Huangshan City has a subtropical monsoon climate which features distinctive four seasons, shorter spring and autumn ( about 2 months each season ), longer summer and winter ( about 4 mouths each season ). Huangshan City has enough heat and plentiful rainfall concentrated from March to July. It often floods in summer and drys in autumn.
The annual average temperature of the city is 16.4 °C. Average is 28.1°C in the hottest July, 3.8 °C in the coldest January.
The record high is 41.5 °C, the record average high is 38.9 °C.
The record low is -15.2 °C, the record average low is -9.9 °C.
The average precipitation ranges from 1395 mm to 1702 mm, mostly in west Qimen County, northeast Yixian County, northweat Shexian County and Mt.Huangshan with a annual average of 2000 mm. More than 60 % of the annual rainfall is distributed from March to July.
City Huangshan has more sunshine in summer, less in spring and autumn, least in winter. The sun shines on an average of 164 days a year.
