Lushar climate — normals and trends
Lushar (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 927 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 (13.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lushar averages 207 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Lushar has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 215 to 199 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -32.4 °C (on 14 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
LusharQinghai
- coords
- 36.48°, 101.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.0°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
-3.6°C
Annual rainfall
927mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
207 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
103.8 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
29.6 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-32.4 °C
14 December 1975
Wettest day
70 mm
17 July 1946
Windiest day
31.7 km/h
1 February 1986
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
14 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
29.2 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-38.5 °C
14 December 1975
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
14 November 1972
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 3.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 55 mm | -48 mm |
| Jun | 16.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 153 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 148 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 18.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 253 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 16.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 118 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 110 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lushar?
Lushar has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lushar?
The hottest day measured in Lushar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lushar?
The coldest day measured in Lushar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, at -32.4 °C.
Does it snow in Lushar?
Yes. Lushar gets on average 103.8 cm of snow per year and has around 207 frost days.
Has the climate of Lushar warmed?
Yes: Lushar warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lushar?
The wettest day measured in Lushar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1946, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lushar?
The windiest day measured in Lushar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1986, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lushar?
The warmest month in Lushar is July (13.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Lushar?
Lushar receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lushar?
Lushar gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lushar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lushar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1972, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lushar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lushar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lushar?
In Lushar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.2 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -38.5 °C on 14 December 1975.
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