Karamay climate — normals and trends
Karamay (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 108 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Karamay averages 143 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.
Karamay has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 149 to 137 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 22 July 2015) and the coldest -37.7 °C (on 21 December 1966).
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
KaramayXinjiang
- coords
- 45.58°, 84.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
108mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
44.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
85 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
35 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
65 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.05 · p = 0.045
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
45.4 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest day
-37.7 °C
21 December 1966
Wettest day
22 mm
20 April 1999
Windiest day
85.8 km/h
1 December 2018
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
1 December 2018
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-42.5 °C
23 December 1984
Snowiest day
8.1 cm
20 December 1951
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 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 | -11.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -6.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 8.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 21 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 30.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 35.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 36.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 7 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 20 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 11 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -5.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karamay?
Karamay has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 108 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karamay?
The hottest day measured in Karamay between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2015, reaching 45.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karamay?
The coldest day measured in Karamay between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1966, at -37.7 °C.
Does it snow in Karamay?
Yes. Karamay gets on average 11.7 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Karamay warmed?
Yes: Karamay warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karamay?
The wettest day measured in Karamay between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1999, with 22 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karamay?
The windiest day measured in Karamay between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2018, with winds reaching 85.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karamay?
The warmest month in Karamay is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Karamay?
Karamay receives on average 108 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karamay?
Karamay gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karamay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karamay between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1951, with 8.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karamay?
Yes: Karamay has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karamay?
In Karamay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 22 July 2015, and the lowest was -42.5 °C on 23 December 1984.
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