Lhünzhub climate — normals and trends
Lhünzhub (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.6 °C and it receives 635 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 (11.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lhünzhub averages 225 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Lhünzhub has warmed by +4.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.50 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 240 to 210 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.5 °C (on 25 June 2019) and the coldest -40.7 °C (on 19 December 1963).
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
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- coords
- 29.89°, 91.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.6°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
-6.1°C
Annual rainfall
635mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
225 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.8 cm
Average feels-like high
4.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.6 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.2 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
24.5 °C
25 June 2019
Coldest day
-40.7 °C
19 December 1963
Wettest day
34 mm
9 July 2018
Windiest day
28.4 km/h
9 March 1979
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
9 March 1979
Hottest feels-like
23.0 °C
24 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-46.2 °C
10 January 2015
Snowiest day
18.5 cm
11 May 2002
Sunniest day
13.9 h
27 June 2025
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 | 4.7 °C | +8.4 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 0.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 23 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 0.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 18 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 9.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 11.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 128 mm | +68 mm |
| Jun | 16.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 89 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 19.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 94 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 18.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 119 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 81 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 60 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 1.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +7.6 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lhünzhub?
Lhünzhub has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.6 °C and it receives 635 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lhünzhub?
The hottest day measured in Lhünzhub between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2019, reaching 24.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lhünzhub?
The coldest day measured in Lhünzhub between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1963, at -40.7 °C.
Does it snow in Lhünzhub?
Yes. Lhünzhub gets on average 91.8 cm of snow per year and has around 225 frost days.
Has the climate of Lhünzhub warmed?
Yes: Lhünzhub warmed by +4.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lhünzhub?
The wettest day measured in Lhünzhub between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2018, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lhünzhub?
The windiest day measured in Lhünzhub between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1979, with winds reaching 28.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lhünzhub?
The warmest month in Lhünzhub is July (11.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Lhünzhub?
Lhünzhub receives on average 635 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lhünzhub?
Lhünzhub gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lhünzhub?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lhünzhub between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2002, with 18.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lhünzhub?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lhünzhub.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lhünzhub?
In Lhünzhub, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 23.0 °C on 24 June 2019, and the lowest was -46.2 °C on 10 January 2015.
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