China underwent a warmer and wetter climate in 2024. Temperatures kept a higher than normal level in all the four seasons, and the national mean temperature reached a record high in the same period since 1951. Especially, spring, summer and autumn were the warmest relative to that in the same period since 1961. The national average precipitation was the fourth most in the same period since 1951, and the precipitation amount in all four seasons was more than the average. There were 70 national meteorological stations in China seeing daily precipitation break the historical extreme values. In 2024, the heaviest rainstorm process since 1961 occurred in southern China. The extremely high temperature came early, with the middle and eastern regions of China plagued by the second hottest weather in the same period since 1961. The autumn typhoons were active and extreme, and Typhoon Yagi seriously impacted Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other adjacent areas. The drought condition was generally mild but its stages were obvious. The winter and spring drought occurred in Southwest China. The cold air processes were more than usual, the severe convection events occurred frequently, and the influence of sand-dust was at a low level.