Fate climate — normals and trends
Fate (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 805 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Fate averages 171 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Fate has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 167 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 26 June 2010) and the coldest -39.2 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
FateJilin
- coords
- 44.48°, 126.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.8°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
-0.4°C
Annual rainfall
805mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
40.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
37.7 °C
26 June 2010
Coldest day
-39.2 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
156 mm
13 August 1946
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
2 May 1940
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
8 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
29 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-44.8 °C
13 January 2001
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
7 April 1961
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 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 | -7.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | -4.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 4.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 13 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 75 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 82 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 181 mm | +58 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 214 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 119 mm | -50 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 31 mm | -51 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 12 mm | -38 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 11 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | -6.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fate?
Fate has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 805 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fate?
The hottest day measured in Fate between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 2010, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fate?
The coldest day measured in Fate between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -39.2 °C.
Does it snow in Fate?
Yes. Fate gets on average 48.1 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Fate warmed?
Yes: Fate warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fate?
The wettest day measured in Fate between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1946, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fate?
The windiest day measured in Fate between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 1940, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fate?
The warmest month in Fate is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Fate?
Fate receives on average 805 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fate?
Fate gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fate?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fate between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1961, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fate?
Yes: Fate has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fate?
In Fate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 29 July 2018, and the lowest was -44.8 °C on 13 January 2001.
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