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Tangshan (typical low near 14°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -13°F Jan 5, 2010
2 -13°F Jan 23, 2016
3 -12°F Jan 22, 2016
🌧️ Most rain in one day
6.81 in Aug 18, 2022

More rain in a single day than Tangshan usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 6.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.81 in Aug 18, 2022recent
2 6.23 in Jul 21, 2012
3 5.86 in Jul 20, 2016

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 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Tangshan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°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, Tangshan's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −13°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 29 years of daily observations at Tangshan, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →