Kokyar climate — normals and trends
Kokyar (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 64 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kokyar averages 121 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 13 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Kokyar between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 25 July 1956) and the coldest -23.0 °C (on 5 January 1967).
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
KokyarXinjiang
- coords
- 36.82°, 81.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
18.1°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
64mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
31.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
13 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 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
40.6 °C
25 July 1956
Coldest day
-23.0 °C
5 January 1967
Wettest day
35 mm
8 July 1984
Windiest day
59.0 km/h
6 April 1946
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
6 April 1946
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
7 July 1953
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
5 January 1967
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
19 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.3 h
17 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 23.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 28.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 34 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kokyar?
Kokyar has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 64 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kokyar?
The hottest day measured in Kokyar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1956, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kokyar?
The coldest day measured in Kokyar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1967, at -23.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kokyar?
Yes. Kokyar gets on average 8.1 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Kokyar warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kokyar.
What is the wettest day in Kokyar?
The wettest day measured in Kokyar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1984, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kokyar?
The windiest day measured in Kokyar between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1946, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kokyar?
The warmest month in Kokyar is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kokyar?
Kokyar receives on average 64 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kokyar?
Kokyar gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kokyar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kokyar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1993, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kokyar?
Yes: Kokyar has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kokyar?
In Kokyar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 7 July 1953, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 5 January 1967.
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