Korla climate — normals and trends
Korla (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 72 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Korla averages 134 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Korla between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 12 July 1944) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 3 January 1955).
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
KorlaXinjiang
- coords
- 41.76°, 86.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
72mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
33.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
63 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
18 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 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
41.1 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
3 January 1955
Wettest day
34 mm
30 March 2021
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
20 April 1957
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
24 July 1967
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
11 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
3 January 1955
Snowiest day
9.5 cm
25 November 1944
Sunniest day
14.6 h
29 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 | -3.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 22.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 29.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 5 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 33.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 7 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 25.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 19 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 0.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Korla?
Korla has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 72 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Korla?
The hottest day measured in Korla between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1944, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Korla?
The coldest day measured in Korla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1955, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Korla?
Yes. Korla gets on average 7.8 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Korla warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Korla.
What is the wettest day in Korla?
The wettest day measured in Korla between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2021, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Korla?
The windiest day measured in Korla between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1957, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Korla?
The warmest month in Korla is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Korla?
Korla receives on average 72 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Korla?
Korla gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Korla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Korla between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1944, with 9.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Korla?
Yes: Korla has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Korla?
In Korla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 11 July 1944, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 3 January 1955.
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