Climate[edit]
Taipei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate[23][24][25] (Köppen: Cfa).[26] Summers are long-lasting, hot and humid, accompanied by occasional heavy rainstorms and typhoons, while winters are short, generally warm and generally very foggy due to the northeasterly winds from the vast Siberian High being intensified by the pooling of this cooler air in the Taipei Basin. As of the rest of Northern Taiwan, daytime temperatures of Taipei can often peak above 26 degrees Celsius during a warm winter day, while it can dip below 26 degrees Celsius during a rainy summer's afternoon. Occasional cold fronts during the winter months can drop the daily temperature by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius, though temperatures rarely drop below 10 degrees Celsius.[27] Extreme temperatures ranged from −0.2 °C (31.6 °F) on February 13, 1901 to 39.3 °C (102.7 °F) on August 8, 2013, while snow has never been recorded in the city besides on mountains located within the city limit such as Mount Yangmingshan. Due to Taiwan's location in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by the Pacific typhoon season, which occurs between June and October.
[hide]Climate data for Taipei (normals 1981–2010, extremes 1900–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.9
(89.4) 31.4
(88.5) 35.0
(95) 36.2
(97.2) 37.7
(99.9) 37.8
(100) 38.6
(101.5) 39.3
(102.7) 37.1
(98.8) 36.1
(97) 34.3
(93.7) 31.5
(88.7) 39.3
(102.7)
Average high °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4) 19.6
(67.3) 22.1
(71.8) 25.7
(78.3) 29.2
(84.6) 32
(90) 34.3
(93.7) 33.8
(92.8) 31.1
(88) 27.5
(81.5) 24.2
(75.6) 20.7
(69.3) 26.6
(79.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.1
(61) 16.5
(61.7) 18.5
(65.3) 21.9
(71.4) 25.2
(77.4) 27.7
(81.9) 29.6
(85.3) 29.2
(84.6) 27.4
(81.3) 24.5
(76.1) 21.5
(70.7) 17.9
(64.2) 23
(73.41)
Average low °C (°F) 13.9
(57) 14.2
(57.6) 15.8
(60.4) 19
(66) 22.3
(72.1) 24.6
(76.3) 26.3
(79.3) 26.1
(79) 24.8
(76.6) 22.3
(72.1) 19.3
(66.7) 15.6
(60.1) 20.4
(68.7)
Record low °C (°F) −0.1
(31.8) −0.2
(31.6) 1.4
(34.5) 4.7
(40.5) 10.0
(50) 15.6
(60.1) 19.5
(67.1) 18.9
(66) 13.5
(56.3) 10.2
(50.4) 1.1
(34) 1.8
(35.2) −0.2
(31.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 83.2
(3.276) 170.3
(6.705) 180.4
(7.102) 177.8
(7) 234.5
(9.232) 325.9
(12.831) 245.1
(9.65) 322.1
(12.681) 360.5
(14.193) 148.9
(5.862) 83.1
(3.272) 73.3
(2.886) 2,405.1
(94.69)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 14.1 14.6 15.5 14.9 14.8 15.5 12.3 14 13.8 11.9 12.4 11.7 165.5
Average relative humidity (%) 78.5 80.6 79.5 77.8 76.6 77.3 73 74.1 75.8 75.3 75.4 75.4 76.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 80.6 71.3 89.6 92.6 113.7 121.7 179 188.9 153.7 124 99.4 90.7 1,405.2