Jining climate — normals and trends
Jining (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.7 °C and it receives 512 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 (-13.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jining averages 190 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.
Jining has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 201 to 179 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 22 June 2005) and the coldest -37.0 °C (on 24 February 1969).
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
JiningInner Mongolia
- coords
- 41.03°, 113.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.7°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
-2.0°C
Annual rainfall
512mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
33.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
190 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
78 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.6 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
40.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
35.6 °C
22 June 2005
Coldest day
-37.0 °C
24 February 1969
Wettest day
93 mm
27 September 1961
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
19 May 2019
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
19 May 2019
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-42.1 °C
24 February 1969
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
23 April 1961
Sunniest day
14.9 h
25 June 1951
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 | -4.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -4.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 13 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 131 mm | +84 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 276 mm | +157 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 173 mm | +62 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 72 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 68 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | -4.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jining?
Jining has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.7 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jining?
The hottest day measured in Jining between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2005, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jining?
The coldest day measured in Jining between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1969, at -37.0 °C.
Does it snow in Jining?
Yes. Jining gets on average 34.6 cm of snow per year and has around 190 frost days.
Has the climate of Jining warmed?
Yes: Jining warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jining?
The wettest day measured in Jining between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1961, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jining?
The windiest day measured in Jining between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 2019, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jining?
The warmest month in Jining is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Jining?
Jining receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jining?
Jining gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jining?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jining between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1961, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jining?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Jining.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jining?
In Jining, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -42.1 °C on 24 February 1969.
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