Duoba climate — normals and trends
Duoba (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.6 °C and it receives 682 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 (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Duoba averages 201 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Duoba has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 210 to 192 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -34.7 °C (on 14 December 1975).
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
DuobaQinghai
- coords
- 36.66°, 101.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.6°C
Average daily high
9.2°C
Average daily low
-3.3°C
Annual rainfall
682mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
201 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
30.9 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-34.7 °C
14 December 1975
Wettest day
63 mm
14 August 2022
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
1 February 1986
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
21 April 1976
Hottest feels-like
30.9 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.2 °C
14 December 1975
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
11 October 2014
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 1940
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 | -0.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 5.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 23 mm | -50 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 120 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 215 mm | +87 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 82 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 101 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 13 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 4 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Duoba?
Duoba has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.6 °C and it receives 682 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Duoba?
The hottest day measured in Duoba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Duoba?
The coldest day measured in Duoba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -34.7 °C.
Does it snow in Duoba?
Yes. Duoba gets on average 81.9 cm of snow per year and has around 201 frost days.
Has the climate of Duoba warmed?
Yes: Duoba warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Duoba?
The wettest day measured in Duoba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2022, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Duoba?
The windiest day measured in Duoba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1986, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Duoba?
The warmest month in Duoba is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Duoba?
Duoba receives on average 682 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Duoba?
Duoba gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Duoba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Duoba between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2014, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Duoba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Duoba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Duoba?
In Duoba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.9 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -40.2 °C on 14 December 1975.
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