Gongmen climate — normals and trends
Gongmen (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 913 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gongmen averages 143 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Gongmen 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 153 to 133 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.7 °C (on 30 July 2021) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 13 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
GongmenGansu
- coords
- 34.94°, 106.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
913mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
30.7 °C
30 July 2021
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
152 mm
23 July 2010
Windiest day
37.8 km/h
1 June 1946
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
4 August 2002
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 17 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 17 mm | 0 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 17 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 18 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 58 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 106 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 134 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 158 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 225 mm | +87 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 217 mm | +139 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 17 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 18 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gongmen?
Gongmen has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 913 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gongmen?
The hottest day measured in Gongmen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2021, reaching 30.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gongmen?
The coldest day measured in Gongmen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Gongmen?
Yes. Gongmen gets on average 67.3 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Gongmen warmed?
Yes: Gongmen warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gongmen?
The wettest day measured in Gongmen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2010, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gongmen?
The windiest day measured in Gongmen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1946, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gongmen?
The warmest month in Gongmen is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gongmen?
Gongmen receives on average 913 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gongmen?
Gongmen gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gongmen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gongmen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gongmen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gongmen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gongmen?
In Gongmen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 4 August 2002, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 13 December 1975.
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