Kucha climate — normals and trends
Kucha (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 87 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kucha averages 140 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 23 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Kucha between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 12 July 1944) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 2 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
KuchaXinjiang
- coords
- 41.71°, 82.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
87mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
41%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
34.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
23 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 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
41.5 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
2 January 1955
Wettest day
30 mm
10 June 1978
Windiest day
60.0 km/h
23 April 2014
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
23 April 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
17 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.8 °C
2 January 1955
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
19 October 1995
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 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 | -2.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 22.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 30.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 27.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kucha?
Kucha has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kucha?
The hottest day measured in Kucha between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1944, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kucha?
The coldest day measured in Kucha between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1955, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kucha?
Yes. Kucha gets on average 9.2 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Kucha warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kucha.
What is the wettest day in Kucha?
The wettest day measured in Kucha between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1978, with 30 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kucha?
The windiest day measured in Kucha between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2014, with winds reaching 60.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kucha?
The warmest month in Kucha is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kucha?
Kucha receives on average 87 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 23 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kucha?
Kucha gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kucha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kucha between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1995, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kucha?
Yes: Kucha has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kucha?
In Kucha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 17 July 1952, and the lowest was -34.8 °C on 2 January 1955.
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