Guyuan climate — normals and trends
Guyuan (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 650 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Guyuan averages 155 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Guyuan 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 163 to 147 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 31 July 2021) and the coldest -31.3 °C (on 28 December 1991).
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
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- coords
- 36.01°, 106.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.6°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
650mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
155 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
32.8 °C
31 July 2021
Coldest day
-31.3 °C
28 December 1991
Wettest day
89 mm
1 July 2005
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
26 April 2010
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
26 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
28 December 1991
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
15 October 1994
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 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 | 1.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 21 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 49 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 76 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 102 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 105 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 86 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 177 mm | +123 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 16 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Guyuan?
Guyuan has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 650 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guyuan?
The hottest day measured in Guyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2021, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Guyuan?
The coldest day measured in Guyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1991, at -31.3 °C.
Does it snow in Guyuan?
Yes. Guyuan gets on average 52.2 cm of snow per year and has around 155 frost days.
Has the climate of Guyuan warmed?
Yes: Guyuan warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Guyuan?
The wettest day measured in Guyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2005, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Guyuan?
The windiest day measured in Guyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2010, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Guyuan?
The warmest month in Guyuan is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Guyuan?
Guyuan receives on average 650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Guyuan?
Guyuan gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guyuan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guyuan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1994, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Guyuan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Guyuan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guyuan?
In Guyuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 26 July 2000, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 28 December 1991.
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