Jingui climate — normals and trends
Jingui (China) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 253 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Jingui averages 139 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 38 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Jingui between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 8 July 1953) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 1 February 2008).
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
JinguiNingxia
- coords
- 38.50°, 106.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
253mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
31.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
38 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
42.6 °C
8 July 1953
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
1 February 2008
Wettest day
104 mm
23 May 1946
Windiest day
50.7 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
28 May 1952
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
31 January 2008
Snowiest day
6.8 cm
16 March 1986
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 8 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 49 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 24 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 37 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 9 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jingui?
Jingui has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 253 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jingui?
The hottest day measured in Jingui between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1953, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jingui?
The coldest day measured in Jingui between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2008, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Jingui?
Yes. Jingui gets on average 7.5 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Jingui warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Jingui.
What is the wettest day in Jingui?
The wettest day measured in Jingui between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jingui?
The windiest day measured in Jingui between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jingui?
The warmest month in Jingui is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Jingui?
Jingui receives on average 253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 38 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jingui?
Jingui gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jingui?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jingui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1986, with 6.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jingui?
Yes: Jingui has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jingui?
In Jingui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 31 January 2008.
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