Linxia climate — normals and trends
Linxia (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 679 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Linxia averages 166 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Linxia has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 13 December 1975).
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
LinxiaGansu
- coords
- 35.60°, 103.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.5 °C
Average peak gust
24.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
35.9 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
196 mm
18 July 1946
Windiest day
32.4 km/h
28 May 1946
Strongest gust
67.0 km/h
26 June 1986
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
17 April 1970
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 May 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 | 1.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 13 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | -1.7 °C | 34 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 22.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 69 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 116 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 234 mm | +109 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 142 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 131 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Linxia?
Linxia has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Linxia?
The hottest day measured in Linxia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Linxia?
The coldest day measured in Linxia between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Linxia?
Yes. Linxia gets on average 66.9 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Linxia warmed?
Yes: Linxia warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Linxia?
The wettest day measured in Linxia between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1946, with 196 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Linxia?
The windiest day measured in Linxia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Linxia?
The warmest month in Linxia is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Linxia?
Linxia receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Linxia?
Linxia gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Linxia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Linxia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1970, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Linxia?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Linxia.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Linxia?
In Linxia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 28 July 2010, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 13 December 1975.
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