Aral climate — normals and trends
Aral (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 51 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Aral averages 128 frost days, 99 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Aral has changed by -1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 12 July 1944) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 5 January 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AralXinjiang
- coords
- 40.54°, 81.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
51mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
41%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
35.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
128 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
99 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
14 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-1.4 °C
since 1940
-0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
44.6 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
5 January 1967
Wettest day
35 mm
6 September 1995
Windiest day
59.1 km/h
10 April 1979
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
10 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
14 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
5 January 1967
Snowiest day
4.4 cm
21 March 1983
Sunniest day
14.8 h
15 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 25.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 32.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 35.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 21.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aral?
Aral has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 51 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aral?
The hottest day measured in Aral between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1944, reaching 44.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aral?
The coldest day measured in Aral between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1967, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Aral?
Yes. Aral gets on average 2.1 cm of snow per year and has around 128 frost days.
Has the climate of Aral warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Aral.
What is the wettest day in Aral?
The wettest day measured in Aral between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1995, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aral?
The windiest day measured in Aral between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1979, with winds reaching 59.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aral?
The warmest month in Aral is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Aral?
Aral receives on average 51 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aral?
Aral gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aral?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aral between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1983, with 4.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aral?
Yes: Aral has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aral?
In Aral, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 14 July 1952, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 5 January 1967.
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