Barkam climate — normals and trends
Barkam (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 1,012 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 (11.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Barkam averages 209 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.
Barkam has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.6 °C (on 15 July 2022) and the coldest -35.4 °C (on 14 January 1989).
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
BarkamSichuan
- coords
- 31.90°, 102.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.2°C
Average daily high
7.2°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,012mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
209 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
173 d/yr
Annual snowfall
170.0 cm
Average feels-like high
5.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.016
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
24.6 °C
15 July 2022
Coldest day
-35.4 °C
14 January 1989
Wettest day
70 mm
11 July 1964
Windiest day
22.7 km/h
7 March 1946
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
7 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
26.3 °C
3 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-40.6 °C
14 January 1989
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
28 June 1946
Sunniest day
13.8 h
16 June 2025
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 | -4.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 32 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | -3.8 °C | -2.6 °C | 19 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | -0.9 °C | -4.1 °C | 74 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 4.7 °C | -3.3 °C | 68 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 11.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 136 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 14.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 194 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 19.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 196 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 18.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 161 mm | +20 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 128 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 79 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 1.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 38 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barkam?
Barkam has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 1,012 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barkam?
The hottest day measured in Barkam between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2022, reaching 24.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barkam?
The coldest day measured in Barkam between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1989, at -35.4 °C.
Does it snow in Barkam?
Yes. Barkam gets on average 170.0 cm of snow per year and has around 209 frost days.
Has the climate of Barkam warmed?
Yes: Barkam warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barkam?
The wettest day measured in Barkam between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1964, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barkam?
The windiest day measured in Barkam between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1946, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barkam?
The warmest month in Barkam is July (11.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Barkam?
Barkam receives on average 1,012 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barkam?
Barkam gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Barkam?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barkam between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1946, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barkam?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Barkam.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barkam?
In Barkam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.3 °C on 3 August 2025, and the lowest was -40.6 °C on 14 January 1989.
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