Golmud Town climate — normals and trends
Golmud Town (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 58 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Golmud Town averages 182 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.
Golmud Town has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 191 to 173 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 12 January 1959).
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
Golmud TownQinghai
- coords
- 36.43°, 94.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
-0.1°C
Annual rainfall
58mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
29%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
182 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
18 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °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
35.7 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
12 January 1959
Wettest day
22 mm
7 June 2010
Windiest day
55.5 km/h
27 March 1969
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
30 June 2020
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
12 January 1959
Snowiest day
5.0 cm
25 April 1987
Sunniest day
14.1 h
22 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 | 0.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 6.4 °C | -2.3 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 14 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 18 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Golmud Town?
Golmud Town has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 58 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Golmud Town?
The hottest day measured in Golmud Town between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Golmud Town?
The coldest day measured in Golmud Town between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1959, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Golmud Town?
Yes. Golmud Town gets on average 8.4 cm of snow per year and has around 182 frost days.
Has the climate of Golmud Town warmed?
Yes: Golmud Town warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Golmud Town?
The wettest day measured in Golmud Town between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 2010, with 22 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Golmud Town?
The windiest day measured in Golmud Town between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1969, with winds reaching 55.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Golmud Town?
The warmest month in Golmud Town is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Golmud Town?
Golmud Town receives on average 58 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Golmud Town?
Golmud Town 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 Golmud Town?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Golmud Town between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1987, with 5.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Golmud Town?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Golmud Town.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Golmud Town?
In Golmud Town, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 12 January 1959.
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