Huatugou climate — normals and trends
Huatugou (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 80 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 (15.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Huatugou averages 215 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 23 rainy days per year.
Huatugou has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 220 to 210 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 31 July 1999) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 31 December 1954).
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
HuatugouQinghai
- coords
- 38.26°, 90.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.4°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
80mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
215 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
23 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.5 cm
Average feels-like high
5.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.016
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
31.4 °C
31 July 1999
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
31 December 1954
Wettest day
21 mm
16 August 2016
Windiest day
60.2 km/h
11 April 1979
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
11 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
29.1 °C
25 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
3 January 1955
Snowiest day
3.9 cm
24 May 1987
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 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 | -2.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 4.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 16 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 2.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | -0.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huatugou?
Huatugou has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 80 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huatugou?
The hottest day measured in Huatugou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1999, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huatugou?
The coldest day measured in Huatugou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1954, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Huatugou?
Yes. Huatugou gets on average 10.5 cm of snow per year and has around 215 frost days.
Has the climate of Huatugou warmed?
Yes: Huatugou warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huatugou?
The wettest day measured in Huatugou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2016, with 21 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huatugou?
The windiest day measured in Huatugou between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1979, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huatugou?
The warmest month in Huatugou is July (15.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Huatugou?
Huatugou receives on average 80 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 23 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huatugou?
Huatugou gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huatugou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huatugou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1987, with 3.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huatugou?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Huatugou.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huatugou?
In Huatugou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.1 °C on 25 July 2010, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 3 January 1955.
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