Arix climate — normals and trends
Arix (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 48 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Arix averages 126 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Arix between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 25 July 1956) and the coldest -23.3 °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
ArixXinjiang
- coords
- 36.76°, 81.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
48mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
32.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
76 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
10 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
41.4 °C
25 July 1956
Coldest day
-23.3 °C
5 January 1967
Wettest day
26 mm
8 July 1984
Windiest day
60.9 km/h
6 April 1946
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
6 April 1946
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
20 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
5 January 1967
Snowiest day
9.8 cm
19 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.2 h
19 June 2015
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 | 2.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 29.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 24 mm | +19 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arix?
Arix has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 48 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arix?
The hottest day measured in Arix between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1956, reaching 41.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arix?
The coldest day measured in Arix between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1967, at -23.3 °C.
Does it snow in Arix?
Yes. Arix gets on average 4.0 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Arix warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Arix.
What is the wettest day in Arix?
The wettest day measured in Arix between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1984, with 26 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arix?
The windiest day measured in Arix between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1946, with winds reaching 60.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arix?
The warmest month in Arix is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Arix?
Arix receives on average 48 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arix?
Arix gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arix?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arix between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1993, with 9.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arix?
Yes: Arix has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arix?
In Arix, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 20 July 1952, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 5 January 1967.
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