Mangnai Zhen climate — normals and trends
Mangnai Zhen (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.3 °C and it receives 118 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 (12.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Mangnai Zhen averages 234 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 31 July 1999) and the coldest -31.2 °C (on 17 January 1962).
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
Mangnai ZhenQinghai
- coords
- 38.39°, 90.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.3°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
-5.5°C
Annual rainfall
118mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
40%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
234 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
35 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.6 cm
Average feels-like high
2.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 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
29.6 °C
31 July 1999
Coldest day
-31.2 °C
17 January 1962
Wettest day
17 mm
1 June 2017
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
8 May 2014
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
2 May 2008
Hottest feels-like
26.6 °C
24 July 1986
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
19 January 1999
Snowiest day
6.7 cm
27 May 2015
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 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 | -3.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 1.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 9 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 9.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 11 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 23 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 18.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 18 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 16.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 8.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 0.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | -1.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mangnai Zhen?
Mangnai Zhen has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.3 °C and it receives 118 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mangnai Zhen?
The hottest day measured in Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1999, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mangnai Zhen?
The coldest day measured in Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1962, at -31.2 °C.
Does it snow in Mangnai Zhen?
Yes. Mangnai Zhen gets on average 23.6 cm of snow per year and has around 234 frost days.
Has the climate of Mangnai Zhen warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Mangnai Zhen.
What is the wettest day in Mangnai Zhen?
The wettest day measured in Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2017, with 17 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mangnai Zhen?
The windiest day measured in Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2014, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mangnai Zhen?
The warmest month in Mangnai Zhen is July (12.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Mangnai Zhen?
Mangnai Zhen receives on average 118 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mangnai Zhen?
Mangnai Zhen 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 Mangnai Zhen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mangnai Zhen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 2015, with 6.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mangnai Zhen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mangnai Zhen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mangnai Zhen?
In Mangnai Zhen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.6 °C on 24 July 1986, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 19 January 1999.
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